Specializace

wetland plant ecology, wet grasslands, plant eco-physiology, ecosystem management

Stručný životopis

Address:     Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science,

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Branišovská 1760 CZ-37005

České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Tel: (W) 420-38-777-2259 / e-mail: edwardsprf.jcu.cz

Education:

Ph.D.  University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA                  1996

M.S.   State University of New York-Fredonia, Fredonia, New York, USA    1985

B.S.   George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA               1981

Relevant Career Employment/ Experience:

2010 - Present:    Docent, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

2002-2010:          Research Assistant, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

2000-2002:          Instructor, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

1999-2002:          Research Ecologist, Louisiana Environmental Research Center, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

1998-2000:          Instructor, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

1998-1999:          Research Assistant, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

1998-1999:          Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Třeboň, Czech Republic

1996-1998:          Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Třeboň, Czech Republic

Membership in Professional Societies:

Ecological Society of America

Society of Wetland Scientists; Secretary of SWS-Europe chapter 2012-2017

Relevant Publications:

Edwards, K.R., T. Picek, H. Čížková, K. Michalová-Zemanová, and A. Stará. 2015. Nutrient addition effects on carbon fluxes in wet grasslands with either organic or mineral soil. Wetlands 35: 55-68.

Kaštovská, E. K. Edwards, T. Picek, and H. Šantrůčková 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., T. Picek, J. Barta, J. Mach, T. Cajthaml. and K. Edwards. 2012. Nutrient addition retards decomposition and C immobilization in two wet grasslands. Hydrobiologia 692: 67-81.

Kadlecová, V., W.E. Dramstad, E. Semanciková, and K.R. Edwards. 2012. Landscape changes and their influence on the heterogeneity of landscape of the South Bohemian Region, the Czech Republic. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 19: 546-556.

Edwards, K.R. 2012. Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife), pp. 91-102. In: Francis, R.A. (ed.), A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species, Earthscan, London.

Edwards, K.R., D.Bastlová, Edwards-Jonašová, M. and Květ, J. 2011. A comparison of univariate and multivariate methods for analyzing clinal variation in an invasive species. Hydrobiologia, 674: 119-131.

Káplová, M., K.R. Edwards and J. Květ.  2011. The effect of nutrient level on plant structure and and production in a wet grassland: A field study. Plant Ecology, 212: 809-819.

Kaštovská, E., H. Šantrůčková, T. Picek, M. Vašková,and K. R. Edwards. 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.

Zemanová, K., T. Picek, J. Dušek, K. Edwards and H. Šantrůčková. 2009. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus transformations are related to age of a constructed wetland.  Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 207: 39-48.

Edwards, K.R. and L. Comas. 2009. Evaluation of mechanical cutting to control littoral purple loosestrife stands. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management47: 158-161.

Holcová, V., J. Šima, K. Edwards, E. Semančíková, J. Dušek and H. Šantrůčková. 2009. The effect of macrophytes on retention times in a constructed wetland for wastewater treatment. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 16: 319-324.

Zemanova, K; Cizkova, H; Edwards, K; et al. 2008. Soil CO2 efflux in three wet meadow ecosystems with different C and N status. Community Ecology 9: 49-55.

Picek, T; Kastovska, E; Edwards, K; et al. 2008. Short term effects of experimental eutrophication on carbon and nitrogen cycling in two types of wet grassland. Community Ecology 9: 81-90.

Edwards, K.R. and J. Květ. 2008. Growth and morphological characteristics of native and invasive populations of Lythrum salicaria along a latitudinal gradient. Zprávy České Botanické Společnost 23: 113-120.

Edwards, K.R., H. Čížková, K. Zemanová and H. Šantrůčková. 2006. Plant growth and microbial processes in a constructed wetland planted with Phalaris arundinacea. Ecological Engineering 27: 153-165.

Edwards, K.R. and K.P. Mills.  2005.  Above and below-ground productivity of Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) in natural and created salt marshes.  Estuaries 28(2): 252-265.

Edwards, K.R., S.E. Travis and C.E. Proffitt.  2005.  Genetic impacts of a large-scale Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) dieback and recovery in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Estuaries 28(2): 204-214.

Proffitt, C.E., R.L. Chiasson, A.B. Owens, K.R. Edwards and S.E. Travis.  2005. Spartina alterniflora genotype influences facilitation and suppression of high marsh species colonizing an early successional salt marsh.  Journal of Ecology 93: 404-416.

Edwards, K.R. and C.E. Proffitt.  2003.  Comparison of wetland structural characteristics between created and natural salt marshes in southwest Louisiana, USA.  Wetlands 23: 344-356.

Proffitt, C.E., S.E. Travis, and K.R. Edwards.  2003.  Genotype and elevation influence Spartina alterniflora colonization and growth in a created salt marsh.  Ecological Applications 13: 180-192.

Edwards, K.R., C.E. Proffitt, and S.E. Travis.  2001.  Dieback in Spartina alterniflora marshes along the southwest Louisiana coast. P. 17. In: Stewart, R.E., Jr., C.E. Proffitt, and T.M. Charron (eds.), Abstracts from "Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies".  U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report, USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-0003, Washington, DC, USA.