Martin Zobel (born 25 February 1957 in

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) is an

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n plant

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and professor at the

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. His name is particularly associated with the idea of an impact of regional

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on diversity at smaller spatial scales – known as the

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effect. He has been professor since 1992. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the

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Ecography. Zobel has appeared several times on

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Selected scientific works

*Zobel, M. (1984) Экология и динамика прибрежных альварных растительных сообществ Эстонской ССР (Ecology and dynamics of coastal alvar plant communities in Estonia). Biol.Kand. thesis,

. *Zobel, M. (1997) The relative role of species pools in determining plant species richness: an alternative explanation of species coexistence.

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12: 266–269. *Zobel, M., Otsus, M., Liira, J., Moora, M. & Möls, T. (2000) Is small-scale species richness limited by seed availability or microsite availability?

Ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

81: 3274–3282.

Personal life

His father was architecture historian Rein Zobel and his brother is biologist Kristjan Zobel. He is married to community ecology professor Mari Moora.

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