Johan Asplund

Johan works with in experimental and functional forest ecology, and is particularly interested in species-driven ecological processes such as herbivory and decomposition and the role functional traits play in driving these processes. This involves research on how functional traits vary with environmental change, and how interactions between plant-derived defence compounds and soil food-webs affect soil processes related to carbon and nutrient cycling. He has also worked on lichens and the role they play in the ecosystem, and  especially how they impact higher trophic levels.