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.