Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Alain F. Plante

Recent Publications

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.

Stewart, C.E., A.F. Plante, R.T. Conant, K. Paustian, and J. Six. 2008. Soil C saturation: Linking concept and measurable carbon pools. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 72:379-392.

Stewart, C.E., K. Paustian, R.T. Conant, A.F. Plante, and J. Six. 2007. Soil C saturation: Concept, evidence, and evaluation. Biogeochemistry. 86:19-31

Plante, A.F. 2007. Soil biogeochemical cycling of inorganic nutrients and metals, p. 389-432, In E. A. Paul, ed. Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry 3rd ed. Elsevier, New York, NY.

Plante, A.F. and W.J. Parton. 2007. The dynamics of soil organic matter and nutrient cycling, p. 433-470, In E. A. Paul, ed. Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, 3rd ed. Elsevier, New York, NY.

Chenu C. and A.F. Plante. 2006. Clay-sized organo-mineral complexes in a cultivation chronosequence: revisiting the concept of the ‘primary organo-mineral complex’. European Journal of Soil Science 57:596-607.

Plante A.F., R.T. Conant, E.A. Paul, K. Paustian and J. Six. 2006. Acid hydrolysis of easily dispersed and microaggregate-derived silt- and clay-sized fractions to isolate resistant soil organic matter. European Journal of Soil Science 57:456-467.

Paul E.A, S.J. Morris, R.T. Conant and A.F. Plante. 2006. Does the acid hydrolysis-incubation method measure meaningful soil organic carbon pools? Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:1023-1035.

Plante A.F., R.T. Conant, C.E. Stewart, K. Paustian and J. Six. 2006. Soil management effects on organic C storage in fractions physically isolated from a Gray Luvisol. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 86:141-151.

Plante A.F., R.T. Conant, C.E. Stewart, K. Paustian and J. Six. 2006. Impact of soil texture on the distribution of soil organic matter in physical and chemical fractions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:287-296.

Plante A.F., M. Pernes and C. Chenu. 2005. Gross changes in clay-associated organic matter quality in a C depletion sequence as measured by thermal techniques. Geoderma 129:186-199.

Plante A.F., C. Chenu, M. Balabane, A. Mariotti, and D. Righi. 2004. Peroxide oxidation of clay-associated organic matter in a cultivation chronosequence. European Journal of Soil Science 55:471-478.

Balabane M. and A.F. Plante. 2004. Aggregation and carbon storage in silty soil using physical fractionation techniques. European Journal of Soil Science 55:415-427.