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Paul Kardol is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus also on environmental science.

The primary areas of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The main subfields of their work cover:

  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Kardol's research addresses several key topics such as:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Their frequently published work appears in a range of scientific journals, with numerous contributions to:

  • New Phytologist
  • Journal of Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent publications by Kardol include the following:

  • Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Organic fertilization promotes crop productivity through changes in soil aggregation, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Trade-off between vegetation type, soil erosion control and surface water in global semi-arid regions: A meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Plant-Soil Feedbacks and Temporal Dynamics of Plant Diversity-Productivity Relationships, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Carbon limitation overrides acidification in mediating soil microbial activity to nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland, 2021, Global Change Biology

Kardol has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • David A. Wardle (17 joint publications)
  • Michael J. Gundale (12 joint publications)
  • Rui Yin (10 joint publications)
  • Nico Eisenhauer (8 joint publications)
  • Manqiang Liu (6 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

    Wim H. van der Putten;Richard D. Bardgett;James D. Bever;T. Martijn Bezemer

  • Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

    Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

  • Temporal variation in plant–soil feedback controls succession

    Paul Kardol;T. Martijn Bezemer;Wim H. van der Putten

  • Microbe-mediated plant-soil feedback causes historical contingency effects in plant community assembly

    Paul Kardol;Nelleke J. Cornips;Monique M. L. van Kempen;J. M. Tanja Bakx-Schotman

  • How understanding aboveground–belowground linkages can assist restoration ecology

    Paul Kardol;David A. Wardle

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Soil ecosystem functioning under climate change: plant species and community effects

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Melissa A. Cregger;Courtney E. Campany;Aimee T. Classen

  • The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils

    Nicolas Fanin;Nicolas Fanin;Paul Kardol;Mark Farrell;Marie-Charlotte Nilsson

  • Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands

    François P. Teste;François P. Teste;Paul Kardol;Benjamin L. Turner;Benjamin L. Turner;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle

  • Plant–Soil Feedback: Bridging Natural and Agricultural Sciences

    Pierre Mariotte;Pierre Mariotte;Zia Mehrabi;T. Martijn Bezemer;Gerlinde B. De Deyn

  • Climate change effects on soil microarthropod abundance and community structure

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;W. Nicholas Reynolds;Richard J. Norby;Aimée T. Classen

  • Fungal biomass development in a chronosequence of land abandonment

    A. van der Wal;J.A. van Veen;W. Smant;H.T.S. Boschker

  • A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

    Mark A Bradford;G F Ciska Veen;Anne Bonis;Ella M Bradford

  • Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies.

    Ludovic Henneron;Paul Kardol;David A. Wardle;David A. Wardle;Camille Cros

  • Climate change effects on plant biomass alter dominance patterns and community evenness in an experimental old‐field ecosystem

    Paul Kardol;Paul Kardol;Courtney E. Campany;Lara Souza;Richard J. Norby

  • Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum.

    Deliang Kong;Junjian Wang;Huifang Wu;Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes

  • Global patterns and substrate-based mechanisms of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

    Shuli Niu;Aimée T. Classen;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Paul Kardol

  • Nitrogen deposition weakens plant–microbe interactions in grassland ecosystems

    Cunzheng Wei;Qiang Yu;Qiang Yu;Edith Bai;Xiaotao Lü

  • Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems.

    Nicolas Fanin;Nicolas Fanin;Michael J. Gundale;Mark Farrell;Marcel Ciobanu

  • Biotic plant–soil feedbacks across temporal scales

    Paul Kardol;Gerlinde B. De Deyn;Etienne Laliberté;Pierre Mariotte

  • Resource availability mediates the importance of priority effects in plant community assembly and ecosystem function

    Paul Kardol;Lara Souza;Aimée T. Classen

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Michael J. Gundale
Michael J. Gundale Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson
Marie-Charlotte Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wim H. van der Putten
Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Etienne Laliberté
Etienne Laliberté University of Montreal
Yanfen Wang
Yanfen Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
W.H. van der Putten
W.H. van der Putten Wageningen University & Research
Aimée T. Classen
Aimée T. Classen University of Vermont
T. Martijn Bezemer
T. Martijn Bezemer Leiden University
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University

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