Olevi Kull (22 June 1955, in

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– 31 January 2007, in

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) was an

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n professor at the

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known for his contribution to

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. Following his death, a memorial fund was established by donations in his memory, which provides travel stipends to students in the fields of plant ecophysiology,

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and

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. Biosemiotician

Kalevi Kull Kalevi Kull (born 12 August 1952, Tartu) is a biosemiotics professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1975. His earlier work dealt with ethology and field ecology. He has studied the mechanisms ...

is his older brother.Püttsepp, Juhani (ed.) 2015. ''Ecologist Olevi Kull: May Good People have it Good...''. Tartu: University of Tartu Press.

Selected publications

* Kull, K.; Kull, O. 1989. ''Dinamicheskoe modelirovanie rosta derev’ev'
Dynamic Modelling of Tree Growth
(Scripta Botanica 5.) Tallinn: Valgus, 232 pp. (in Russian). *Kull, Olevi; Jarvis, Paul G. 1995. The role of nitrogen in a simple scheme to scale-up photosynthesis from leaf to canopy. ''Plant, Cell and Environment'' 18(10): 1174–1182. *Kull, Olevi; Kruijt, B. 1998. Leaf photosynthetic light response: a mechanistic model for scaling photosynthesis to leaves and canopies. ''Functional Ecology'' 12(5): 767–777. *Kull, O.; Kruijt, B. 1999. Acclimation of photosynthesis to light: a mechanistic approach. ''Functional Ecology'' 13(1): 24–36. *Linder, S.; Kellomäki, S.; Koppel, A.; Kull, O.; Stenberg, P.; Smolander, H. (eds.) 2001. Canopy Dynamics and Forest Management: A Missing Link? Special Issue. ''Tree Physiology'' 21(1/2). *Kull, O. 2002. Acclimation of photosynthesis in canopies: models and limitations. ''Oecologia'' 133(3): 267–279. *Kull, O.; Tulva, I.; Vapaavuori, E. 2005. Consequences of elevated CO2 and O3 on birch canopy structure: Implementation of a canopy growth model. ''Forest Ecology and Management'' 212(1/3): 1–13. *Kull, Olevi; Echrlich, Üllas 2006. Renewable energy overview of the Baltic states. In: Kellomäki, Seppo; Leinonen, Sanna (eds.), ''Impacts of Climate Change on Renewable Energy Sources and their Role in Nordic and Baltic Energy Systems: Case of Bio-fuels.'' (Research Notes 170.) Joensuu: University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, 52–86.

About him

Kull, Kalevi Kalevi Kull (born 12 August 1952, Tartu) is a biosemiotics professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1975. His earlier work dealt with ethology and field ecology. He has studied the mechanisms ...

2007. Olevi Kull – elu ökoloogias. In: Punning, Jaan-Mati (ed.), ''Keskkonnauuringute nüüdisprobleeme''. Tallinn: Ökoloogia Instituut, 9-23. ncludes complete list of publications by O. Kulli.*Oren, Ram; Kull, Kalevi; Noormets, Asko 2008. Olevi Kull's lifetime contribution to ecology. ''Tree Physiology'' 28(4): 483–490. *Püttsepp, Juhani (ed.) 2015. ''Ecologist Olevi Kull: May Good People have it Good...'' Tartu: University of Tartu Press. ilingual edition.

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Prof. Olevi Kull Memorial stipend
1955 births 2007 deaths Estonian biologists Estonian ecologists Hugo Treffner Gymnasium alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu People from Rakvere People from Tartu Burials at Raadi cemetery 20th-century biologists {{biologist-stub