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Katalin Szlavecz is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans significant areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science, focusing on ecological and soil science topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study highlight a focus on:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science

The key topics covered in Katalin Szlavecz's research consist of:

  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms (2021), published in Biological Invasions
  • Bioaccumulation, physiological distribution, and biotransformation of tetrabromobisphenol a (TBBPA) in the geophagous earthworm Metaphire guillelmi - hint for detoxification strategy (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Earthworm assemblages in urban habitats across biogeographical regions (2020), published in Applied Soil Ecology
  • Microbial and environmental controls on wood decomposition in deciduous forests of different ages (2021), published in Applied Soil Ecology
  • Urbanization minimizes the effects of plant traits on soil provisioned ecosystem services across climatic regions (2021), published in Global Change Biology

Frequent publication venues where they have contributed multiple works include:

  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Urban forestry & urban greening
  • ZooKeys
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biological Invasions

Collaboration with other researchers forms part of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Ian D. Yesilonis
  • Chih-Han Chang
  • Richard V. Pouyat
  • Heikki Setälä
  • D. Johan Kotze

Best Publications

  • Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

    S.T.A. Pickett;M.L. Cadenasso;J.M. Grove;Christopher G. Boone

  • Beyond Urban Legends: An Emerging Framework of Urban Ecology, as Illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

    Steward T. A. Pickett;Mary L. Cadenasso;J. Morgan Grove;Peter M. Groffman

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Chemical, Physical, and Biological Characteristics of Urban Soils

    Richard V. Pouyat;Katalin Szlavecz;Ian D. Yesilonis;Peter M. Groffman

  • Land use context and natural soil controls on plant community composition and soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics in urban and rural forests.

    Peter M. Groffman;Richard V. Pouyat;Mary L. Cadenasso;Wayne C. Zipperer

  • Urbanization erodes ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and may cause microbial communities to converge.

    Dietrich J Epp Schmidt;Richard Pouyat;Katalin Szlavecz;Heikki Setälä

  • Response of forest soil properties to urbanization gradients in three metropolitan areas

    Richard V. Pouyat;Ian D. Yesilonis;Katalin Szlavecz;Csaba Csuzdi

  • Ecosystem effects of non-native earthworms in Mid-Atlantic deciduous forests

    Katalin Szlavecz;Melissa McCormick;Lijun Xia;Jaclyn Saunders;Jaclyn Saunders

  • Effects of Land Use and Vegetation Cover on Soil Temperature in an Urban Ecosystem

    Yulia Savva;Katalin Szlavecz;Richard V. Pouyat;Peter M. Groffman

  • Biodiversity and Community Composition in Urban Ecosystems: Coupled Human, Spatial, and Metacommunity Processes

    Christopher M. Swan;Steward T. A. Pickett;Katalin Szlavecz;Paige Warren

  • Comparison of the chemical alteration trajectory of Liriodendron tulipifera L. leaf litter among forests with different earthworm abundance

    Timothy R. Filley;Melissa K. McCormick;Susan E. Crow;Katalin Szlavecz

  • Historical land use and stand age effects on forest soil properties in the Mid-Atlantic US

    Ian Yesilonis;K. Szlavecz;Richard Pouyat;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Invasive earthworm species and nitrogen cycling in remnant forest patches

    Katalin Szlavecz;Sarah A. Placella;Richard V. Pouyat;Peter M. Groffman

  • A Global comparison of surface soil characteristics across five cities: A test of the urban ecosystem convergence hypothesis.

    Richard V. Pouyat;Ian D. Yesilonis;Miklos Dombos;Katalin Szlavecz

  • Methane fluxes from tree stems and soils along a habitat gradient

    Scott L. Pitz;Scott L. Pitz;J. Patrick Megonigal;Chih-Han Chang;Katalin Szlavecz

  • Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape

    Katalin Szlavecz;Paige Warren;Steward Pickett

  • Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Shishir Paudel;Travis Longcore;Beau MacDonald;Melissa Kay McCormick

  • Earthworms, stand age, and species composition interact to influence particulate organic matter chemistry during forest succession

    Susan E. Crow;Susan E. Crow;Timothy R. Filley;Melissa McCormick;Katalin Szlávecz

  • Asian pheretimoid earthworms in North America north of Mexico: An illustrated key to the genera Amynthas, Metaphire, Pithemera, and Polypheretima (Clitellata: Megascolecidae).

    Chih-Han Chang;Bruce A. Snyder;Katalin Szlavecz

  • The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms

    Chih-Han Chang;Marie L. C. Bartz;George Brown;Mac A. Callaham

  • Species-specific effects of earthworms on microbial communities and the fate of litter-derived carbon

    Chih-Han Chang;Katalin Szlavecz;Jeffrey S. Buyer

  • Controls on wood and leaf litter incorporation into soil fractions in forests at different successional stages

    Yini Ma;Timothy R. Filley;Katalin Szlavecz;Melissa K. McCormick

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Terzis
Andreas Terzis Google (United States)
Richard V. Pouyat
Richard V. Pouyat US Forest Service
Alexander S. Szalay
Alexander S. Szalay Johns Hopkins University
Timothy R. Filley
Timothy R. Filley University of Oklahoma
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Christopher M. Swan
Christopher M. Swan University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Heikki Setälä
Heikki Setälä University of Helsinki
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Mary L. Cadenasso
Mary L. Cadenasso University of California, Davis
D. Johan Kotze
D. Johan Kotze University of Helsinki

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