BSc Biology - University of Lisbon, Portugal
PhD Plant Ecology - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Postdoctoral Fellow (present) -University of Guelph and Center for
Ecology and Plant Biology (Portugal)
Research Interests:
I am currently interested in evaluating the effects of soil organisms
(with emphasis in AMF) on plant invasions. Specifically, my research
focuses essentially on the interaction between disturbance and exotic
plant-soil biota feedbacks, and on the biogeographical differences
in the effects of soil biota on exotic plants.
Publications:
Carvalho, L.M., Caçador, I. and Martins-Loução,
M.A. 2006. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance cadmium and copper
accumulation in the roots of the salt marsh plant Aster tripolium
L. Plant and Soil (in press).
Neto, D., Carvalho, L.M., Cruz, C. and Martins-Loução,
M.A. 2006. How do mycorrhizas affect C and N relationships in flooded
Aster tripolium plants? Plant and Soil, 279: 51-63.
Carvalho, L.M., Correia, P.M. and Martins-Loução, M.A.
2004. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal propagules in a salt marsh. Mycorrhiza,
14: 165-170.
Correia, P., Carvalho, L., Tavares, A., Martins-Loução
M.A. and Klironomos, J. 2004. Using native plants to assess arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi when restoring quarries in maquis ecosystems (Portugal).
Ecological Restoration, 22: 233-234.
Carvalho, L.M., Correia, P.M., Caçador, I. and Martins-Loução
M.A. 2003. Effects of salinity and flooding on the infectivity of
salt marsh arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Aster tripolium L. Biology
and Fertility of Soils, 38: 137-143.
Carvalho, L.M., Correia, P.M., Ryel, R.J. and Martins-Loução,
M.A. 2003. Spatial variability of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores
in two natural plant communities. Plant and Soil, 251: 227-236.
Carvalho, L.M., Caçador, I. and Martins-Loução,
M.A. 2001. Temporal and spatial variation of arbuscular mycorrhizas
in salt marsh plants of the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Mycorrhiza,
11: 303-309.
