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Charles Bielders is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Plant Science.

The major topics of Bielders' work include Soil erosion and sediment transport, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Aeolian processes and effects, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

Their publication record includes articles in various journals, with frequent contributions to Preprints.org, Soil and Tillage Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, Vadose Zone Journal, and Geoderma Regional. Some notable recent papers are:

  • Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art (2021), Earth-Science Reviews
  • Farmers' knowledge and Practices of Soil Conservation Techniques in Smallholder Farming Systems of Northern Kabare, East of D.R. Congo (2022), Environmental Challenges
  • Biochar modifies soil physical properties mostly through changes in soil structure rather than through its internal porosity (2023), Vadose Zone Journal
  • "Cropland characteristics and extent of soil loss by rill and gully erosion in smallholder farms in the KIVU highlands, D.R. Congo" (2021), Geoderma Regional
  • Factors driving cereal response to fertilizer microdosing in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis (2020), Agronomy Journal

Frequent co-authors throughout Bielders' career include Aurore Degré, Marnik Vanclooster, Matthias Vanmaercke, Jean Poesen, and Olivier Dewitte.

Best Publications

  • SAFE--A hierarchical framework for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems

    N. Van Cauwenbergh;K. Biala;Charles Bielders;V. Brouckaert

  • Adoption of soil conservation practices in Belgium: An examination of the theory of planned behaviour in the agri-environmental domain

    Erwin Wauters;Charles Bielders;Jean Poesen;Gerard Govers

  • Effects of livestock grazing on physical and chemical properties of sandy soils in Sahelian rangelands

    Pierre Hiernaux;Charles L. Bielders;Christian Valentin;André Bationo

  • Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

    Matthias Vanmaercke;Matthias Vanmaercke;Panos Panagos;Tom Vanwalleghem;Antonio Hayas

  • What indicators can capture runoff-relevant connectivity properties of the micro-topography at the plot scale?

    Michael Antoine;Mathieu Javaux;Charles Bielders

  • Framework for assessing sustainability levels in Belgium agricultural systems - SAFE

    Xavier Sauvenier;Jan Valckx;Nora Van Cauwenbergh;Erwin Wauters

  • Transport of soil and nutrients by wind in bush fallow land and traditionally managed cultivated fields in the Sahel

    Charles L Bielders;Jean-Louis Rajot;Moustapha Amadou

  • Spatial and temporal variation of muddy floods in central Belgium, off-site impacts and potential control measures

    Olivier Evrard;Charles L. Bielders;Karel Vandaele;Bas van Wesemael

  • Cropping systems and crop complementarity in dryland agriculture to increase soil water use efficiency: a review

    N. Van Duivenbooden;M. Pala;C. Studer;Charles Bielders

  • On-farm evaluation of ridging and residue management practices to reduce wind erosion in Niger.

    Charles L. Bielders;Karlheinz Michels;Jean-Louis Rajot

  • Farmer perception of runoff and erosion and extent of flooding in the silt-loam belt of the Belgian Walloon Region

    Charles Bielders;Catherine Ramelot;Etienne Persoons

  • Can DEM time series produced by UAV be used to quantify diffuse erosion in an agricultural watershed

    Nathalie Pineux;Jonathan Lisein;Gilles Swerts;Charles Bielders

  • Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger

    Dougbedji Fatondji;Christopher Martius;Charles Bielders;Paul Vlek

  • Use of the APSIM model in long term simulation to support decision making regarding nitrogen management for pearl millet in the Sahel

    P.B. Irénikatché Akponikpè;P.B. Irénikatché Akponikpè;Bruno Gérard;Karlheinz Michels;Charles Bielders

  • Millet response to microdose fertilization in south–western Niger: Effect of antecedent fertility management and environmental factors

    Charles L. Bielders;Bruno Gérard

  • Particle density of volcanic soils as measured with a gas pycnometer

    C. L. Bielders;L. W. De Backer;B. Delvaux

  • Wind erosion: the perspective of grass‐roots communities in the Sahel

    Charles Bielders;S Alvey;N Cronyn

  • Bioenergy farming using woody crops. A review

    Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo;Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo;Charles Bielders;Juan Antonio Jiménez Bocanegra

  • Decomposition of organic amendment and nutrient release under the zai technique in the Sahel

    Dougbedji Fatondji;Christopher Martius;Robert Zougmore;Paul Vlek

  • A grassed waterway and earthen dams to control muddy floods from a cultivated catchment of the Belgian loess belt

    Olivier Evrard;Karel Vandaele;Bas van Wesemael;Charles L. Bielders

  • L'érosion éolienne dans le Sahel nigérien: influence des pratiques culturales actuelles et méthodes de lutte

    Charles L. Bielders;Jean‐Louis Rajot;Karlheinz Michels

  • What do models tell us about water and sediment connectivity

    Jantiene E.M. Baartman;João Pedro Nunes;Rens Masselink;Frédéric Darboux

Frequent Co-Authors

Marnik Vanclooster
Marnik Vanclooster Université Catholique de Louvain
Mathieu Javaux
Mathieu Javaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Erik Mathijs
Erik Mathijs KU Leuven
Bruno Gérard
Bruno Gérard Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Bas van Wesemael
Bas van Wesemael Université Catholique de Louvain
Olivier Evrard
Olivier Evrard University of Paris-Saclay
Olivier Dewitte
Olivier Dewitte Royal Museum for Central Africa
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven

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