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  • 2015 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Helga Van Miegroet is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research work spans across several fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Lichen and Fungal Ecology
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Recent published papers by Helga Van Miegroet include:

  • Chemical composition of soil organic carbon from mixed aspen-conifer forests characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 2020, European Journal of Soil Science
  • Aspen Soils Retain More Dissolved Organic Carbon Than Conifer Soils in a Sorption Experiment, 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors contributing to these works are:

  • Astrid R. Jacobson
  • Mercedes Román Dobarco
  • Antra Boča

Helga Van Miegroet's publications have appeared primarily in:

  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Among recognitions received, they were named a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Chemical and Physical Properties as Indicators of Forest Soil Quality: Challenges and Opportunities

    S.H Schoenholtz;H.Van Miegroet;J.A Burger

  • The Impact of Nitrification on Soil Acidification and Cation Leaching in a Red Alder Ecosystem

    H. Van Miegroet;D. W. Cole

  • Relationships between soil nitrogen dynamics and natural 15N abundance in plant foliage from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Charles T. Garten;Helga Van Miegroet

  • Nutrient Cycling in Red Spruce Forests of the Great Smoky Mountains

    D. W. Johnson;Helga Van Miegroet;S. E. Lindberg;R. B. Harrison

  • Does tree species composition control soil organic carbon pools in Mediterranean mountain forests

    Eugenio Díaz-Pinés;Agustín Rubio;Helga Van Miegroet;Fernando Montes

  • Acidification Sources in Red Alder and Douglas Fir Soils-Importance of Nitrification

    H. Van Miegroet;D. W. Cole

  • Nitrogen Distribution and Cycling

    Helga Van Miegroet;D. W. Cole;N. W. Foster

  • Factors Affecting Anion Movement and Retention in Four Forest Soils

    Dale W. Johnson;Dale W. Cole;Helga Van Miegroet;F. W. Horng

  • Soil Chemistry and Nutrition of North American Spruce-Fir Stands: Evidence for Recent Change

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  • Nitrogen fertilization strategies in a short-rotation sycamore plantation

    Helga van Miegroet;Richard J. Norby;Tim J. Tschaplinski

  • Relative Role of Understory and Overstory in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest

    P. T. Moore;P. T. Moore;Helga Van Miegroet;Helga Van Miegroet;N. S. Nicholas;N. S. Nicholas

  • Changes in soil properties and site productivity caused by red alder

    Dale W. Cole;Jana Compton;Helga Van Miegroet;Peter Homann

  • Sulfur Cycling in Five Forest Ecosystems

    Dale W. Johnson;Daniel D. Richter;Helga Van Miegroet;Dale W. Cole

  • Foliar response of red spruce saplings to fertilization with Ca and Mg in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Helga Van Miegroet;Dale W. Johnson;Donald E. Todd

  • Soil Microclimate and Chemistry of Spruce-Fir Tree Islands in Northern Utah

    Helga Van Miegroet;Molly T. Hysell;Amber Denton Johnson

  • Soil Nitrogen Dynamics following Harvesting and Conversion of Red Alder and Douglas Fir Stands

    H. Van Miegroet;P. S. Homann;D. W. Cole

  • Inorganic Nitrogen Determined by Laboratory and Field Extractions of Two Forest Soils

    Helga Van Miegroet

  • Soil carbon distribution and quality in a montane rangeland forest mosaic in northern Utah

    Helga Van Miegroet;Janis L. Boettinger;Michelle A. Baker;Julia Nielsen

  • Forest Overstory Effect on Soil Organic Carbon Storage: A Meta-analysis

    Antra Boča;Helga Van Miegroet;Marie-Cécile Gruselle

  • Carbon sources and sinks in high-elevation spruce-fir forests of the Southeastern US

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  • A Tree Species Effect on Soil That Is Consistent Across the Species’ Range: The Case of Aspen and Soil Carbon in North America

    Jérôme Laganière;Antra Boča;Helga Van Miegroet;David Paré

  • Contributions of Acid Deposition and Natural Processes to Cation Leaching from Forest Soils: A Review

    D. W. Johnson;Helga Van Miegroet;D. W. Cole;D. D. Richter

  • Cation Distribution, Cycling, and Removal from Mineral Soil in Douglas-Fir and Red Alder Forests

    Peter S. Homann;Helga Van Miegroet;Dale W. Cole;Gordon V. Wolfe

  • Comparison of Carbon Accumulation in Douglas Fir and Red Alder Forests

    Dale W. Cole;Jana E. Compton;R.L. Edmonds;Peter S. Homann

  • Is there synchronicity in nitrogen input and output fluxes at the Noland Divide Watershed, a small N-saturated forested catchment in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

    H Van Miegroet;I F Creed;N S Nicholas;D G Tarboton

  • Effects of Acid Rain Forest Nutrient Status

    D. W. Johnson;D. W. Cole;J. M. Kelly;J. W. Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale W. Cole
Dale W. Cole University of Washington
Dale W. Johnson
Dale W. Johnson University of Nevada Reno
James N. Long
James N. Long Utah State University
Jana E. Compton
Jana E. Compton Environmental Protection Agency
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter Duke University
Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
Donald E. Todd
Donald E. Todd Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Jürgen Bauhus
Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg
Juan J. Villalba
Juan J. Villalba Utah State University

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