Karin Burghardt

Portrait of Karin Burghardt

Karin Burghardt

Associate Professor
301 405 8972
kburghar@umd.edu 4120A Plant Sciences Building

Teaching

BSCI494: Animal-Plant Interactions
BSCI497: Insect Pests
ENTM788C: Colloquium

Graduate Program Affiliations

Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
Entomology

Research

Dr. Burghardt is an ecologist broadly interested in how plant defenses shape communities and ecosystems. Her research addresses this question through the lens of multiple trophic levels (plants, insects, birds, and microbes). New work will extend this understanding to fluxes and flows of nutrients.

Education

Ph.D., Yale University, 2016
M.S., Yale University, 2012
B.S., University of Delaware, 2007

Latest Papers

Neonicotinoid seed treatments do not consistently reduce insect feeding damage nor increase yields in Maryland soy

| Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Author(s): Kelsey J. McGurrin, Brendan A. Randall, John D. Parker, Karin T. Burghardt, Kimberly J. Komatsu


Microbial partners drive legume trait plasticity and tripartite interaction outcomes under combined stress environments


Author(s): Brendan A. Randall, Kimberly J. Komatsu, John D. Parker, Kelsey McGurrin, Sarah J. M. Alley, Chase T. Hearn, Karin T. Burghardt


The tree growth–herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments

| Nature Ecology & Evolution
Author(s): Yi Li, Andreas Schuldt, Jürgen Bauhus, Michaël Belluau, Sylvie Berthelot, Karin T. Burghardt, Helge Bruelheide, Bastien Castagneyrol, Chengjin Chu, Nico Eisenhauer, et. al


Chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth

| Journal of Ecology
Author(s): Catherine Fahey, Karin T. Burghardt, Eric A. Griffin, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Melissa K. McCormick, Jamie Pullen, Brian E. Sedio, John D. Parker


Evaluating the impacts of grass and legume living mulches on arthropod pests and beneficials, yield, and fruit quality in cantaloupe

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Demian A Nunez, Macarena Farcuh, Karin T Burghardt, Scott McCluen, Cerruti R R Hooks, Julien Beuzelin


Removing autumn leaves in residential yards reduces the spring emergence of overwintering insects

| Science of the Total Environment
Author(s): Ferlauto, M., Burghardt, K.T.


Legacy effects of long‐term autumn leaf litter removal slow decomposition rates and reduce soil carbon in suburban yards

| PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
Author(s): Max Ferlauto, Lauren Schmitt, Karin Burghardt


Legacy effects of long-term autumn leaf litter removal slow decomposition rates and reduce soil carbon in suburban yards

| Plants People Planet
Author(s): Ferlauto, M., Schmitt, L., Burghardt, K.


Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory

| Science
Author(s): The Herbivory Variability Network*†, M. L. Robinson, P. G. Hahn, B. D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S. R. Whitehead, K. C. Abbott, E. M. Bruna, N. I. Cacho, L. A. Dyer, et. al