Doctor Barbara Drigo

Doctor Barbara Drigo

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Personal

Qualifications

  • DBioSc University of Leiden

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Contact

Email:B.Drigo@uws.edu.au
Extension:1098
Mobile:0420292982
Location:L9.G.29
Hawkesbury
Website:

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Drigo, B. (2013), 'Impacts of 3 years of elevated atmospheric CO2 on rhizosphere carbon flow and microbial community dynamics', Global Change Biology, 16.
  • Drigo, B., Anderson, I., Kannangara, K., Cairney, J. and Johnson, D. (2012), 'Rapid incorporation of carbon from ectomycorrhizal mycelial necromass into soil fungal communities', Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 7.
  • Drigo, B., Anderson, I., Kannangara, K., Cairney, J. and Johnson, D. (2012), 'Rapid incorporation of carbon from ectomycorrhizal mycelial necromass into soil fungal communities', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 7.
  • Drigo, B., Pijl, A., Duyts, H., Kielak, A., Gamper, H., Houtekamer, M., Boschker, H. and Bodelelier, P. (2010), 'Shifting carbon flow from roots into associated microbial communities in response to elevated atmospheric CO2', PNAS, 5.
  • Drigo, B., Van Veen, J. and Kowalchuk, G. (2009), 'Specific rhizosphere bacterial and fungal groups respond differently to elevated atmospheric CO2', ISME Journal, 14.
  • Wurst, S., Van Beersum, S., Wagenaar, R., Bakx-Schotman, T., Drigo, B., Janik, I., Lanoue, A. and Van Der Putten, W. (2009), 'Plant defence against nematodes is not mediated by changes in the soil microbial community', Functional Ecology, 8.
  • Drigo, B., Kowalchuk, G. and Van Veen, J. (2008), 'Climate change goes underground: Effects of elevated atmospheric CO 2 on microbial community structure and activities in the rhizosphere', Biology and Fertility of Soils, 13.
  • Drigo, B., Kowalchuk, G., Yergeau, E., Bezemer, T., Boschker, H. and Van Veen, J. (2007), 'Impact of elevated carbon dioxide on the rhizosphere communities of Carex arenaria and Festuca rubra', Global Change Biology, 15.

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Climate change impacts on carbon sequestration in Australian forests: the role of soil microbial diversity
Years:2008-03-01 - 2012-06-30
ID:P0015845
UWS Researchers:Ian Anderson and Barbara Drigo
Funding:
  • Office for Science & Medical Research

Supervision

Current Supervision

Title:Spatial Ecology of Ericod Mycorrhizal Fungi
Field of Research:

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