Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Alain F. Plante

Ten Most Recent Publications

Fernandez J.M., Plante A.F., Leifeld J. and C. Rasmussen. 2011. Methodological aspects of soil organic matter characterization by thermal analysis. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 104:389-398.

Plante A.F., J.M. Fernandez, M.L. Haddix, J.M. Steinweg and R.T. Conant. 2011. Biological, chemical and thermal indices of soil organic matter stability in four grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43:1051-1058.

Kleber M., P.S. Nico, A.F. Plante, T. Filley, M. Kramer, C. Swanston and P. Sollins. 2011. Old and stable soil organic matter is not necessarily chemically recalcitrant: implications for modeling concepts and temperature sensitivity. Global Change Biology. 17:1097-1107.

Haddix M.L., A.F. Plante, R.T. Conant, E.A. Paul, J. Six, J.M. Steinweg, R.A. Drijber, S.J. Morris. 2011. The role of soil characteristics on temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 75:56-68

Plante A.F., R.T. Conant, J. Carlson, R. Greenwood, J.M. Shulman, M.L. Haddix, E.A. Paul. 2010. Decomposition temperature sensitivity of isolated soil organic matter fractions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:1991-1996.

Plante, A.F., Virto, I., Malhi, S.S., 2010. Pedogenic, mineralogical and land-use controls on organic carbon stabilization in two contrasting soils. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 90, 15-26.

Chung, H., Ngo, K.J., Plante, A.F., Six, J., 2010. Evidence for carbon saturation in a highly structured and organic matter-rich soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74, 130-138.

Plante A.F., J.M. Fernandez and J. Leifeld. 2009. Application of thermal analysis in soil science. Geoderma 153:1-10.

Denef, K., Plante, A.F., Six, J., 2009. Characterization of soil organic matter. In: Kutsch, W., Bahn, M., Heinemeyer, A. (Eds.). Soil Carbon Dynamics: An Integrated Methodology. Cambridge University Press, London, UK, pp. 91-126.

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