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Veiko Uri is affiliated with the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Estonia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Soil Science.

Their work covers multiple key topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Forest Management and Policy, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Veiko Uri has contributed to scientific literature with papers published in notable venues. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Soil Bacterial and Archaeal Communities and Their Potential to Perform N-Cycling Processes in Soils of Boreal Forests Growing on Well-Drained Peat" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • "Short-term effect of thinning on the carbon budget of young and middle-aged Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands" (2021, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • "The dynamics of the carbon storage and fluxes in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) chronosequence" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Gaseous nitrogen and carbon fluxes in riparian alder stands" (2024, Helda (University of Helsinki))
  • "Hemiboreal forests' CO2 fluxes response to the European 2018 heatwave" (2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

Their frequent publication venues further highlight a specialization in forest and environmental research, including:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Veiko Uri's collaborative work involves several frequent co-authors, notable for repeated partnership across multiple studies. These co-authors include:

  • Kristiina Aun
  • Mats Varik
  • Hardo Becker
  • Marek Uri
  • Mai Kukumägi

Best Publications

  • Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    L. Finér;H.-S. Helmisaari;K. Lõhmus;H. Majdi

  • Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

    Ivika Ostonen;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Werner Borken;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo

  • Biomass production and carbon sequestration in a fertile silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) forest chronosequence

    V. Uri;M. Varik;J. Aosaar;A. Kanal

  • Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal-temperate forest gradient.

    Ivika Ostonen;Marika Truu;Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari;Martin Lukac;Martin Lukac

  • Biomass production and nutrient accumulation in short-rotation grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) plantation on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Hardi Tullus;Krista Lõhmus

  • An experimental facility for free air humidity manipulation (FAHM) can alter water flux through deciduous tree canopy

    Priit Kupper;Jaak Sõber;Arne Sellin;Krista Lõhmus

  • Functional Diversity of Culturable Bacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere in Relation to Fine-root and Soil Parameters in Alder Stands on Forest, Abandoned Agricultural, and Oil-shale Mining Areas

    K. Lõhmus;M. Truu;J. Truu;I. Ostonen

  • Biomass production, foliar and root characteristics and nutrient accumulation in young silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) stand growing on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Ivika Ostonen;Hardi Tullus

  • Carbon and nitrogen accumulation in belowground tree biomass in a chronosequence of silver birch stands

    Mats Varik;Jürgen Aosaar;Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus

  • Above-ground biomass production and nutrient accumulation in young stands of silver birch on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Aivo Vares;Hardi Tullus;Arno Kanal

  • The dynamics of biomass production, carbon and nitrogen accumulation in grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) chronosequence stands in Estonia

    Veiko Uri;Jürgen Aosaar;Mats Varik;Hardo Becker

  • Bacterial community structure and its relationship to soil physico-chemical characteristics in alder stands with different management histories

    Jens-Konrad Preem;Jaak Truu;Marika Truu;Ülo Mander

  • Long-term effects on the nitrogen budget of a short-rotation grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) forest on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Ülo Mander;Ivika Ostonen

  • The dynamics of biomass production in relation to foliar and root traits in a grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) plantation on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Andres Kiviste;Jürgen Aosaar

  • Annual net nitrogen mineralization in a grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) moench) plantation on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Hardi Tullus

  • Ecosystems carbon budgets of differently aged downy birch stands growing on well-drained peatlands

    Veiko Uri;Mai Kukumägi;Jürgen Aosaar;Mats Varik

  • The dynamics of the carbon storage and fluxes in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) chronosequence.

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  • Variation of soil respiration and its components in hemiboreal Norway spruce stands of different ages

    Mai Kukumägi;Ivika Ostonen;Veiko Uri;Heljä-Sisko Marketta Helmisaari

  • The effect of elevated air humidity on young silver birch and hybrid aspen biomass allocation and accumulation – Acclimation mechanisms and capacity

    K. Rosenvald;A. Tullus;I. Ostonen;V. Uri

  • Carbon budgets in fertile silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) chronosequence stands

    Mats Varik;Mai Kukumägi;Jürgen Aosaar;Hardo Becker

  • Morphological plasticity of ectomycorrhizal short roots in Betula sp and Picea abies forests across climate and forest succession gradients: its role in changing environments

    Ivika Ostonen;Katrin Rosenvald;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Douglas Godbold

  • Global Warming Potential of Drained and Undrained Peatlands in Estonia: A Synthesis

    Jüri-Ott Salm;Kai Kimmel;Veiko Uri;Ülo Mander

  • Rhizosphere effect and fine-root morphological adaptations in a chronosequence of silver birch stands on reclaimed oil shale post-mining areas

    Katrin Rosenvald;Tatjana Kuznetsova;Ivika Ostonen;Marika Truu

Frequent Co-Authors

Krista Lõhmus
Krista Lõhmus University of Tartu
Ivika Ostonen
Ivika Ostonen University of Tartu
Ülo Mander
Ülo Mander University of Tartu
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari University of Helsinki
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Olevi Kull
Olevi Kull University of Tartu
Douglas L. Godbold
Douglas L. Godbold Mendel University Brno
Jürgen Augustin
Jürgen Augustin Leibniz Association
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
Werner Borken
Werner Borken University of Bayreuth

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