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Alain F. Plante
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 122
Citations - 8098
Alain F. Plante is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil organic matter & Soil water. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 110 publications receiving 6434 citations. Previous affiliations of Alain F. Plante include University of Alberta & Colorado State University.
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Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation
Catherine E. Stewart,Keith Paustian,Richard T. Conant,Alain F. Plante,Alain F. Plante,Johan Six,Johan Six +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used long-term field experiment data to assess alternative hypotheses of soil carbon storage by three simple models: a linear model (no saturation), a one-pool whole-soil C saturation model, and a two-pool mixed model with C saturation of a single C pool, but not the whole soil.
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Beyond clay: Towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content
Craig Rasmussen,Katherine Heckman,William R. Wieder,Marco Keiluweit,Corey R. Lawrence,Asmeret Asefaw Berhe,Joseph C. Blankinship,Susan E. Crow,Jennifer L. Druhan,Caitlin E. Hicks Pries,Erika Marin-Spiotta,Alain F. Plante,Christina Schädel,Joshua P. Schimel,Carlos A. Sierra,Aaron Thompson,Rota Wagai +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that other physicochemical parameters are much stronger predictors of SOM content, with clay content having relatively little explanatory power, whereas with increasing moisture availability and acidity, iron-and aluminum-oxyhydroxides emerged as better predictors.
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Sensitivity of organic matter decomposition to warming varies with its quality
Richard T. Conant,Rhae A. Drijber,Michelle L. Haddix,William J. Parton,Eldor A. Paul,Alain F. Plante,Johan Six,J. Megan Steinweg +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived a novel approach (denoted Q(10-q) that accounts for changes in OM quality during decomposition and use it to analyze data from three independent sources.
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Clay-sized organo-mineral complexes in a cultivation chronosequence: revisiting the concept of the “primary organo-mineral complex”
Claire Chenu,Alain F. Plante +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantified free and clay-bound organic matter using density fractionation coupled with elemental analyses, as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) coupled with image analyses.
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Old and stable soil organic matter is not necessarily chemically recalcitrant: Implications for modeling concepts and temperature sensitivity
Markus Kleber,Peter S. Nico,Alain F. Plante,Timothy R. Filley,Marc G. Kramer,Christopher W. Swanston,Phillip Sollins +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy in combination with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and alkaline cupric oxide (CuO) oxidation to explore the assumption that chemical structure is a primary controller of decomposition.