Department
of Earth and Environmental Science
Alain F. Plante
Ten Most Recent Publications
Plante A.F., J.M. Fernandez and J. Leifeld. Application of thermal analysis in soil science. Geoderma 153:1-10.
Plante A.F., J.
Six, E.A. Paul and R.T. Conant. 2009. Does physical protection of soil
organic matter attenuate temperature sensitivity? Soil Science Society
of America Journal. 73:1168-1172
Chenu C., Plante
A.F.,
Elsass F. and I. Virto. 2009. Clay-size organo-mineral complexes in
temperate soils: Relative contributions of sorptive and physical
protection. In CMS Workshop Lectures, Vol. 16, Carbon Stabilization by
Clays in the Environment: Process and Characterization Methods. D.A.
Laird and J. Cervini-Silva (eds.) The Clay Minerals Society, Chantilly
VA. p.120-135.
Plante
A.F.,
Magrini-Bair K., Vigil M. and E.A. Paul. 2009. Pyrolysis molecular beam
mass spectrometry to characterize soil organic matter composition in
chemically isolated fractions. Biogeochemistry. 92(1/2):145-161.
Stewart, C.E., K. Paustian, R.T. Conant, A.F. Plante,
J. Six. 2009. Soil carbon saturation: Implications for measurable
carbon pool dynamics in long-term incubations. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 41:357-366.
Grasset L., J. Martinod, A F. Plante,
A. Amblès, C. Chenu and D. Righi. 2009. Nature and origin of the
lipidic part of clay-associated organic matter in a cultivated soil as
revealed by preparative thermochemolysis. Organic Geochemistry 40:70-78.
Steinweg J.M, A.F.
Plante,
E.A. Paul, R.T. Conant. 2008. Patterns of substrate utilization during
long-term incubations at different temperatures. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry. 40:2722-2728.
Conant R.T., J.M. Steinweg, M.L. Haddix, E.A.
Paul, A.F. Plante
and J. Six. 2008. Experimental warming shows that decomposition
temperature sensitivity increases with soil organic matter
recalcitrance. Ecology 89(9) 2384-2391.
Stewart, C.E., K. Paustian, R.T. Conant, A.F. Plante,
and J. Six. 2008. Soil C saturation: Evaluation and corroboration by
long-term incubations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40:1741-1750.
Conant R.T., R.A. Drijber, M.L. Haddix, W.J.
Parton, E.A. Paul, A.F.
Plante,
J. Six and J.M. Steinweg. 2008. Sensitivity of decomposition to warming
varies with organic matter quality. Global Change Biology. 14:868-877.
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