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Jérôme Balesdent

Jérôme Balesdent

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
16673
World Ranking
4151
National Ranking
167

Overview

Jérôme Balesdent is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, focusing on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research predominantly addresses soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, alongside related aspects of soil and water nutrient cycling.

The scientist's work extends through several specialized subfields, including soil science, ecology, environmental chemistry, agronomy and crop science, and environmental engineering. Their investigations encompass topics such as peatlands and wetlands ecology, bioenergy crop production and management, and soil geostatistics and mapping. Additionally, isotope analysis in ecology forms part of their research interests.

Jérôme Balesdent has published research in multiple academic venues, reflecting diverse contributions within their field. Notable publication venues include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Soil Systems
  • Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Reviews and syntheses: The mechanisms underlying carbon storage in soil," 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Bioenergetic control of soil carbon dynamics across depth," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Organo-Mineral Interactions Are More Important for Organic Matter Retention in Subsoil Than Topsoil," 2020, Soil Systems
  • "Stocker du carbone dans les sols agricoles de France? Rapport," 2021, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "Can stable isotopes quantify soil carbon build-up from organic fertilizers?", 2021, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Collaborations have been a significant feature of Jérôme Balesdent's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Sylvain Pellerin, Lauric Cécillon, Denis A. Angers, and Ludovic Henneron.

In addition to peer-reviewed articles, Jérôme Balesdent has contributed to book publications. One such publication is "Stocker du carbone dans les sols français," released by éditions Quae eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Relationship of soil organic matter dynamics to physical protection and tillage

    J Balesdent;C Chenu;M Balabane

  • Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

    Feth el Zahar Haichar;Christine Marol;Odile Berge;J Ignacio Rangel-Castro

  • Natural 13C abundance as a tracer for studies of soil organic matter dynamics

    Jérôme Balesdent;André Mariotti;Bernard Guillet

  • Carbon cycling and sequestration opportunities in temperate grasslands

    J.-F. Soussana;P. Loiseau;N. Vuichard;E. Ceschia

  • Dynamics of soil organic matter associated with particle-size fractions of water-stable aggregates

    P. Puget;C. Chenu;J. Balesdent

  • Increasing organic stocks in agricultural soils: Knowledge gaps and potential innovations

    Claire Chenu;Denis A. Angers;Pierre Barré;Delphine Derrien

  • Total and young organic matter distributions in aggregates of silty cultivated soils

    P. Puget;C. Chenu;J. Balesdent

  • Soil Organic Matter Turnover in Long-term Field Experiments as Revealed by Carbon-13 Natural Abundance

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  • Atmosphere–soil carbon transfer as a function of soil depth

    Jérôme Balesdent;Isabelle Basile-Doelsch;Joël Chadoeuf;Sophie Cornu

  • Site-Related ^(13)C of Tree Leaves and Soil Organic Matter in a Temperate Forest

    Jerome Balesdent;Cyril Girardin;Andre Mariotti

  • The significance of organic separates to carbon dynamics and its modelling in some cultivated soils

    J. Balesdent

  • Effect of tillage on soil organic carbon mineralization estimated from 13C abundance in maize fields

    J. Balesdent;A. Mariotti;D. Boisgontier

  • Molecular dynamics of organic matter in a cultivated soil.

    Gerd Gleixner;Natacha Poirier;Roland Bol;Jérôme Balesdent

  • Major contribution of roots to soil carbon storage inferred from maize cultivated soils

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  • Fate of particulate organic matter in soil aggregates during cultivation

    E. Besnard;C. Chenu;J. Balesdent;P. Puget

  • The dynamics of carbon in particle-size fractions of soil in a forest-cultivation sequence

    J. Balesdent;E. Besnard;D. Arrouays;C. Chenu

  • Estimate of organic matter turnover rate in a savanna soil by 13C natural abundance measurements.

    A. Martin;A. Mariotti;J. balesdent;P. Lavelle

  • Isotope Discrimination during Decomposition of Organic Matter: A Theoretical Analysis

    Göran I. Ågren;Ernesto Bosatta;Jérôme Balesdent

  • Dynamics and identification of soil microbial populations actively assimilating carbon from 13C-labelled wheat residue as estimated by DNA- and RNA-SIP techniques.

    Laetitia Bernard;Christophe Mougel;Pierre-Alain Maron;Virginie Nowak

  • Carbon-13 natural abundance as a tool to study the dynamics of lignin monomers in soil : an appraisal at the Closeaux experimental field (France)

    Marie-France Dignac;Haithem Bahri;Cornelia Rumpel;D.P. Rasse

  • Deep soil carbon dynamics are driven more by soil type than by climate: a worldwide meta-analysis of radiocarbon profiles.

    Jordane A Mathieu;Christine Hatté;Jérôme Balesdent;Éric Parent;Éric Parent

  • Molecular insight into soil carbon turnover

    Gerd Gleixner;Roland Bol;Jérôme Balesdent

Frequent Co-Authors

André Mariotti
André Mariotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Claire Chenu
Claire Chenu University of Paris-Saclay
Christine Hatté
Christine Hatté University of Paris-Saclay
Sylvie Derenne
Sylvie Derenne Université Paris Cité
Bertrand Guenet
Bertrand Guenet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gerd Gleixner
Gerd Gleixner Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Claude Largeau
Claude Largeau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sophie Cornu
Sophie Cornu Aix-Marseille University

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