Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Staff Profile

Kimberly (La Pierre) Komatsu

Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist

Research Labs

Ecosystem Conservation

KomatsuK@si.edu

Phone

443-482-2218

Komatsu CV

Expert Areas

CO2

animal plant interactions

biodiversity

botany

climate change

disturbance ecology

ecology

ecosystem function

ecosystem services

ecosystems

global change

herbivores

human impacts

insects

invasive plant species

invasive species

invertebrates

plant ecology

plant identification

pollution

soil

terrestrial ecology

Biography

I am a global change ecologist, broadly interested in how community and ecosystem responses to global change drivers are mediated by biotic factors. I investigate responses to global change drivers from multiple angles, including the roles that trophic interactions, symbioses, and diversity play in determining the effects of diverse global change factors, such as increased nutrient availability, consumer loss, altered climatic regimes, and species invasions.

Google Scholar Profile

CoRRE Synthesis Project