Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel is an Estonian plant ecologist and professor at the University of Tartu. His name is particularly associated with the idea of an impact of regional species diversity on diversity at smaller spatial scales – known as the species pool effect. He has been professor since 1992. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Ecography.- Zobel, M. Экология и динамика прибрежных альварных растительных сообществ Эстонской ССР. Biol.Kand. thesis, University of Tartu.
- Zobel, M. The relative role of species pools in determining plant species richness: an alternative explanation of species coexistence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 266-269.
- Zobel, M., Otsus, M., Liira, J., Moora, M. & Möls, T. Is small-scale species richness limited by seed availability or microsite availability? Ecology 81: 3274-3282.
Personal life
His father was architecture historian Rein Zobel and his brother is biologist Kristjan Zobel.
