Paul Kardol

Ecosystem Science
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6422
Phone:  (865)574-7844
Fax:  (865)576-9939
kardolp@ornl.gov

Research

My current research focuses on the role of soil organisms in plant community dynamics and ecosystem functioning and how plant-soil organism interactions are affected by environmental and climatic changes. A focal theme is the role of historical contingency in plant and soil community dynamics. Assembly history, i.e. the order of species arrival, can have persistent effects on both plant and soil community composition and, hence, potentially has important consequence for plant-soil organism interactions, soil ecosystem processes and above-belowground interactions.

Education

• Ph.D. Ecology, Wageningen University & Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Heteren, The Netherlands
• BS/MS, Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

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