Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Alain F. Plante

Ten Most Recent Publications

Creamer CA, TR Filley, DC Olk, AF Plante, C Peltre, SM Top and TW Boutton. 2012. Patterns of soil organic matter loss during long-term laboratory incubation. Organic Geochemistry. 52:23-31 (DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.08.005)

Fernandez JM, C Peltre, JM Craine and AF Plante. 2012. Improved characterization of soil organic matter by thermal analysis using CO2/H20 evolved gas analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 46:8921-8927 (DOI: 10.1021/es301375d)

Feng W, AF Plante and J Six. 2012. Improving estimates of maximal organic carbon stabilization by fine soil particles. Biogeochemistry. (DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9679-7)

Casper BB, R Goldman, A Lkhagva, BR Helliker, AF Plante, LA Spence, P Liancourt, B Boldgiv and PS Petraitis. 2012. Legumes mitigate ecological consequences of a topographic gradient in a northern Mongolian steppe. Oecologia. 169(1):85-94 (DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2183-x)

Clark JD, AF Plante and AH Johnson. 2012. Soil carbon quality in a chronosequence of post-agricultural northern hardwood forests in western New England. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 76(2):684-693. (DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0425)

Erich MS, AF Plante, JM Fernandez, EB Mallory and T Ohno. 2012. Effects of profile depth and management on the composition of labile and total soil organic matter. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 76(2):408-419. (DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0273)

Liancourt P., A. Sharkhuu, L. Ariuntsetseg, B. Boldgiv, B. Helliker, A.F. Plante, P.S. Petraitis and B.B. Casper. 2012. Temporal and spatial variation in how vegetation alters the soil moisture response to climate manipulation. Plant & Soil. 351(1-2):249-261. (DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0956-y)

Carrington E., P.J. Hernes, R. Dyda, A.F. Plante and J. Six. 2012. Biogeochemical changes across a carbon saturation gradient: lignin, cutin and suberin decomposition and stabilization in fractionated carbon pools. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 47:179-190. (DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.12.024)

Hatton P.J., M. Kleber, B. Zeller, C. Moni, A.F. Plante, K. Townsend, L. Gelhaye, K. Lajtha and D. Derrien. 2012. Transfer of litter-derived N to soil mineral-organic associations: Evidence from decadal 15N tracer experiments. Organic Geochemistry. 42(12):1489-1501. (DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.05.002)

Fernandez J.M., C. Plaza, A. Polo and A.F. Plante. 2012. Use of thermal analysis techniques (TG-DSC) for the characterization of diverse organic municipal waste streams to predict biological stability prior to land application. Waste Management. 32:158-164. (DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.08.011)