Ülle Kukk
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Ülle Kukk | |
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Born | 18 November 1937 |
Nationality | Estonian |
Known for | studies of Estonian flora. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | botany and conservation. |
Institutions | Tallinn Botanic Garden |
Ülle Kukk (born 18 November 1937 in Tartu) is an Estonian botanist and conservationist.
Education and career
[edit]She was born in Tartu and graduated from the University of Tartu in 1960.[citation needed] 1960–1962 she continued to work in the university and also in the Institute of Experimental Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR.[citation needed]
From 1965 to 1975 she worked as a member of the research staff at the Tallinn Botanic Garden.[citation needed] From 1976 to 1996 she worked for the Estonian Institute of Forestry , and since 1996, she has worked for in the Institute of the Environmental Protection of the Estonian University of Life Sciences.[1]
Research
[edit]Kukk's research has addressed Estonian protected plants and indigenous ornamental plants, and she has been engaged in the distribution of rare and protected plants,[2] biology, monitoring and protection.[3]
She is one of the founders and a board member of the Estonian Orchid Protection Club (Eesti Orhideekaitse Klubi).[citation needed]
Kukk is a member of the Berne Convention's Expert Group on flora, and she was a co-author of the "Estonian Red Book" established in 1998.[4]
Personal
[edit]She was married to phycologist and conservationist Erich Kukk (1928–2017).
Selected publications
[edit]- Kukk, Ülle (1972). Looduslikke dekoratiivtaimi [Wild ornamental plants] (in Estonian). Tallinn: Valgus. (English version published by Light: New York)
- Pilt, Indrek; Kukk, Ülle (December 2002) [2002]. "Pulsatilla patens and Pulsatilla pratensis (Ranunculaceae) in Estonia: distribution and ecology" (Google Books). Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology and Ecology. 51: 242–256. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- Kukk, Ülle (2003). "The distribution of Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass. in Estonia and changes in its population" (PDF). Biuletyn Ogrodów Botanicznych. 12: 11–22. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ Pilt, Indrek; Kukk, Ülle (December 2002) [2002]. Pulsatilla patens and Pulsatilla pratensis (Ranunculaceae) in Estonia: distribution and ecology (Google Books). Vol. 51 (Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology and Ecology ed.). pp. 242–256. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ "Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology. Ecology Volume 51 No. 4 December 2002". Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ Kull, Tiiu; Kukk, Toomas; Malle, Leht; Heljo, Krall; Kukk, Ülle; Kull, Kalevi; Kuusk, Vilma (2002-02-01). "Distribution trends of rare vascular plant species in Estonia" (pdf). Biodiversity and Conservation (Biodiversity and Conservation). 2. 11 (2). Netherlands: Springer: 171–196. doi:10.1023/A:1014564521151. S2CID 13500389.
- ^ "Red Data Book of Estonia". Retrieved 10 December 2010.