2020
Journal papers
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Puglielli, G., Hutchings, M. J., & Laanisto, L. (2020). The triangular space of abiotic stress tolerance in woody species: a unified trade-off model. New Phytologist; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16952 (link to blog post)
Puglielli, G., Laanisto, L., Poorter, H., & Niinemets, Ü. (2020). Global patterns of biomass allocation in woody species with different tolerance of shade and drought: evidence for multiple strategies. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16879 (link to blog post)
Mark, K., Laanisto, L., Bueno, C. G., Niinemets, Ü., Keller, C., & Scheidegger, C. (2020). Contrasting co‐occurrence patterns of photobiont and cystobasidiomycete yeast associated with common epiphytic lichen species. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16475 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Jiang, M., Medlyn, B. E., Drake, J. E., Duursma, R. A., Anderson, I. C., Barton, C. V., … Kännaste, A., … Niinemets, Ü., … & Crous, K. Y. (2020). The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment. Nature, 580(7802), 227-231. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., … Niinemets, Ü... & Acosta, A. T. (2020). TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access. Global change biology, 26 (1): 119-188 (link to full paper) (link to blog post)
2019
Veromann-Jürgenson, L. L., Brodribb, T., Laanisto, L., Bruun-Lund, S., Niinemets, Ü., Nuño, S. L., Rinnan, R., Puglielli, G. & Tosens, T. (2019). Predictability of Leaf Morphological Traits for Paleoecological Reconstruction: The Case of Leaf Cuticle and Leaf Dry Mass per Area. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 181(1), https://doi.org/10.1086/706342 (link to full text) (link to blogpost)
Kübarsepp, L., Laanisto, L., Niinemets, Ü., Talts, E., & Tosens, T. (2019). Are stomata in ferns and allies sluggish? Stomatal responses to CO2, humidity and light and their scaling with size and density. The New phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16159 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kiiker, R.; Skrabule, I.; Ronis, A.; Cooke, D. E. L.; Hansen, J. G.; Williams, I. H.; Mänd, M.; Runno‐Paurson, E. (2019). Diversity of populations of Phytophthora infestans in relation to patterns of potato crop management in Latvia and Lithuania. Plant Pathology, 68 (5):1−8.10.1111/ppa.13030 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Runno-Paurson, E.; Hansen, M.; Kotkas, K.; Nassar, H.; Williams, I. H.; Niinemets, Ü.; Einola, A (2019). Evaluation of foliar late blight resistance of potato cultivars in northern Baltic conditions. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 106 (1), 45−52. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Massante, J. C., Götzenberger, L., Takkis, K., Hallikma, T., Kaasik, A., Laanisto, L., … & Gerhold, P. (2019). Contrasting latitudinal patterns in phylogenetic diversity between woody and herbaceous communities. Scientific reports, 9(1), 6443-6443. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Liu, B., Marques dos Santos, B., Kanagendran, A., Neilson, E. H. J., & Niinemets, Ü. (2019). Ozone and Wounding Stresses Differently Alter the Temporal Variation in Formylated Phloroglucinols in Eucalyptus globulus Leaves. Metabolites, 9(3), 46. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Mark, K., Randlane, T., Thor, G., Hur, J.-S., Obermayer, W. & Saag, A. (2019). Lichen chemistry is concordant with multilocus gene genealogy in the genus Cetrelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Fungal Biology 123(2): 125-139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2018.11.013. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Carriquí, M., Roig-Oliver, M., Brodribb, T. J., Coopman, R., Gill, W., Mark, K., Niinemets, Ü., Perera-Castro, A. V., Ribas-Carbó, M., Sack, L., Tosens, T., Waite, M., & Flexas, J. (2019). Anatomical constraints to non-stomatal diffusion conductance and photosynthesis in lycophytes and bryophytes. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15675. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Takkis, K., Kull, T., Hallikma, T., Jaksi, P., Kaljund, K., Kauer, K., … & Laanisto, L. (2018). Drivers of species richness and community integrity of small forest patches in an agricultural landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29:978–988 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
2018
Journal papers
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Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Purschke, O., Lenoir, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B…, Niinemets, Ü…., & Hennekens, S. M. (2018). Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8 (link to full text)
Moreno-Martínez, Á., Camps-Valls, G., Kattge, J., Robinson, N., Reichstein, M., van Bodegom, P., … & Niinemets, Ü. (2018). A methodology to derive global maps of leaf traits using remote sensing and climate data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 218, 69-88. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Bjorkman, A.,… Niinemets, Ü., … & Weiher, E. (2018). Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Chatterjee, P., Kanagendran, A., Samaddar, S., Pazouki, L., Sa, T. M., & Niinemets, Ü. (2018). Inoculation of Brevibacterium linens RS16 in Oryza sativa genotypes enhanced salinity resistance: Impacts on photosynthetic traits and foliar volatile emissions. Science of the Total Environment, 645, 721-732. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Tedersoo, L., Laanisto, L., Rahimlou, S., Toussaint, A., Hallikma, T., & Pärtel, M. (2018). Global database of plants with root‐symbiotic nitrogen fixation: Nod DB. Journal of Vegetation Science, doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12627 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kuusk, V., Niinemets, Ü., & Valladares, F. (2018). Structural controls on photosynthetic capacity through juvenile‐to‐adult transition and needle aging in Mediterranean pines. Functional Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13087 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Melts, I., Lanno, K., Sammul, M., Uchida, K., Heinsoo, K., Kull, T., & Laanisto, L. (2018). Fertilising semi‐natural grasslands may cause long‐term negative effects on both biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Journal of Applied Ecology, DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.13129: (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Zhang, T., Niinemets, Ü., Sheffield, J., & Lichstein, J. W. (2018). Shifts in tree functional composition amplify the response of forest biomass to climate. Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature26152 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Li, S., Tosens, T., Harley, P. C., Jiang, Y., Kanagendran, A., Grosberg, M., Jaamets, K. & Niinemets, Ü. (2018). Glandular trichomes as a barrier against atmospheric oxidative stress: relationships with ozone uptake, leaf damage and emission of LOX products across a diverse set of species. Plant, cell & environment, doi.org/10.1111/pce.13128 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Butler, E. E., Datta, A., Flores-Moreno, H., Chen, M., Wythers, K. R., Fazayeli, F., … Niinemets, Ü., … & Blonder, B. (2017). Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201708984, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708984114. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kuusk, V., Niinemets, Ü., & Valladares, F. (2017). A major trade-off between structural and photosynthetic investments operative across plant and needle ages in three Mediterranean pines. Tree physiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx139. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kännaste, A., Laanisto, L., Pazouki, L., Copolovici, L., Suhorutšenko, M., Azeem, M., Toom, L., Borg-Karlson, A.-K. & Niinemets, Ü. (2018). Diterpenoid fingerprints in pine foliage across an environmental and chemotypic matrix: Isoabienol content is a key trait differentiating chemotypes. Phytochemistry, 147, 80-88. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Li, S., Tosens, T., Harley, P. C., Jiang, Y., Kanagendran, A., Grosberg, M., Jaamets, K. & Niinemets, Ü. (2018). Glandular trichomes as a barrier against atmospheric oxidative stress: relationships with ozone uptake, leaf damage and emission of LOX products across a diverse set of species. Plant, Cell & Environment, doi:10.1111/pce.13128 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Li, S., Harley, P.C. & Niinemets, Ü. (2017) Ozone-induced foliar damage and release of stress volatiles is highly dependent on stomatal openness and priming by low-level ozone exposure in Phaseolus vulgaris. Plant Cell & Environment 40, 1984–2003. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
2017
Journal papers
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García-Plazaola, J. I., Portillo-Estrada, M., Fernández-Marín, B., Kännaste, A., & Niinemets, Ü. (2017). Emissions of carotenoid cleavage products upon heat shock and mechanical wounding from a foliose lichen. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 133, 87-97. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Rogers, A., Medlyn, B. E., Dukes, J. S., Bonan, G., Caemmerer, S., Dietze, M. C., … Niinemets, Ü.,… & Prentice, I. C. (2017). A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models. New Phytologist, 213(1), 22-42. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kaurilind, E., & Brosché, M. (2017). Stress Marker Signatures in Lesion Mimic Single and Double Mutants Identify a Crucial Leaf Age-Dependent Salicylic Acid Related Defense Signal. PloS one, 12(1), e0170532. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü., Berry, J. A., Caemmerer, S., Ort, D. R., Parry, M. A., & Poorter, H. (2017). Photosynthesis: ancient, essential, complex, diverse… and in need of improvement in a changing world. New Phytologist, 213(1), 43-47. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Peguero‐Pina, J. J., Sisó, S., Flexas, J., Galmés, J., García‐Nogales, A., Niinemets, Ü., … & Gil‐Pelegrín, E. (2017). Cell‐level anatomical characteristics explain high mesophyll conductance and photosynthetic capacity in sclerophyllous Mediterranean oaks. New Phytologist, (link to blog post)
Rasulov, B., Talts, E., & Niinemets, U. (2016). Spectacular oscillations in plant isoprene emission explain the enigmatic CO2 response. Plant Physiology, . (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Veromann-Jürgenson, L. L., Tosens, T., Laanisto, L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2017) Extremely thick cell walls and low mesophyll conductance: welcome to the world of ancient living!. Journal of Experimental Botany, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx045 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Copolovici, L., Pag, A., Kännaste, A., Bodescu, A., Tomescu, D., Copolovici, D., … & Niinemets, Ü. (2017). Disproportionate photosynthetic decline and inverse relationship between constitutive and induced volatile emissions upon feeding of Quercus robur leaves by large larvae of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar). Environmental and Experimental Botany, 138: 184–192. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Salojärvi, J., Smolander, O. P., Nieminen, K., Rajaraman, S., Safronov, O., Safdari, P., … & Rastas, P. (2017). Genome sequencing and population genomic analyses provide insights into the adaptive landscape of silver birch. Nature Genetics, doi:10.1038/ng.3862. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Wright, I. J., Dong, N., Maire, V., Prentice, I. C., Westoby, M., Díaz, S., … Niinemets, Ü., … & Leishman, M. R. (2017). Global climatic drivers of leaf size. Science, 357(6354), 917-921. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Onoda, Y., Wright, I. J., Evans, J. R., Hikosaka, K., Kitajima, K., Niinemets, Ü., Poorter, H., Tosens, T. & Westoby, M. (2017). Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum. New Phytologist, 214(4), 1447-1463. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Sancho-Knapik, D., Sanz, M. Á., Peguero-Pina, J. J., Niinemets, Ü., & Gil-Pelegrín, E. (2017). Changes of secondary metabolites in Pinus sylvestris L. needles under increasing soil water deficit. Annals of Forest Science, 74(1), 24. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü., Kahru, A., Mander, Ü., Nõges, P., Nõges, T., Tuvikene, A., & Vasemägi, A. (2017). Interacting environmental and chemical stresses under global change in temperate aquatic ecosystems: stress responses, adaptation, and scaling. Regional Environmental Change, 17(7), 2061–2077. (link to full paper) (link to blogpost)
Niinemets, Ü., Kahru, A., Nõges, P., Tuvikene, A., Vasemägi, A., Mander, Ü., & Nõges, T. (2017). Environmental feedbacks in temperate aquatic ecosystems under global change: why do we need to consider chemical stressors?. Regional Environmental Change, 17(7), 2079–2096. (link to full paper) (link to blogpost)
Jiang, Y., Veromann‐Jürgenson, L. L., Ye, J., & Niinemets, Ü. (2017). Oak gall wasp infections of Quercus robur leaves lead to profound modifications in foliage photosynthetic and volatile emission characteristics. Plant, Cell & Environment, DOI: (link to full text) (link to blog post)
2016
Journal papers
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Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Does the touch of cold make evergreen leaves tougher? Tree physiology, tpw007, doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpw007. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Vana M., Komsaare K., Hõrrak U., Mirme S., Nieminen T., Kontkanen J., Manninen H.E., Petäjä T., Noe S.M. & Kulmala M. 2016: Characteristics of new-particle formation at three SMEAR stations. Boreal Env. Res. 21: 345–362. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kulmala M., Hõrrak U., Manninen H.E., Mirme S., Noppel M., Lehtipalo K., Junninen H., Vehkamäki H., Kerminen V.-M., Noe S.M. & Tammet H. 2016: The legacy of Finnish–Estonian air ion and aerosol workshops. Boreal Env. Res. 21: 181–206. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Yáñez-Serrano, A. M., Nölscher, A. C., Bourtsoukidis, E., Derstroff, B., Zannoni, N., Gros, V., Lanza, M., Brito, J., Noe, S. M., House, E., Hewitt, C. N., Langford, B., Nemitz, E., Behrendt, T., Williams, J., Artaxo, P., Andreae, M. O., and Kesselmeier, J.: Atmospheric mixing ratios of methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone) in tropical, boreal, temperate and marine environments, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-317, in open review, 2016. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Lappalainen, H. K., Kerminen, V.-M., Petäjä, T., Kurten, T., Baklanov, A., Shvidenko, A., Bäck, J., Vihma, T., Alekseychik, P., Arnold, S., Arshinov, M., Asmi, E., Belan, B., Bobylev, L., Chalov, S., Cheng, Y., Chubarova, N., de Leeuw, G., Ding, A., Dobrolyubov, S., Dubtsov, S., Dyukarev, E., Elansky, N., Eleftheriadis, K., Esau, I., Filatov, N., Flint, M., Fu, C., Glezer, O., Gliko, A., Heimann, M., Holtslag, A. A. M., Hõrrak, U., Janhunen, J., Juhola, S., Järvi, L., Järvinen, H., Kanukhina, A., Konstantinov, P., Kotlyakov, V., Kieloaho, A.-J., Komarov, A. S., Kujansuu, J., Kukkonen, I., Kyrö, E., Laaksonen, A., Laurila, T., Lihavainen, H., Lisitzin, A., Mahura, A., Makshtas, A., Mareev, E., Mazon, S., Matishov, D., Melnikov, V., Mikhailov, E., Moisseev, D., Nigmatulin, R., Noe, S. M., Ojala, A., Pihlatie, M., Popovicheva, O., Pumpanen, J., Regerand, T., Repina, I., Shcherbinin, A., Shevchenko, V., Sipilä, M., Skorokhod, A., Spracklen, D. V., Su, H., Subetto, D. A., Sun, J., Terzhevik, A. Y., Timofeyev, Y., Troitskaya, Y., Tynkkynen, V.-P., Kharuk, V. I., Zaytseva, N., Zhang, J., Viisanen, Y., Vesala, T., Hari, P., Hansson, H. C., Matvienko, G. G., Kasimov, N. S., Guo, H., Bondur, V., Zilitinkevich, S., and Kulmala, M.: Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX): Towards holistic understanding of the feedbacks and interactions in the land–atmosphere–ocean–society continuum in the Northern Eurasian region, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-186, in review, 2016..(link to full text) (link to blog post)
Noe S.M., Krasnov D., Krasnova A., Cordey H.P.E. & Niinemets Ü. 2016: Seasonal variation and characterisation of reactive trace gas mixing ratios over a hemi-boreal mixed forest site in Estonia. Boreal Env. Res. 21: 332–344. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Dong, T., Duan, B., Zhang, S., Korpelainen, H., Niinemets, Ü., & Li, C. (2016). Growth, biomass allocation and photosynthetic responses are related to intensity of root severance and soil moisture conditions in the plantation tree Cunninghamia lanceolata. Tree Physiology, tpw025. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Leaf age dependent changes in within-canopy variation in leaf functional traits: a meta-analysis. Journal of Plant Research, DOI 10.1007/s10265-016-0815-2 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Jiang, Y., Ye, J., Li, S., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016) Regulation of Floral Terpenoid Emission and Biosynthesis in Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, DOI 10.1007/s00344-016-9591-4 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Harper, Anna, Cox, Peter, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Wiltshire, Andy, Jones, Chris, Sitch, Stephen, Mercado, Lina M., Groenendijk, Margriet, Robertson, Eddy, Kattge, Jens, Bönisch, Gerhard, Atkin, Owen K., Bahn, Michael, Cornelissen, Johannes, Niinemets, Ülo, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Peñuelas, Josep, Poorter, Lourens, Reich, Peter B., Soudzilovskaia, Nadia, and van Bodegom, Peter: Improved representation of plant functional types and physiology in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES v4.2) using plant trait information, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., doi:10.5194/gmd-2016-22, in open review, 2016. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Arlet, M. E., Veromann, L. L., Mänd, R., & Lemasson, A. (2016). Call rates of mothers change with maternal experience and with infant characteristics in free‐ranging gray‐cheeked mangabeys. American journal of primatology, DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22568 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Kask, K., Kännaste, A., Talts, E., Copolovici, L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). How specialized volatiles respond to chronic, and short‐term physiological and shock heat stress in Brassica nigra. Plant, Cell & Environment. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Copaciu, F., Opriş, O., Niinemets, Ü., & Copolovici, L. (2016). Toxic Influence of Key Organic Soil Pollutants on the Total Flavonoid Content in Wheat Leaves. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 227, DOI 10.1007/s11270-016-2888-x. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Chen, J., Duan, B., Xu, G., Korpelainen, H., Niinemets, Ü., & Li, C. (2016). Sexual competition affects biomass partitioning, carbon–nutrient balance, Cd allocation and ultrastructure of Populus cathayana females and males exposed to Cd stress. Tree Physiology, tpw054. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Lung, I., Soran, M. L., Opriş, O., Truşcă, M. R. C., Niinemets, Ü., & Copolovici, L. (2016). Induction of stress volatiles and changes in essential oil content and composition upon microwave exposure in the aromatic plant Ocimum basilicum. Science of The Total Environment, 569, 489-495. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Galmés, J., Hermida-Carrera, C., Laanisto, L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). A compendium of temperature responses of Rubisco kinetic traits: variability among and within photosynthetic groups and impacts on photosynthesis modeling. Journal of Experimental Botany, erw267.DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw267 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Lee, M. R., Bernhardt, E. S., Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Kattge, J., Laughlin, D. C., Niinemets, Ü., … & Wright, J. P. (2016). Invasive species’ leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta‐analysis. New Phytologist. DOI: (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Pazouki, L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Multi-Substrate Terpene Synthases: Their Occurrence and Physiological Significance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01019 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Pazouki, L., Kanagendran, A., Li, S., Kännaste, A., Memari, H. R., Bichele, R., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Mono-and sesquiterpene release from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaves upon mild and severe heat stress and through recovery: From gene expression to emission responses. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 132, 1-15. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Li, Y., Duan, B., Chen, J., Korpelainen, H., Niinemets, Ü., & Li, C. (2016). Males exhibit competitive advantages over females of Populus deltoides under salinity stress. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw070 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Valladares, F., Laanisto, L., Niinemets, Ü., & Zavala, M. A. (2016). Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 9(3), 237-251. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Yli-Pirilä P, Copolovici L, Kännaste A, Noe S, Blande JD, Mikkonen S, Klemola T, Pulkkinen J, Virtanen A, Laaksonen A, Joutsensaari J, Niinemets Ü, Holopainen JK (2016) Herbivory by an outbreaking moth increases emissions of biogenic volatiles and leads to enhanced secondary organic aerosol formation capacity. Environmental Science & Technology 50: 11501-11510 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Jiang, Y., Ye, J., Veromann, L. L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Scaling of photosynthesis and constitutive and induced volatile emissions with severity of leaf infection by rust fungus (Melampsora larici-populina) in Populus balsamifera var. suaveolens. Tree physiology, tpw035, 36: 856-872. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Keenan, T. F. and Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Global leaf trait estimates biased due to plasticity in the shade. Nature plants, 3, 16201, DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.201 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Yli-Pirilä, P., Copolovici, L., Kännaste, A., Noe, S., Blande, J. D., Mikkonen, S., … Niinemets, Ü. & Joutsensaari, J. (2016). Herbivory by an Outbreaking Moth Increases Emissions of Biogenic Volatiles and Leads to Enhanced Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Capacity. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(21), 11501-11510.(link to full text) (link to blog post)
Grote, R., Samson, R., Alonso, R., Amorim, J. H., Cariñanos, P., Churkina, G.,… Niinemets, Ü. … & Paoletti, E. (2016). Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14: 543-550. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Books and book chapters
Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Within-canopy variations in functional leaf traits: structural, chemical and ecological controls and diversity of responses.(pp. 101-141). In: Hikosaka, K., Niinemets, Ü. and Anten, N.P., (2016) Canopy Photosynthesis: From Basics to Applications. Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 42, Springer, 428 pp, Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-7291-4 (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401772907) (link to blog post)
Copolovici, L., & Niinemets, Ü. (2016). Environmental Impacts on Plant Volatile Emission. In: Deciphering Chemical Language of Plant Communication (pp. 35-59), Blande, J. D., & Glinwood, R. (Eds.), Springer International Publishing. (link to full text) (link to bl0g post)
2015
Atkin, Owen K.; Bloomfield, Keith J.; Reich, Peter B.; Tjoelker, Mark G.; Asner, Gregory P.; Bonal, Damien; Bönisch, Gerhard; Bradford, Matt G.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Cosio, Eric G.; Creek, Danielle; Crous, Kristine Y.; Domingues, Tomas F.; Dukes, Jeffery S.; Egerton, John J. G.; Evans, John R.; Farquhar, Graham D.; Fisher, Rosie; Fyllas, Nikolaos M.; Gauthier, Paul P. G.; Gloor, Emanuel; Gimeno, Teresa E.; Griffin, Kevin L.; Guerrieri, Rossella; Heskel, Mary A.; Huntingford, Chris; Ishida, Françoise Yoko; Kattge, Jens; Lambers, Hans; Liddell, Michael J.; Lloyd, Jon; Lusk, Christopher H.; Martin, Roberta E.; Maksimov, Ayal P.; Maximov, Trofim C.; Mahli, Yadvinder; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Meir, Patrick; Mercado, Lina M.; Mirotchnick, Nicholas; Ng, Desmond; Niinemets, Ülo; O’Sullivan, Odhran S.; Philips, Oliver L.; Poorter, Lourens; Poot, Pieter; Prentice, I. Colin; Salinas, Norma; Rowland, Lucy M.; Ryan, Mike G.; Sitch, Stephen; Slot, Martijn; Smith, Nicholas G.; Turnbull, Matthew H.; VanderWel, Mark C.; Valladares, Fernando; Veneklaas, Eric J.; Weerasinghe, Lasantha K.; Wirth, Christian; Wright, Ian J.; Wythers, Kirk R.; Xiang, Jen; Xiang, Shuang; Zaragoza-Castells, Joana (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits. New Phytologist, 206(2), 614 – 636. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Calfapietra, Carlo; Peñuelas, Josep; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Urban plant physiology: adaptation-mitigation strategies under permanent stress. Trends in Plant Science, 20(2), 72 – 75. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Chen, Juan; Dong, Tingfa; Duan, Baoli; Korpelainen, Helena; Niinemets, Ülo; Li, Chunyang (2015). Sexual competition and N supply interactively affect the dimorphism and competiveness of opposite sexes in Populus cathayana. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38(7), 1285 – 1298. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Copolovici, L.; Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Temperature dependencies of Henry’s law constants for different plant sesquiterpenes. Chemosphere, 138, 751 – 757. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Copolovici, L., Bodescu, A., Pag, A., Kännaste, A., Tomescu, D., & Niinemets, Ü. (2015) Volatile organic compound emissions and photosynthetic parameters of Quercus rubra under temperature stresses. Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering. Vol. IV, 5-8 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Copolovici, L., Kännaste, A., Pag, A., Tomescu, D., Bodescu, A., & Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Plants Determination using New Gas Chromatography Mass-Spectrometry Methods. Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA, 10, 31-36. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Dong, Tingfa; Li, Junyu; Zhang, Yuanbin; Korpelainen, Helena; Niinemets, Ülo; Li, Chunyang (2015). Partial shading of lateral branches affects growth, and foliage nitrogen- and water-use efficiencies in the conifer Cunninghamia lanceolata growing in a warm monsoon climate. Tree Physiology, 35(6), 632 – 643. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
De Kauwe, M.G., Lin, Y.S., Wright, I.J., Medlyn, B.E., Crous, K.Y., Ellsworth, D.S., Maire, V., Prentice, I.C., Atkin, O.K., Rogers, A. and Niinemets, Ü., 2015. A test of the ‘one‐point method’for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field‐measured, light‐saturated photosynthesis. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.13815 (link to full paper) (link to blog post)
Farré-Armengol, G.; Filella, I.; Llusià, J.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peñuelas, J. (2015). Optimum temperature for floral terpene emissions tracks the mean temperature of the flowering season. Functional Plant Biology, 43, 851 – 857. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Flexas, J.; Díaz-Espejo, A.; Conesa, M. A.; Coopman, R. E.; Douthe, C.; Gago, J.; Gallé, A.; Galmés, J.; Medrano, H.; Ribas-Carbo, M.; Tomàs, M.; Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Mesophyll conductance to CO2 and Rubisco as targets for improving intrinsic water use efficiency in C3 plants. Plant, Cell and Environment, 39(5), pp 965–982. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Forkel, R., Guenther, A., Ashworth, K., Bedos, C., Delon, C., Lathiere, J., Noe, S., Potier, E., Rinne, J., Tchepel, O. and Zhang, L., 2015. Bi-directional Exchange of Volatile Organic Compounds. In Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols (pp. 169-179). Springer Netherlands. (link to text) (link to blog post)
Galmés, J.; Kapralov, M. V.; Copolovici, L. O.; Hermida-Carrera, C.; Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Temperature responses of the Rubisco maximum carboxylase activity across domains of life: phylogenetic signals, trade-offs, and importance for carbon gain. Photosynthesis Research, 123, 183 – 201. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Laanisto, Lauri; Hutchings, Michael J. (2015). Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”. Science, 350 (6265), 1177. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Laanisto, Lauri; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Polytolerance to abiotic stresses: how universal is the shade-drought tolerance trade-off in woody species? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (5), 571−580, geb.12288. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Laanisto, Lauri; Sammul, Marek; Kull, Tiiu; Macek, Petr; Hutchings, Michael J. (2015). Trait-based analysis of decline in plant species ranges during the 20th century: a regional comparison between the UK and Estonia. Global Change Biology, 21 (7), 2726−2738, gcb.12887. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Lázaro-Nogal, Ana; Matesanz, Silvia; Hallik, Lea; Krasnova, Alisa; Traveset, Anna; Valladares, Fernando (2016) Population differentiation in a Mediterranean relict shrub: the potential role of local adaptation for coping with climate change. Oecologia, 180(4), pp 1075-1090 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Li, Le; McCormack, M. Luke; Ma, Chengen; Kong, Deliang; Zhang, Qian; Chen, Xiaoyong; Zeng, Hui; Niinemets, Ülo; Guo, Dali (2015). Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests. Ecology Letters, 18, 899 – 906. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Maire, Vincent; Wright, Ian J.; Prentice, I. Colin; Batjes, Niels H.; Bhaskar, Radika; van Bodegom, Peter; Cornwell, Will K.; Ellsworth, David; Niinemets, Ülo; Ordonez, Alejandro; Reich, Peter B.; Santiago, Louis S. (2015). Global effects of soil and climate on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(6), 706 – 717. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
P.K. Misztal, C.N. Hewitt, J. Wildt, J.D. Blande, A.S.D. Eller, S. Fares, D.R. Gentner, J.B. Gilman, M. Graus, J. Greenberg, A.B. Guenther, A. Hansel, P. Harley, M. Huang, K. Jardine, T. Karl, L. Kaser, F.N. Keutsch, A. Kiendler-Scharr, E. Kleist, B.M. Lerner, T. Li, J. Mak, A.C. Nölscher, R. Schnitzhofer, V. Sinha, B. Thornton, C. Warneke, F. Wegener, C. Werner, J. Williams, D.R. Worton, N. Yassaa & A.H. Goldstein (2015) Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels. Scientific reports, 5: 12064. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Molleman, Freerk; Remmel, Triinu; Sam, Katerina (2015). Phenology of Predation on Insects in a Tropical Forest: Temporal Variation in Attack Rate on Dummy Caterpillars. Biotropica, 1, btp.12268. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Is there a species spectrum within the world-wide leaf economics spectrum? Major variations in leaf functional traits in the Mediterranean sclerophyll Quercus ilex. New Phytologist, 205(1), 79 – 96. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü. (2015). Uncovering the hidden facets of drought stress: secondary metabolites make the difference. Tree physiology, tpv128. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ü.; Sun, Z.; Talts, E. (2015). Controls of the quantum yield and saturation light of isoprene emission in different-aged aspen leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38(12), pp. 2707–2720 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ülo; Keenan, Trevor F.; Hallik, Lea (2015). Tansley review. A worldwide analysis of within-canopy variations in leaf structural, chemical and physiological traits across plant functional types. New Phytologist, 205(3), 973 – 993. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Niinemets, Ülo; Sun, Zhihong (2015). How light, temperature, and measurement and growth [CO2] interactively control isoprene emission in hybrid aspen. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(3), 841 – 851. (link to full text)
Pazouki, Leila; Rajabi Memari, Hamid; Kännaste, Astrid; Bichele, Rudolf; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Germacrene A synthase in yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is an enzyme with mixed substrate specificity: gene cloning, functional characterization and expression analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6(111), 1 – 15. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Pazouki, Leila; Salehi Shanjani, Parvin; Fields, Peter D; Martins, Karina; Suhhorutšenko, Marina; Viinalass, Haldja; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Large within-population genetic diversity of the widespread conifer Pinus sylvestris at its soil fertility limit characterized by nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers. European Journal of Forest Research, 10.1007/s10342-015-0928-5 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Peguero-Pina, J. J.; Sancho-Knapik, D.; Flexas, J.; Galmés, J.; Niinemets, Ü.; Gil-Pelegrín, E. (2015). Light acclimation of photosynthesis in two closely related firs (Abies pinsapo Boiss. and Abies alba Mill.): the role of leaf anatomy and mesophyll conductance to CO2. Tree Physiology, p.tpv129. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel; Copolovici, Lucian; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Bias in leaf dry mass estimation after oven-drying isoprenoid-storing leaves. Trees-Structure and Function, 29(6), 1805 – 1816. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel; Kazantsev, Taras; Talts, Eero; Tosens, Tiina; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Emission timetable and quantitative patterns of wound-induced volatiles across different leaf damage treatments in aspen (Populus tremula). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(12), 1105-1117. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Portillo-Estrada, M., Pihlatie, M., Korhonen, J.F.J., Levula, J., Frumau, A.K.F., Ibrom, A., Lembrechts, J.J., Morillas, L., Horváth, L., Jones, S.K. and Niinemets, Ü., 2015. Biological and climatic controls on leaf litter decomposition across European forests and grasslands revealed by reciprocal litter transplantation experiments. Biogeosciences Discussions, 12(21). (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Quentin, Audrey G.; Pinkard, Elizabeth A.; Ryan, Michael G.; Tissue, David T.; Baggett, L. Scott; Adams, Henry D.; Pascale, Maillard; Marchand, Jacqueline; Landhäusser, Simon M.; Lacointe, André; Gibon, Yves; Anderegg, William R.L.; Asao, Shinichi; Atkin, Owen K.; Bonhomme, Marc; Claye, Caroline; Chow, Pak S.; Clément-Vidal, Anne Davies, Noel W.; Dickman, L. Turin; Dumbur, Rita; Ellsworth, David S.; Falk, Kristen; Galiano, Lucía; Grünzweig, José M.; Hartmann, Henrik; Hoch, Günter; Hood, Sharon; Jones, Joanna E.; Koike, Takayoshi; Kuhlmann, Iris; Lloret, Francisco; Maestro, Melchor; Mansfield, Shawn D.; Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi; Maucourt, Mickael; McDowell, Nathan G.; Moing, Annick; Muller, Bertrand; Nebauer, Sergio G.; Niinemets, Ülo; Palacio, Sara; Piper, Frida; Raveh, Eran; Richter, Andreas; Rolland, Gaëlle; Rosas, Teresa; Saint Joanis, Brigitte; Sala, Anna; Smith, Renee A.; Sterck, Frank; Stinziano, Joseph R.; Tobias, Mari; Unda, Faride; Watanabe, Makoto; Way, Danielle A.; Weerasinghe, Lasantha K.; Wild, Birgit; Wiley, Erin; Woodruff, David R. (2015). Non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants compared among laboratories. Tree Physiology, 35(11), 1146 – 1165. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Rasulov, Bahtijor; Bichele, Irina; Hüve, Katja; Vislap, Vivian; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Acclimation of isoprene emission and photosynthesis to growth temperature in hybrid aspen: resolving structural and physiological controls. Plant, Cell and Environment, 38(4), 751 – 766. (link to full text)
Rasulov, Bahtijor; Talts, Eero; Kännaste, Astrid; Niinemets, Ülo (2015). Bisphosphonate inhibitors reveal a large elasticity of plastidic isoprenoid synthesis pathway in isoprene-emitting hybrid aspen. Plant Physiology, 168(2), 532 – 548. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Sam, Katerina; Remmel, Triinu; Molleman, Freerk (2015). Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 317−324, eea.12367. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Sardans, J.; Llusià, J.; Owen, S. M.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peñuelas, J. (2015). Screening study of leaf terpene concentration of 75 Borneo rainforest plant species: relationships with leaf elemental concentrations and morphology. Records of Natural Products, 9(1), 19 – 40. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Seco, R.; Karl, T.; Guenther, A.; Hosman, KP.; Pallardy, SG.; Gu, LH.; Geron, C.; Harley, P.; Kim, S. (2015) Ecosystem-scale volatile organic compound fluxes during an extreme drought in a broadleaf temperate forest of the Missouri Ozarks (central USA). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY Volume: 21 Issue: 10 Pages: 3657-3674. (link to full text) (link to blog post)
Theobald, M., Loubet, B., Ammann, C., Branislava, L., Chojnicki, B., Ganzeveld, L., Grosz, B., Kaasik, M., Noe, S., Olejnik, J. and Rinne, J., 2015. In-Canopy Turbulence—State of the Art and Potential Improvements. In Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols (pp. 215-223). Springer Netherlands. (link to text) (link to blog post)
Tosens, Tiina; Nishida, Keisuke; Gago, Jorge; Coopman, Rafael, Eduardo; Cabrera, Eduardo; Hernán, Marino; Carriquí, Marc; Laanisto, Lauri; Morales, Loreto; Nadal, Miquel; Rojas, Roke; Talts, Eero; Tomas, Magdalena; Hanba, Yuko; Niinemets, Ülo; Flexas, Jaume (2015). The photosynthetic capacity in 35 ferns and fern allies: mesophyll CO2 diffusion as a key trait. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/nph.13719 (link to full text) (link to blog post)
2014
Journal papers
Blande, James D.; Holopainen, Jarmo K.; Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Plant volatiles in polluted atmospheres: stress responses and signal degradation. Plant, Cell and Environment, 37(8), 1892 – 1904.
Bourtsoukidis, E.; Kawaletz, H.; Radacki, D.; Schütz, S.; Hakola, H.; Hellen, H.; Noe, S.; Mölder, I.; Ammer, C.; Bonn, B. (2014). Impact of flooding and drought conditions on the emission of volatile organic compounds of Quercus robur and Prunus serotina. Trees-Structure and Function, 28(1), 193 – 204.
Bourtsoukidis, Efstratios; Bonn, Boris; Noe, Steffen M. (2014). On-line field measurements of BVOC emissions from Norway spruce (Picea abies) at the hemiboreal SMEAR-Estonia site under autumn conditions. Boreal Environment Research, 19(3), 153 – 167.
Copolovici, Lucian; Kännaste, Astrid; Remmel, Triinu; Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Volatile organic compound emissions from Alnus glutinosa under interacting drought and herbivory stresses. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 100, 55 – 63.
Copolovici, Lucian; Väärtnõu, Fred; Portillo Estrada, Miguel; Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Oak powdery mildew (Erysiphe alphitoides)-induced volatile emissions scale with the degree of infection in Quercus robur. Tree Physiology, 34(12), 1399 – 1410.
Cornwell, William K.; Westoby, Mark; Falster, Daniel S.; FitzJohn, Richard G.; O’Meara, Brian C.; Pennell, Matthew W.; McGlinn, Daniel J.; Eastman, Jonathan M.; Moles, Angela T.; Reich, Peter B.; Tank, David C.; Wright, Ian J.; Aarssen, Lonnie; Beaulieu, Jeremy M.; Kooyman, Robert M.; Leishman, Michelle R.; Miller, Eliot T.; Niinemets, Ülo; Oleksyn, Jacek; Ordonez, Alejandro; Royer, Dana L.; Smith, Stephen A.; Stevens, Peter F.; Warman, Laura; Wilf, Peter; Zanne, Amy E. (2014). Functional distinctiveness of major plant lineages. Journal of Ecology, 102(2), 345 – 356.
Farré-Armengol, Gerard; Filella, Iolanda; Llusià, Joan; Niinemets, Ülo; Peñuelas, Josep (2014). Changes in floral bouquets from compound-specific responses to increasing temperatures. Global Change Biology, 20(12), 3660 – 3669.
Galmés, J.; Conesa, M. À.; Díaz-Espejo, A.; Mir, A.; Perdomo, J. A.; Niinemets, Ü.; Flexas, J. (2014). Rubisco catalytic properties optimized for present and future climatic conditions. Plant Science, 226, 61 – 70.
Ghirardo, Andrea; Wright, Louwrence P.; Bi, Zhen; Rosenkranz, M.; Pulido, P.; Rodríguez-Concepción, M.; Niinemets, Ülo; Brüggemann, Nicolas; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Schnitzler, Jörg-Peter (2014). Metabolic flux analysis of plastidic isoprenoid biosynthesis in poplar leaves emitting and nonemitting isoprene. Plant Physiology, 165(1), 37 – 51.
Grote, R.; Morfopoulos, C.; Niinemets, Ü.; Sun, Zhihong; Keenan, T. F.; Pacifico, F.; Butler, Tim (2014). A fully integrated isoprenoid emission model coupling emissions to photosynthetic characteristics. Plant, Cell and Environment, 37(8), 1965 – 1980.
Keerberg O., Pärnik T., Ivanova H., Bassüner B., Bauwe H. 2014. C2 photosynthesis generates about 3-fold elevated leaf CO2 levels in the C3-C4 intermediate species Flaveria pubescens. J. Exp. Bot. 65, 3649-3656.
Kännaste, Astrid; Copolovici, Lucian; Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for determination of biogenic volatile organic compounds emitted by plants. Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion (Eds.). Plant Isoprenoids (161 – 169). New York: Humana Press
Llusià, J.; Sardans, J.; Niinemets, Ü.; Owen, S. M.; Peñuelas, J. (2014). A screening study of leaf terpene emissions of 43 rainforest species in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Borneo) and their relationships with chemical and morphological leaf traits. Plant Biosystems, 148(2), 307 – 317.
Moles, Angela T.; Perkins, Sarah E.; Laffan, Shawn W.; Flores-Moreno, Habacuc; Awasthy, Monica; Tindall, Marianne L.; Sack, Lawren; Pitman, Andy; Kattge, Jens; Aarssen, Lonnie W.; Anand, Madhur; Bahn, Michael; Blonder, Benjamin; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Cornwell, Will K.; Díaz, Sandra; Dickie, John B.; Freschet, Grégoire T.; Griffiths, Joshua G.; Gutierrez, Alvaro G.; Hemmings, Frank A.; Hickler, Thomas; Hitchcock, Timothy D.; Keighery, Matthew; Kleyer, Michael; Kurokawa, Hiroko; Leishman, Michelle R.; Liu, Kenwin; Niinemets, Ülo; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Onoda, Yusuke; Peñuelas, Josep; Pillar, Valério D.; Reich, Peter B.; Shiodera, Satomi; Siefert, Andrew; Sosinski, Enio E., Jr; Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.; Swaine, Emily K.; Swenson, Nathan G.; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Warman, Laura; Weiher, Evan; Wright, Ian J.; Zhang, Hongxiang; Zobel, Martin; Bonser, Stephen P. (2014). Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation? Journal of Vegetation Science, 25(5), 1167 – 1180.
Morfopoulos, Catherine; Sperlich, Dominik; Peñuelas, Josep; Filella, Iolanda; Llusià, Joan; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Niinemets, Ülo; Possell, Malcolm; Sun, Zhihong; Prentice, Iain Colin (2014). A model of plant isoprene emission based on available reducing power captures responses to atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist, 203(1), 125 – 139.
Niinemets, Ü. (2014). Cohort-specific tuning of foliage physiology to interacting stresses in evergreens. Tree Physiology, 34(12), 1301 – 1304.
Niinemets, Ü.; Keenan, T. F. (2014). Photosynthetic responses to stress in Mediterranean evergreens: mechanisms and models. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 103, 24 – 41.
Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Improving modeling of the “dark part” of canopy carbon gain. Tree Physiology, 34, 557 – 563.
Niinemets, Ülo; Fares, Silvano; Harley, Peter; Jardine, Kolby J. (2014). Bidirectional exchange of biogenic volatiles with vegetation: emission sources, reactions, breakdown and deposition. Plant, Cell and Environment, 37, 1790 – 1809.
Price, Charles A.; Wright, Ian J.; Ackerly, David D.; Niinemets, Ülo; Reich, Peter B.; Veneklaas, Erik J. (2014). Are leaf functional traits ‘invariant’ with plant size and what is ‘invariance’ anyway? Functional Ecology, 28, 1330 – 1343.
Pärnik, T.; Ivanova , H.; Keerberg, O.; Vardja, R.; Niinemets, Ü. (2014). Tree age-dependent changes in photosynthetic and respiratory CO2 exchange in leaves of micropropagated diploid, triploid and hybrid aspen . Tree Physiology, 34(6), 585 – 594.
Rasulov, Bahtijor; Bichele, Irina; Laisk, Agu; Niinemets, Ülo (2014). Competition between isoprene emission and pigment synthesis during leaf development in aspen. Plant, Cell and Environment, 37(3), 724 – 741.
Sancho-Knapik, Domingo; Peguero-Pina, José Javier; Flexas, Jaume; Herbette, Stéphane; Cochard, Hervé; Niinemets, Ülo; Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio (2014). Coping with low light under high atmospheric dryness: shade acclimation in a Mediterranean conifer (Abies pinsapo Boiss.). Tree Physiology, 34(12), 1321 – 1333.
Smolander, S.; He, Q.; Mogensen, D.; Zhou, L.; Bäck, J.; Ruuskanen, T.; Noe, S.; Guenther, A.; Aaltonen, H.; Kulmala, M.; Boy, M. (2014). Comparing three vegetation monoterpene emission models to measured gas concentrations with a model of meteorology, air chemistry and chemical transport. Biogeosciences, 11, 5425 – 5443.
Soran, Maria-Loredana; Stan, Manuela; Niinemets, Ülo; Copolovici, Lucian (2014). Influence of microwave frequency electromagnetic radiation on terpene emission and content in aromatic plants. Journal of Plant Physiology, 171, 1436 – 1443.
Timmusk, S.; El-Daim, I.A.A.; Copolovici, L.; Tanilas, T.; Kännaste, A.; Behers, L.; Nevo, E.; Seisenbaeva, G.; Stenström, E.; Niinemets, Ü. (2014). Drought-tolerance of wheat improved by rhizosphere bacteria from harsh environments: enhanced biomass production. PLoS ONE, 9(5), 1 – 13.
Book chapters
Niinemets, Ü.; Tobias, M. (2014). Scaling light harvesting from moss “leaves” to canopies. Hanson, D.T., Rice, S.K. (Eds.). Bryophyte Photosynthesis (151 – 171). New York: Springer-Verlag
2013
Journal papers
Behnke, K; Ghirardo, A; Janz, D; Kanawati, B; Esperschütz, J; Zimmer, I; Schmitt-Kopplin, P; Niinemets, Ü; Polle, A; Schnitzler, J-P; Rosenkranz, M (2013). Isoprene function in two contrasting poplars under salt and sunflecks. Tree Physiology, 33, 562 – 578.
Bourtsoukidis, E.; Kawaletz, H.; Radacki, D.; Schütz, S.; Hakola, H.; Hellen, H.; Noe, S.; Mölder, I.; Ammer, C.; Bonn, B. (2013). Impact of flooding and drought conditions on the emission of volatile organic compounds of Quercus robur and Prunus serotina. Trees-Structure and Function, 28(1), 193-204.
Copaciu, Florina; Opriş, Ocsana; Coman, Virginia; Ristoiu, Dumitru; Niinemets, Ülo; Copolovici, Lucian (2013). Diffuse water pollution by anthraquinone and azo dyes in environment importantly alters foliage volatiles, carotenoids and physiology in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224, 1478
Grote, Rüdiger; Monson, Russell K; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Leaf-level models of constitutive and stress-driven volatile organic compound emissions. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (315 – 355). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Harrison, Sandy P.; Morfopoulos, Catherine; Srikanta Dani, K. G.; Prentice, I. Colin; Arneth, Almut; Atwell, Brian J.; Barkley, Michael P.; Leishman, Michelle R.; Loreto, Francesco; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Niinemets, Ülo; Possell, Malcolm; Peñuelas, Josep; Wright, Ian J. (2013). Volatile isoprenoid emissions from plastid to planet. New Phytologist, 197(1), 49 – 57.
Kask, Kaia; Kännaste, Astrid; Lucian, Copolovici; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Volatile organic compounds released by heat stressed Brassica nigra seedlings.
Kännaste, Astrid; Copolovici, Lucian; Pazouki, Leila; Suhhorutšenko, Marina; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Highly variable chemical signatures over short spatial distances among Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) populations. Tree Physiology, 33, 374 – 387.
Niinemets, Ü.; Kännaste, A.; Copolovici, L. (2013). Quantitative patterns between plant volatile emissions induced by biotic stress and the degree of damage. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4, 262
Niinemets, Ülo; Ciccioli, Paolo; Noe, Steffen M.; Reichstein, Markus (2013). Scaling BVOC emissions from leaf to canopy and landscape: how different are predictions based on contrasting emission algorithms? Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (357 – 390). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (2013). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions. Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (2013). Preface. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (V – X). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (2013). State-of-the-art of BVOC research: what do we have and what have we missed? A synthesis. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (509 – 528). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Opriş, Ocsana; Copaciu, Florina; Soran, Maria Loredana; Ristoiu, Dumitru; Niinemets, Ülo; Copolovici, Lucian (2013). Influence of nine antibiotics on key secondary metabolites and physiological characteristics in Triticum aestivum: Leaf volatiles as a promising new tool to assess toxicity. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 87(1), 70 – 79.
Pallozzi, Emanuele; Tsonev, Tsonko; Marino, Giovanni; Copolovici, Lucian; Niinemets, Ülo; Loreto, Francesco; Centritto, Mauro (2013). Isoprenoid emissions, photosynthesis and mesophyll diffusionconductance in response to blue light. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 95, 50 – 58.
Peñuelas, J; Sardans, J; Llusià, J; Silva, J; Owen, S M; Bala-Ola, B; Linatoc, A C; Dalimin, M N; Niinemets, Ü (2013). Foliar chemistry and standing folivory of early and late-successional species in a Bornean rainforest. PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY, 6, 245 – 256.
Portillo-Estrada, Miguel; Korhonen, Janne F. J.; Pihlatie, Mari; Pumpanen, Jukka; Frumau, Arnoud K. F.; Morillas, Lourdes; Tosens, Tiina; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Inter- and intra-annual variations in canopy fine litterfall and carbon and nitrogen inputs to the forest floor in two European coniferous forests. Annals of Forest Science, 70(4), 367 – 379.
Rajabi Memari, Hamid; Pazouki, Leila; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). The biochemistry and molecular biology of volatile messengers in trees. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (47 – 93). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Rasulov, Bahtijor; Bichele, Irina; Laisk, Agu; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Competition between isoprene emission and pigment synthesis during leaf development in aspen. Plant, Cell and Environment, x
Smolander, S.; He, Q.; Mogensen, D.; Zhou, L.; Bäck, J.;Ruuskanen, T.; Noe, S.; Guenther, A.; Aaltonen, H.; Kulmala, M.; Boy, M. (2013). Comparing three vegetation monoterpene emission models to measured gas concentrations with a model of meteorology, air chemistry and chemical transport. Biogeosciences Discussions, 10, 18563 – 18611.
Sun, Z.; Niinemets, Ü.; Hüve, K; Rasulov, B.; Noe, S. (2013). Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration leads to increased whole-plant isoprene emission in hybrid aspen (Populus tremula 9 Populus tremuloides). New Phytologist, 198(3), 788 – 800.
Sun, Zhihong; Hüve, Katja; Vislap, Vivian; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Elevated [CO2] magnifies isoprene emissions under heat and improves thermal resistance in hybrid aspen. Journal of Experimental Botany, ert318.
Tomás, Magdalena; Flexas, Jaume; Copolovici, Lucian; Galmés, Jeroni; Hallik, Lea; Medrano, Hipólito; Ribas-Carbó, Miquel; Tosens, Tiina; Vislap, Vivian; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Importance of leaf anatomy in determining mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 across species: quantitative limitations and scaling up by models. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(8), 2269 – 2281.
Veromann, Eve; Toome, Merje; Kännaste, Astrid; Kaasik, Riina; Copolovici, Lucian; Flink, Jaak; Kovács, Gabriella; Narits, Lea; Luik, Anne; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Effects of nitrogen fertilization on insect pests, their parasitoids, plant diseases and volatile organic compounds in Brassica napus. Crop Protection, 43, 79 – 88.
Niinemets, Ü.; Kännaste, A.; Copolovici, L. (2013). Quantitative patterns between plant volatile emissions induced by biotic stress and the degree of damage. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4, 262
Book chapters
Grote, Rüdiger; Monson, Russell K; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Leaf-level models of constitutive and stress-driven volatile organic compound emissions. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (315 – 355). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Ciccioli, Paolo; Noe, Steffen M.; Reichstein, Markus (2013). Scaling BVOC emissions from leaf to canopy and landscape: how different are predictions based on contrasting emission algorithms? Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (357 – 390). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (2013). State-of-the-art of BVOC research: what do we have and what have we missed? A synthesis. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (509 – 528). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (2013). Preface. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (V – X). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Rajabi Memari, Hamid; Pazouki, Leila; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). The biochemistry and molecular biology of volatile messengers in trees. Niinemets, Ülo; Monson, Russell K. (Eds.). Biology, controls and models of tree volatile organic compound emissions (47 – 93). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Review of “Studies of the woodland light climate. I. The photographic computation of light conditions. Journal of Ecology, 52, 27-41 by Anderson, M.C. (1964)”. Grubb, Peter; Whittaker, John (Eds.). 100 influential papers published in 100 years of the British Ecological Society journals (21 – 21). Cambridge: British Ecological Society
Niinemets, Ü. (2013). Review of “Some often overlooked plant characteristics as determinants of plant growth: a reconsideration. Functional Ecology, 5, 162-173 by Körner, C. (1991)”. Grubb, Peter; Whittaker, John (Eds.). 100 influential papers published in 100 years of the British Ecological Society journals (25 – 25). Cambridge: British Ecological Society
2012
Journal papers
Carter, M. S.; Larsen, K. S.; Emmett, B.; Estiarte, M.; Field, C.; Leith, I.D.; Lund, M.; Meijide, A.; Mills, R. T. E.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peñuelas, J.; Portillo-Estrada, M.; Schmidt, I. K.; Selsted, M. B.; Sheppard, L. J.; Sowerby, A.; Tietema, A.; Beier, C. (2012). Synthesizing greenhouse gas fluxes across nine European peatlands and shrublands – responses to climatic and environmental changes. Biogeosciences, 9, 3739 – 3755.
Copolovici, Lucian; Kännaste, Astrid; Pazouki, Leila; Niinemets, Ülo (2012). Emissions of green leaf volatiles and terpenoids from Solanum lycopersicum are quantitatively related to the severity of cold and heat shock treatments. Journal of Plant Physiology, 169, 664 – 672.
Flexas, J.; Barbour, M. M.; Brendel, O.; Cabrera, H. M.; Carriquí, M.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Douthe, C.; Dreyer, E.; Ferrio, J. P.; Gago, J.; Gallé, A.; Galmés, J.; Kodama, N.; Medrano, H.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peguero-Pina, J. J.; Pou, A.; Ribas-Carbó, M.; Tomás, M.; Tosens, T.; Warren, C. R. (2012). Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: An unappreciated central player in photosynthesis. Plant Science, 193-194, 70 – 84.
Goll, D. S.; Brovkin, V.; Parida, B. R.; Reick, C. H.; Kattge, J.; Reich, P. B.; van Bodegom, P. M.; Niinemets, Ü. (2012). Nutrient limitation reduces land carbon uptake in simulations with a model of combined carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling. Biogeosciences, 9(3), 3547 – 3569.
Hallik, Lea; Niinemets, Ülo; Kull, Olevi (2012). Photosynthetic acclimation to light in woody and herbaceous species: a comparison of leaf structure, pigment content and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics measured in the field. Plant Biology, 14(1), 88 – 99.
Harrison, Sandy P.; Morfopoulos, Catherine; Srikanta Dani, K. G.; Prentice, I. Colin; Arneth, Almut; Atwell, Brian J.; Barkley, Michael P.; Leishman, Michelle R.; Loreto, Francesco; Medlyn, Belinda E.; Niinemets, Ülo; Possell, Malcolm; Peñuelas, Josep; Wright, Ian J. (2013). Volatile isoprenoid emissions from plastid to planet. New Phytologist, 197(1), 49 – 57.
Hüve, K.; Bichele, I.; Ivanova, H.; Keerberg, O.; Pärnik, T.; Rasulov, B.; Tobias, M.; Niinemets, Ü. (2012). Temperature responses of dark respiration in relation to leaf sugar concentration. Physiologia Plantarum, 144(4), 320 – 334.
Keenan, Trevor F.; Niinemets, Ülo (2012). Circadian control of global isoprene emissions. Nature Geoscience, 5(7), 435 – 435.
Monson, R. K.; Grote, R.; Niinemets, Ü.; Schnitzler, J.-P. (2012). Tansley review. Modeling the isoprene emission rate from leaves. New Phytologist, 195(3), 541 – 559.
Niinemets, Ülo (2012). Optimization of foliage photosynthetic capacity in tree canopies: towards identifying missing constraints. Tree Physiology, 32(5), 505 – 509.
Niinemets, Ülo; Keenan, Trevor F. (2012). Measures of light in studies on light-driven plant plasticity in artificial environments. Frontiers in Plant Science, 3, 156
Noe, S.M.; Hüve, K.; Niinemets, Ü; Copolovici, L. (2012). Seasonal variation in vertical volatile compounds air concentrations within a remote hemiboreal mixed forest. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 3909 – 3926.
Opriş, Ocsana; Copaciu, Florina; Soran, Maria Loredana; Ristoiu, Dumitru; Niinemets, Ülo; Copolovici, Lucian (2012). Influence of nine antibiotics on key secondary metabolites and physiological characteristics in Triticum aestivum: Leaf volatiles as a promising new tool to assess toxicity. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 87(1), 70 – 79.
Peguero-Pina, José Javier; Flexas, Jaume; Galmés, Jeroni; Niinemets, Ülo; Sancho-Knapik, Domingo; Barredo, Gonzalo; Villarroya, Dido; Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio (2012). Leaf anatomical properties in relation to differences in mesophyll conductance to CO2 and photosynthesis in two related Mediterranean Abies species. Plant, Cell and Environment, 35(12), 2121 – 2129.
Royer, D. L.; Peppe, D. J.; Wheeler, E. A.; Niinemets, Ü. (2012). Roles of temperature and life-history traits in controlling toothed vs. untoothed leaf margins. American Journal of Botany, 99, 915 – 922.
Räim, O.; Kaurilind, E.; Hallik, L.; Merilo, E. (2012). Why does needle photosynthesis decline with tree height in Norway spruce? Plant Biology, 14(2), 306 – 314.
Semiz, G.; Blande, J. D.; Heijari, J.; Işık, K.; Niinemets, Ü.; Holopainen, J. K. (2012). Manipulation of VOC emissions with methyl jasmonate and carrageenan in evergreen conifer Pinus sylvestris and evergreen broadleaf Quercus ilex. Plant Biology, 14(Suppl, 1), 57 – 65.
Sun, Z.; Niinemets, Ü.; Hüve, K.; Noe, S.; Rasulov, B.; Copolovici, L.; Vislap, V. (2012). Enhanced isoprene emission capacity and altered light responsiveness in aspen grown under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration. Global Change Biology, 18(11), 3423 – 3440.
Sun, Zhihong; Copolovici, Lucian; Niinemets, Ülo (2012). Can the capacity for isoprene emission acclimate to environmental modifications during autumn senescence in temperate deciduous tree species Populus tremula? Journal of Plant Research, 125, 263 – 274.
Tosens, T.; Niinemets, Ü. ; Vislap, V. ; Eichelmann, H. ; Diez, PC. (2012). Developmental changes in mesophyll diffusion conductance and photosynthetic capacity under different light and water availabilities in Populus tremula: how structure constrains function. Plant Cell and Environment, 35(5), 839-856.
Tosens, T.; Niinemets, Ü.; Westoby, M.; Wright, IJ. (2012). Anatomical basis of variation in mesophyll resistance in eastern Australian sclerophylls: news of a long and winding path. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(14), 5105-5119.
Veromann, Eve; Toome, Merje; Kännaste, Astrid; Kaasik, Riina; Copolovici, Lucian; Flink, Jaak; Kovács, Gabriella; Narits, Lea; Luik, Anne; Niinemets, Ülo (2013). Effects of nitrogen fertilization on insect pests, their parasitoids, plant diseases and volatile organic compounds in Brassica napus. Crop Protection, 43, 79 – 88.
Viil, Juta; Ivanova, Hiie, Pärnik, Tiit (2012). Specificity factor of Rubisco: estimation in intact leaves by carboxylation at different CO2/O2 ratios . Photosynthetica, 50(2), 247 – 253.
Book chapters
Warren, C. R.;, García-Plazaola, J. I.; Niinemets, Ü. (2012). Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in temperate forests. Flexas, J.; Loreto, F.; Medrano, H. (Eds.). Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment. A molecular, physiological and ecological approach (465 – 487). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Valladares, F.; Garcia-Plazaola, J. I.; Morales, F.; Niinemets, Ü. (2012). Photosynthetic responses to radiation. Flexas, J.; Loreto, F.; Medrano, H. (Eds.). Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment. A molecular, physiological and ecological approach (239 – 256). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Niinemets, Ülo (2012). Whole plant photosynthesis. Flexas, J.; Loreto, F.; Medrano, H. (Eds.). Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment. A molecular, physiological and ecological approach (399 – 423). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Galmés, J.; Flexas, J.; Medrano, H.; Niinemets, Ü.; Valladares, F. (2012). Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in semi-arid environments. Flexas, J.; Loreto, F.; Medrano, H. (Eds.). Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment. A molecular, physiological and ecological approach (448 – 464). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Niinemets, Ü.; García-Plazaola, J.I.; Tosens, T. (2012). Photosynthesis during leaf development and ageing. Jaume Flexas, Francesco Loreto, Hipólito Medrano (Eds.). Photosynthesis in a Changing Environment. The Molecular, Physiological and Ecological Bases of Photosynthesis Driving Its Response to the Environmental Changes (353 – 372).Cambridge University Press
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