EDUCATION: University of Tartu: Graduated in biology (genetics) in 1989 University of Tartu: PhD in plant ecology in 1998: thesis on "The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis on the competition and coexistence of calcareous grassland plant species" PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APOINTMENTS: 1989 - 1992 Researcher at the Estonian Agricultural Biocentre 1992 - 1998 Research assistant at the Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu 1994 - 1998 PhD student at the Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu 1998 -2000 Resesarcher at the Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu 2000 posdoc at the Division of General Microbiology, Viiki Biocentre, Helsinki University 2001 - 2003 researcher at the Department of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu since 2003 senior researcher at the Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences, Department of Botany, University of Tartu

SUPERVISED POSTGRADUATE THESIS: MSc:  Heikki Kalle (co-supervisor with M. Zobel) - 2006 , Virve Sõber (co-supervisor with T. Teder) - 2006, Kadri Koorem - 2007, Mart Kinkar - 2010, Marika Kose - 2010 PhD:    Maarja Öpik (co-supervisor with M. Zobel) - 2004           Ülle Jõgar - 2008               Virve Sõber (co-supervisor with T. Teder) - 2010  Current supervision of PhD students:  Kadri Koorem

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: University of Tartu Lectures in experimental methods in plant ecology  Field course in plant ecology  Lectures in community ecology  Courses in mycorrhizal studies  Rio Cuarto University, Argentina Postgraduate course of plant community ecology – 1998, 1999

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES: International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS) - 1993 RECEIVED AWARDS: Sience award of the goverment of The Estonian Republic - 1998 CURRENT SCIENTIFIC WORK: Influence of habitat fragmentation and biotic interactions (competition, mycorrhizal symbiosis, insect pollination) on plant performance.   Natural variability in diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities and its influence on host plants populations and communities Mechanisms behind plant commuity structure and diversity. CURRENT  PROJECTS : ETF7371, Regeneration of plant community – ecological interactions and spatial patterns  2008-2011. Grant by Estonian science Foundation TK13U04 (SF0180098s08), Vegetation patterns, species coexistence and mechamisms behind them 2008 – 2013. Grant by Estonian Research Council EU FP6- 036866 ECOCHANGE

PUBLICATIONS:

ISI publications 

• Unterseher, M., Jumpponen, A., Öpik, M., Tedersoo, L., Moora, M., Dormann, C., & Schnittler, M. 2011 Species abundance distributions and richness estimations in fungal metagenomics - lessons learned from community ecology. Molecular Ecology, 20, 275-285.
• Klironomos, J., Zobel, M., Tibbett, M., Stock, W. D., Rillig, M. C., Parrent, J. L., Moora, M., Koch, A. M., Facelli, J. M., Facelli, E., Dickie, I. A., & Bever, J. D. 2011 Forces that structure plant communities: quantifying the importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist, 189, 366-370.
• Schweiger, O., Biesmeijer, J. C., Bommarco, R., Hickler, T., Hulme, P. E., Klotz, S., Kuhn, I., Moora, M., Nielsen, A., Ohlemuller, R., Petanidou, T., Potts, S. G., Pysek, P., Stout, J. C., Sykes, M. T., Tscheulin, T., Vila, M., Walther, G. R., Westphal, C., Winter, M., Zobel, M., & Settele, J. 2010 Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination. Biological Reviews, 85, 777-795. 
• Sõber, V., Moora, M., & Teder, T. 2010 Florivores decrease pollinator visitation in a self-incompatible plant. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11, 669-675. 
• Harrison, P. A., Vandewalle, M., Sykes, M. T., Berry, P. M., Bugter, R., De Bello, F., Feld, C. K., Grandin, U., Harrington, R., Haslett, J. R., Jongman, R. H. G., Luck, G. W., da Silva, P. M., Moora, M., Settele, J., Sousa, J. P., & Zobel, M. 2010 Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, 2791-2821.
• Koorem, K. & Moora, M. 2010 Positive association between understory species richness and a dominant shrub species (Corylus avellana) in a boreonemoral spruce forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 260, 1407-1413.
• Öpik, M., Vanatoa, A., Vanatoa, E., Moora, M., Davison, J., Kalwij, J. M., Reier, Ü., & Zobel, M. 2010 The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). New Phytologist, 188, 223-241.  
• Bever J.D., Dickie I.A., Facelli E., Facelli J.M., Klironomos J., Moora M., Rillig M.C., Stock W.D., Tibbett M. & Zobel M. 2010. Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25, 468-478.
• Hammen, V. C., Biesmeijer, J. C., Bommarco, R.,; Budrys, E.,; Christensen, T. R., Fronzek, S.,; Grabaum, R., Jaksic, P.,; Klotz, S.,; Kramarz, P., Kröel-Dulay, G., Kühn, I., Mirtl, M.,; Moora, M., Petanidou, T., Pino , J., Potts, S. G.,Rortais, A., Schulze, C. H., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stout, J, Szentgyörgyi, H., Vighi, M., Vujic, A., Westphal, C., Wolf, T., Zavala, G., Zobel, M., Settele , J. & Kunin, W. E. 2010. Establishment of a cross-European field site network in the ALARM project for assessing large-scale changes in biodiversity. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 164(1-4), 337 - 348.
• Zobel, M. Moora, M. & Herben, T. 2010. Clonal mobility and its implications for spatio-temporal patterns of plant communities: what do we need to know next? Oikos, 119(5), 802 - 806.
• Walther, G.R., Roques, A., Hulme, P.E., Sykes, M.T., Pysek, P., Kühn, I., Zobel, M., Bacher, S., Botta-Dukat, Z., Bugmann, H., Czucz, B., Dauber, J., Hickler, T., Jarosik, V.,; Kenis, M., Klotz, S., Minchin, D., Moora, M., Nentwig, W., Ott, J., Panov, V.E., Reineking, B., Robinet, C., Semenchenko, V., Solarz, W., Thuiller, W.,; Vila, M., Vohland, K.& Settele, J. 2009. Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(12), 686 - 693.
• Öpik, M., Metsis, M., Daniell, T. J., Zobel, M.& Moora, M. 2009. Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest. New Phytologist, 184, 424 - 437.
• Uibopuu, A., Moora, M., Saks, Ü., Daniell, T., Zobel, M.& Öpik, M. 2009. Differential effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from ecosystems along management gradient on the growth of forest understorey plant species. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 2141 - 2146.
• Aavik, T., Püssa, K.,; Roosaluste, E.& Moora, M. 2009. Vegetation change in boreonemoral forest during succession - trends in species composition, richness and differentiation diversity. Annales Botanici Fennici, 46, 326 - 335.
• Sõber, V., Teder, T.& Moora, M. 2009. Contrasting effects of plant population size on florivory and pollination. Basic and Applied Ecology, 10, 737 - 744.
• Moora, M., Öpik, M., Zobel, K.& Zobel, M. 2009. Understory plant diversity is related to higher variability of vegetative mobility of coexisting species. Oecologia, 159(2), 355 - 361.
• Öpik, M. Moora, M., Zobel, M., Saks, Ü., Wheatley, R., Wright, F.& Daniell, T. 2008. High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal herb rich coniferous forest. New Phytologist, 179(3), 867 - 876.
• Aguraiuja, R., Zobel, M., Zobel, K. & Moora, M. 2008. Conservation of the endemic fern lineage Diellia (Aspleniaceae) on the Hawaiian Islands: can population structure indicate regional dynamics and endangering factors?  Folia Gebotanica et Phytotaxonomica. 43: 3-18 
• Jõgar, Ü. & Moora, M. 2008. Re-introduction of a rare plant (Gladiolus imbricatus) population to a river floodplain – how important is meadow management? Restoration Ecology 16: 382-385.
• Öpik, M., Moora, M., Zobel, M., Saks, Ü., Wheatley, R., Wright, F. & Daniell, T. J. 2008. High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal, herb rich, coniferous forest. New Phytol. 179:867-876
• Moora, M., Daniell, T. J., Kalle, H., Liira, J., Püssa, K., Roosaluste, E., Öpik, M., Wheatley, R. & Zobel, M. 2007. Spatial pattern and species richness of boreonemoral forest understorey and its determinants – a comparison of differently managed forests. Forest Ecology and Management 250: 64-70.
• Moora, M., Kose, M. & Jõgar, Ü. 2007. Optimal management of the rare Gladiolus imbricatus in Estonian coastal meadows indicated by its population structure. Applied Vegetation Science 10: 161 - 168.
• Teder, T., Moora, M., Roosaluste, E., Zobel, K., Pärtel, M., Kõljalg, U. & Zobel, M. 2007. Monitoring of biological diversity: a common-ground approach. Conservation Biology 21: 313-317.
• Zobel, M., Kalamees, R., Püssa, K., Roosaluste, E. & Moora, M. 2007. Soil seed bank and vegetation in mixed coniferous forest stands with different disturbance regimes. Forest Ecology and Management 250: 71-76.
• Moora, M. & Jõgar, Ü. 2006. Competitive response of the rare Viola elatior in comparison with a common V. mirabilis. Plant Ecology 184: 105-110.
• Öpik, M., Moora, M., Liira, J. & Zobel, M. 2006. Composition of root-colonising arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe. J Ecology 94: 778-790.
• Zobel, M., Öpik, M., Moora, M. & Pärtel, M. 2006. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: It is time for dispersal experiments. Journal of Vegetation Science 1 7: 543-547. 
• Moora, M., Öpik, M., Sen, R. & Zobel, M. 2004. Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differentially influence the seedling performance of rare and common Pulsatilla species. Funct Ecology 18: 554-562.
• Moora, M., Öpik, M. & Zobel, M. 2004. Performance of two Centaurea species in response to different root-associated microbial communities and to alterations in nutrient availability. Annales Botanici Fennici 41: 263-271.
• Aguraiuja, R., Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 2004. Population stage structure of Hawaiian endemic fern taxa of genus Diellia (Aspleniaceae): implications for monitoring and regional dynamics. Can. J. Bot. 82: 1438-1445.
• Rünk, K., Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 2004. Do different competitive abilities of three fern species explain their different regional abundances? Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 351-356.
• Moora, M., Sõber, V. & Zobel, M. 2003. Responses of rare (Viola elatior) and a common (Viola mirabilis) congeneric species to different management conditions in grassland - is different light competition ability responsible for different abundances? Acta Oecologica 24: 169-174. 
• Öpik, M., Moora, M., Liira, J., Kõljalg, U., Zobel, M. & Sen, R. 2003. Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils. New Phytol 160: 581-593.
• Petryna, L., Moora, M., Nu?es, C. O., Cantero, J. J. & Zobel, M. 2002. Are invaders disturbance-limited? Conservation of mountain grasslands in Central Argentina. Applied Vegetation Science 5: 195-202.
• Pärtel, M., Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 2001. Variation in species richness within and between calcareous (alvar) grassland stands: the role of core and satellite species. Plant Ecology 157: 205-213.
• Zobel, M., Otsus, M., Liira, J., Moora, M. & Möls, T. 2000. Is small-scale species richness limited by seed availability or microsite availability? Ecology 81: 3274-3282.
• Zobel, M., Pilt, I., Moora, M., Pärtel, M. & Liira, J. 1999. Small-scale dynamics of plant communities in an experimentally polluted and fungicide-treated subarctic birch-pine forest. Acta Oecologica 20: 29-37.
• Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 1998. Can arbuscular mycorrhiza change the effect of root competition between conspecific plants of different ages? Can. J. Bot. 76: 613-619.
• Zobel, K., Moora, M., Brown, V. K., Niemelä, P. & Zobel, M. 1997. Secondary succession and herbivory in a subarctic grassland: community structure and diversity. Ecography 20: 595-604.
• Zobel, M., Moora, M. & Haukioja, E. 1997. Plant coexistence in the interactive environment: arbuscular mycorrhiza should not be out of mind. Oikos 78: 202-208.
• Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 1996. Effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza on inter- and intraspecific competition of two grassland species. Oecologia 108: 79-84.
• Zobel, M. & Moora, M. 1995. Interspecific competition and arbuscular mycorrhiza: importance for the coexistence of two calcareous grassland species. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 30: 223-230.

• Moora, M.& Zobel, M. 2010. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Plant-Plant Interactions. Impact of Invisible World on Visible Patterns. Pugnaire F. I. (Ed.). Positive interactions and plant community dynamics (79 - 98). Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC PRESS
• Rünk, K., Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 2006. Population stage structure of three congeneric Dryopteris species in Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology and Ecology 55: 15-30.
• Öpik, M., Moora, M., Liira, J., Rosendahl, S. & Zobel, M. 2006. Comparison of communities of arbscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots of two Viola species. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology and Ecology 55: 3-14.
• Öpik, M., Moora, M. & Zobel, M. 2004. Taimede risosfääris elavad arbuskulaar-mükoriissed seened: varjatud peaosalised. In: Reintam, L. (ed.)  Muld ökosüsteemis, seire ja kaitse, pp. 143-152. ETA, Tartu.
• Kose, M. & Moora, M. 2005. Monitoring the Wild gladiolus (Gladiolus imbricatus) population under different meadow management regimes. In: Rannap, R., Briggs, L., Lotman, K., Lepik, I. & Rannap, V. (eds.)  Coastal meadow management : best practice guidelines.  pp. 70-71. Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn.
• Kose, M. & Moora, M. 2005. Niidu-kuremõõga (Gladiolus imbricatus) asurkonna seire erineva hooldusrežiimiga niitudel. In: Rannap, R., Briggs, L., Lotman, K., Lepik, I. & Rannap, V. (eds.)  Rannaniitude hooldus, pp. 70-71. Eesti Vabariigi Keskkonnaministeerium, Tallinn.
• Zobel, M., Zobel, K., Pärtel, M., Moora, M. & Liira, J. 1998. Taimede kooselu - miks liigiline mitmekesisus looduses varieerub? In: Engelbrecht, J. (ed.)  Eesti Vabariigi teaduspreemiad 1998, pp. 46-53. Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia, Tallinn.