Elena Vanguelova, BSc, MSc, PhD

 

Project Leader, Environmental and Human Sciences Division

Email: elena.vanguelova@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526174
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23563

Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK

Dr. Elena Vanguelova joined Forest Research in June 2003  as a biogeochemist. She studied for a BSc / MSc degree in Forest Engineering at The University of Forestry in Sofia, Bulgaria. Then she moved to the UK, where she obtained a PhD in soil pollution from Soil Science Department, Reading University.

Current role

Project Leader, Environmental and Human Sciences Division

Conducting research to ensure that forest practices do not compromise soil sustainability, and investigating the effects of pollutant deposition and climate change on soil functions in order to support sustainable forest development.

Current programmes

Soil sustainability
Project Leader

Affiliations and achievements

• Member of British Society of Soil Science
• Member of COST 631 Understanding and Modelling of Plant-Soil Interactions in the Rhizosphere Environment
• Member of the management committee and Leader of Working group 1 of COST E38 "Woody root processes under changing environment"
• Secretary of SEESOIL (South East Soil Discussion Group) 

Research areas

• Soil and forest ecosystem sustainability
• Effects of atmospheric pollution on soils and forest ecosystems
• Soil acidification, eutrophication and aluminium toxicity
• Research on fine roots of trees and the rhizosphere
• Environmental change

Main recent publications

Vanguelova, E.I., Hirano, Y., Eldhuset, T.D., Sas-Paszt, L., Bakker, M., Püttsepp, Ü., Brunner, I., Lõhmus, K. and Godbold, D. (2007). Tree fine root Ca/Al molar ratio – indicator of Al and acidity stress. Plant Biosystems 141 (3): 460-480.

Finér, L., Helmisaari, H. –S, K. Lõhmus; Majdi, H., Brunner, I., Børja, I., Eldhuset T., Godbold D., Grebenc T., Konôpka, B., Kraigher H., Möttönen, M.-R., Ohashi, M., Oleksyn, J., Ostonen, I., Uri, V., Vanguelova, E. (2007). Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Plant Biosystems 141 (3): 394-405.

Ostonen, I., Püttsepp, Ü.,  Biel, C., Alberton, O.,  Bakker, M. R.,  Lõhmus, K., Majdi, H.,  Metcalfe, D., Olsthoorn, A. F. M.,  Pronk, A.,  Vanguelova, E.,  Weih, M. and Brunner, I. (2007). Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change. Plant Biosystems 141 (3): 426–442.

Vanguelova, E.I., Barsoum, N., Benham, S., Broadmeadow, M., Moffat, A., Nisbet, T. and Pitman, R. (2007). Ten years of intensive environmental monitoring of British forests. Forestry Commission Information Note 88.

Vanguelova E.I., Nortcliff S., Moffat, A.J. and Kennedy, F. (2007). Short-term effects of manipulated increase in acid deposition on soil, soil solution chemistry and fine roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stand on a podzol. Plant and Soil 294, 41-54.

Vanguelova, E., Moffat, A.J. and Lynch, J. (2006). Impact of forestry on soil quality in the UK. Expert Workshop on Definition of Best Indicators for Biodiversity and Soil Quality for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Proceedings and Conclusions, Guildford, 12-13 June, 2006. ISSN: 1464-8083, pp. 24-27.

Pitman, R. and Vanguelova, E. (2006). Influences of stand age and soil properties on forest biodiversity. In: Forest Research annual report and accounts 2004–2005. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.

Vanguelova E.I., Nortcliff S., Moffat, A.J. and Kennedy, F. (2005). Morphology, biomass and nutrient status of fine roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) as influenced by seasonal fluctuations in soil moisture and soil solution chemistry. Plant and Soil 270, 233-247.

Bradley, I., A.J.Moffat, E. Vanguelova, P. Falloon & J. Harris. (2005). Impacts of climate change on soil functions. DEFRA project, report SP0538, London.

Lenaerts, J., Whitby, C., Vanguelova, E., Pitman, R., H.M. Lappin-Scott and Lynch, J. (2005). Forest soil nitrogen in relation to soil microbial diversity and functions. Forestry Commission Report, Alice Holt, Farnham, 22 pp.

Broadmeadow, M., Kennedy, F., Vanguelova, E., Broadmeadow, S., Pitman, R., Crow, P. and Griffiths, M. (2004). Terrestrial Umbrella: Eutrophication and acidification of terrestrial Ecosystems. Final Report (May 2004) of the Forest Research sub-contract to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Vanguelova E.I. (2002).  Soil acidification and fine root response of Scots pine. Unpublished PhD thesis, The University of Reading, UK.

Vanguelova E., Nortcliff S., Kennedy F.M., and Moffat A.J. (2002). The effects of Al on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) root development and nutrient uptake.  17th WCSS Abstracts, Vol. II, Symposium No. 14, pp. 584.  Paper no. 2125 in the Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, 14-21 August 2002, Bangkok, Thailand.

Vanguelova E., Nortcliff S., Kennedy F.M., and Moffat A.J. (2001). Soil acidification and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) root response. Proceedings of the 6th symposium of the ISRR, November 11-15, Nagoya, Japan. Root Research Vol. 10, Extra issues N: 1, pp. 172-173, ISSN 1919-2182.