Specialization
- Plant-soil interactions, plant exudation, C flow and its transformation in soil, microbial N transformations
- Fertilization effect on ecosystem functioning
- Focus mainly on grasslands and wetlands
Brief CV
- 1990 - 1994: high school Gymnázium Ústí nad Labem
- 1994 - 1999: Charles University, Faculty of Science, graduated in Environmental sciences
- 1999 - 2004: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, postgraduate study in Ecosystem Biology
- Ph.D. Thesis: Microbial C transformation in soils of montane grasslands
Emploees:
- 1999-2006:Institute of Soil Biology AS CR - scientist
- 2003-present:University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology - lecturer, research worker
More information
Study stays:
- Research Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry and Department of Microbiology, Etvos Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (October 2001, April 2005 - week stays)
- Technical University Munich, Department of Botany, Freising, Germany (November 2004, May a September 2007 - 14 days stays)
Projects:
- Project GA AS CR (KJB601410610): Rhizosphere carbon flow in wet meadows: Effects of soil organic content and nutrient availability (2006-2008) - main invetsigator
- Project GA CR: C:N stoichiometry in plant-soil interactions: effects on plant metabolism and processes in the rhizosphere (2016-2018) - main investigator
- Project GA CR (19-17139S): The role of nutrient availability in microbial soil organic matter formation and stabilization in agricultural soils of different C saturation status (2019-2021) - main investigator
Publications:
Kotas P, Edwards K, Jandová K, Kastovska E (2019): Interaction of fertilization ans water status determine C partitioning in a sedge wetland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135: 85-94
Mastny J, Kastovska E, Barta J, Chronakova A, Borovec J, Santruckova H, Urbanova Z, Edwards KR, Picek T (2018): Quality of DOC produced during litter decomposition of peatland plant dominants. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 121: 221-230
Edwards K, Kastovska E, Borovec J, Santruckova H, Picek T (2018): Species effects and seasonal trends on plant efflux quantity and quality in a spruce swamp forest. Plant and Soil 426: 179-196
Kaštovská, E., Straková, P., Edwards, K., Urbanová, Z., Bárta, J., Mastný, J., Šantrůčková, H., Picek, T., 2017. Cotton-grass and blueberry have opposite effect on peat characteristics and nutrient transformation in peatland. Ecosystems online
Kaštovská, E., Edwards, K., Šantrůčková, H., 2017. Rhizodeposition flux of competitive versus conservative graminoid: contribution of exudates and root lysates as affected by N loading. Plant and Soil 412, 331-344.
Kotas, P., Choma, M., Šantrůčková, H.,Lepš, J., Tříska, J., Kaštovská, E., 2017. Linking above- and belowground responses to 16 years of fertilization, mowing, and removal of the dominant species in a temperate grassland. Ecosystems 20, 354-367.
Šantrůčková, H., Kubešová, J., Šantrůček, J., Kaštovská, E., Rejnmánková, E., 2016. The effect of P enrichment on exudate quantity and bioavailability - a comparison of two macrophyte species. Wetlands 36, 789-498.
Mastný, J., Urbanová, Z., Kaštovská, E., Straková, P., Šantrůčková, H., Edwards, K., Picek, T., 2016. Soil organic matter quality and microbial activities in spruce swamp forests affected by drainage and water regime restoration. Soil Use and Management 32, 200-209.
Kaštovská, E., Edwards, K., Picek, T., Šantrůčková, H., 2015. A larger investment into exudation by competitive versus conservative plants is connected to more coupled plant-microbe N cycling. Biogeochemistry 122, 47-59.
Kaštovská, E., Picek, T., Bátra, J., Mach, J., Cajthaml, T., Edwards, K., 2012. Nutrient addition retards decomposition and C immobilization in two wet grasslands. Hydrobiologia 692, 67-81.
Kaštovská, E., Šantrůčková, H., 2011. Comparison of uptake of different N forms by soil microorganisms and two wet-grassland plants: A pot study. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43, 1285-1291.
Kaštovská, E., Šantrůčková, H., Picek, T., Vašková, M., Edwards, K. 2010.Direct effect of fertilization on microbial carbon transformation in grassland soils in dependence on the substrate quality. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 173, 706-714
Šantrůčková, H., Kaštovská, E., Kozlov, D., Kurbatova, J., Livečková, M, Shibistova, O., Tatarinov, F., Lloyd, J., 2010. Vertical and horizontal variation of carbon pools and fluxes in soil profile of wet southern taiga in European Russia. Boreal Environment Research 15, 357-369.
Picek, T., Kaštovská, E., Edwards, K., Zemanová, K., Dušek, J., 2008. Short term effects of experimental eutrophication on carbon and nitrogen cycling in two types of wet grassland. Community Ecology 9, 81-90.
Kaštovská, E., Šantrůčková, H., 2007. Fate and dynamics of recently fixed C in pasture plant–soil system under field conditions. Plant and Soil 300, 61-69.
Uhlířová, E., Šantrůčková, H., Davidov, S.P., 2007. Quality and potential biodegradability of soil organic matter preserved in permafrost of Siberian tussock tundra. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39, 1978–1989.
Elhottová, D., Krištůfek, V., Tříska, J., Chrastný, V., Uhlířová, E., Kalčík, J., Picek. T., 2006. Immediate impact of the flood (Bohemia, August 2002) on selected soil characteristics . Water Air and Soil Pollution 173, 177-193.
Uhlířová, E., Elhottová, D., Tříska, J., Šantrůčková, H., 2005. Physiology and microbial community structure in soil at extreme water conditions. Folia Microbiologica 50, 160-166.
Šimek, M., Brůček, P., Hynšt, J., Uhlířová, E., Petersen, S.O., 2006. Effects of excretal returns and soil compaction on nitrous oxide emissions from a cattle overwintering area. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 112, 186-191.
Uhlířová, E., Šimek, M., Šantrůčková, H., 2005. Microbial transformation of organic matter in soils of montane grasslands under different management. Applied Soil Ecology 28, 225-235.
Uhlířová, E., Šantrůčková, H., 2003. Growth rate of bacteria is affected by soil texture and extraction procedure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 217-224.
Šantrůčková, H., Kurbatova, J.A., Shibistova, O.B., Šmejkalová, M., Uhlířová, E., 2005. Short-term kinetics of soil microbial respiration – a general parameter across scales? In: D. Binklez and O. Menzailo (Eds.) Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implication for Global Change, Spinger, Netherlands, pp. 229-246.
Šimek, M., Šantrůčková, H., Uhlířová, E., Záhora, J., Picek, T., Brychtová, L., Šetlík, J., 2001. The effect of management practice of montane meadows in the Bohemian Forest on selected soil biological and chemical properties. In: Vrba, J. (Ed.): Silva Gabreta 7. Správa NP Šumava, Vimperk, pp. 69-78.