Zoë Lindo, Phd
Assistant Professor, Community ecology, Soil ecolo
Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Zoë Lindo, PhD Assistant Professor, Community ecology, Soil ecology, of Department of Biology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Research Interest
Many ecosystems are currently undergoing dramatic changes in biodiversity due to habitat loss and fragmentation associated with land use change, pollution, overexploitation, and climate change. Mitigating these effects requires an understanding of the drivers of biodiversity loss, and the consequences of loss on ecosystem processes and functioning. As there is unequivocal evidence for directly linking the effects of global change, soil biodiversity and nutrient cycling, my research uses a combined aboveground-belowground approach for understanding the regulation and functional significance of biodiversity. My lab uses experiments in the field, greenhouse and laboratory (BIOTRON), and the integration of empirical results with current theoretical perspectives to help identify how to mitigate the impacts of environmental change and maintain ecosystem function in soil systems.
Publications
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Lindo Z. Warming favours small-bodied organisms through enhanced reproduction and compositional shifts in belowground systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2015 Dec 31;91:271-8.
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Darvill R, Lindo Z. The inclusion of stakeholders and cultural ecosystem services in land management trade-off decisions using an ecosystem services approach. Landscape ecology. 2016 Mar 1;31(3):533-45.
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Dieleman CM, Branfireun BA, McLaughlin JW, Lindo Z. Enhanced carbon release under future climate conditions in a peatland mesocosm experiment: the role of phenolic compounds. Plant and soil. 2016 Mar 1;400(1-2):81-91.
