Deirdre Kerdraon

I'm the project manager for the LIFEPLAN project here at SLU since 2020. Before this, I completed a PhD in Environmental Science on "The Effects of deforestation on carbon dynamics in the Tropics" focused on plant-soil interactions.

I'm in charge of the field data collection for LIFEPLAN. We have strived to create an experimental method that is clear and easily reproduceable by all.

Some of my tasks have been:

• Optimisation of the field sampling design
• Creating the laboratory workflow for sample processing
• Supporting all the LIFEPLAN collaborators that are collecting samples across the world

Hardwick B, Kerdraon D, Rogers HMK, Raharinjanahary D, Rajoelison ET, Mononen T, et al. (2024) LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0313353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313353

Kerdraon, D., Drewer, J., Castro, B., Wallwork, A., Hall, J.S. and Sayer, E.J., 2019. Litter traits of native and non-native tropical trees influence soil carbon dynamics in timber plantations in Panama. Forests, 10(3), p.209. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030209

Kerdraon, D., Drewer, J., Chung, A.Y., Majalap, N., Slade, E.M., Bréchet, L., Wallwork, A., Castro-Trujillo, B. and Sayer, E.J., 2020. Litter inputs, but not litter diversity, maintain soil processes in degraded tropical forests—a cross-continental comparison. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2, p.90. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00090