Ülo Niinemets

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Estonia Leader Award
• 2018 - Estonian National Research Award (Eesti Vabariigi teaduspreemia)

Overview

Best Publications

• The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

  Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Mark Westoby;David D. Ackerly

  9978
  Citations

• Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis.

  Hendrik Poorter;Ülo Niinemets;Lourens Poorter;Ian J. Wright

  3036
  Citations

• TRY - a global database of plant traits

  J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  2885
  Citations

• TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

  Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  1926
  Citations

• Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

  Fernando Valladares;Ülo Niinemets

  1778
  Citations

• Tolerance to shade, drought, and waterlogging of temperate northern hemisphere trees and shrubs

  Ülo Niinemets;Fernando Valladares

  1351
  Citations

• GLOBAL-SCALE CLIMATIC CONTROLS OF LEAF DRY MASS PER AREA, DENSITY, AND THICKNESS IN TREES AND SHRUBS

  Ülo Niinemets

  1115
  Citations

• Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate

  Ian J. Wright;Peter B. Reich;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Daniel S. Falster

  1022
  Citations

• Global climatic drivers of leaf size.

  Ian J. Wright;Ning Dong;Ning Dong;Vincent Maire;Vincent Maire;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  960
  Citations

• Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

  Ülo Niinemets

  864
  Citations

• Research review. Components of leaf dry mass per area – thickness and density – alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants

  Ülo Niinemets

  835
  Citations

• Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

  D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  833
  Citations

• Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

  Jaume Flexas;Margaret M. Barbour;Oliver Brendel;Hernán M. Cabrera

  790
  Citations

• A model separating leaf structural and physiological effects on carbon gain along light gradients for the shade‐tolerant species Acer saccharum

  Ülo Niinemets;John Tenhunen

  724
  Citations

• Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

  Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  709
  Citations

• A review of light interception in plant stands from leaf to canopy in different plant functional types and in species with varying shade tolerance

  Ülo Niinemets

  706
  Citations

• Leaf Functional Anatomy in Relation to Photosynthesis

  Ichiro Terashima;Yuko T. Hanba;Danny Tholen;Ülo Niinemets

  701
  Citations

• Drought-tolerance of wheat improved by rhizosphere bacteria from harsh environments: enhanced biomass production and reduced emissions of stress volatiles.

  Salme Timmusk;Islam A. Abd El-Daim;Lucian Copolovici;Triin Tanilas

  699
  Citations

• Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.

  Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;John R. Evans;Kouki Hikosaka

  674
  Citations

• Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

  Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  667
  Citations

• Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: Global patterns and paleoclimatic applications

  Daniel J. Peppe;Daniel J. Peppe;Dana L. Royer;Bárbara Cariglino;Sofia Y. Oliver

  645
  Citations

• Photosynthesis and resource distribution through plant canopies.

  Ülo Niinemets;Ülo Niinemets;Ülo Niinemets

  588
  Citations

• A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

  Alistair Rogers;Belinda E. Medlyn;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Gordon Bonan

  507
  Citations