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)
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