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Overview

Kevin Coleman is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on soil science, global and planetary change, ecology, environmental chemistry, and related subfields.

Their work addresses various topics including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, climate change impacts on agriculture, soil erosion and sediment transport, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, bioenergy crop production and management, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, and forest management and policy.

Recent papers by Kevin Coleman include:

  • Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The potential for soybean to diversify the production of plant-based protein in the UK, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Modelling changes in soil structure caused by livestock treading, 2023, Geoderma
  • Relationship between soil carbon sequestration and the ability of soil aggregates to transport dissolved oxygen, 2021, Geoderma
  • Grazing livestock move by Lévy walks: Implications for soil health and environment, 2023, Journal of Environmental Management

Kevin Coleman frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geoderma
  • Data in Brief
  • Scientific Reports

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers, including:

  • Alice E. Milne
  • A. P. Whitmore
  • Adrian L. Collins
  • G. M. Richter
  • L. M. Cardenas

Best Publications

  • A comparison of the performance of nine soil organic matter models using datasets from seven long-term experiments

    P Smith;J U Smith;D S Powlson;W B McGill

  • RothC-26.3 - A Model for the turnover of carbon in soil

    K. Coleman;D. S. Jenkinson

  • Soil organic matter: its importance in sustainable agriculture and carbon dioxide fluxes.

    A. Edward Johnston;Paul R. Poulton;Kevin Coleman

  • Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using RothC-26.3

    K. Coleman;D.S. Jenkinson;G.J. Crocker;P.R. Grace

  • Meeting Europe's climate change commitments: quantitative estimates of the potential for carbon mitigation by agriculture

    Pete Smith;David S. Powlson;Jo U. Smith;Pete Falloon

  • Australian climate–carbon cycle feedback reduced by soil black carbon

    Johannes Lehmann;Jan Skjemstad;Saran Sohi;John Carter

  • Global climate change and soil carbon stocks; predictions from two contrasting models for the turnover of organic carbon in soil

    Chris Jones;Claire McConnell;Kevin Coleman;Peter Cox

  • Estimating the size of the inert organic matter pool from total soil organic carbon content for use in the Rothamsted Carbon Model

    Pete Falloon;Pete Smith;Kevin Coleman;Stewart Marshall

  • The potential to increase soil carbon stocks through reduced tillage or organic material additions in England and Wales: a case study

    D.S. Powlson;A. Bhogal;B.J. Chambers;K. Coleman

  • Enhancing the carbon sink in European agricultural soils: including trace gas fluxes in estimates of carbon mitigation potential

    Pete Smith;Keith W. Goulding;Keith A. Smith;David S. Powlson

  • The turnover of organic carbon in subsoils. Part 2. Modelling carbon turnover

    D. S. Jenkinson;K. Coleman

  • Implications for Soil Properties of Removing Cereal Straw: Results from Long-Term Studies

    David S. Powlson;Margaret J. Glendining;Kevin Coleman;Andrew P. Whitmore

  • Long-term changes in the extractability and bioavailability of zinc and cadmium after sludge application

    S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;S. J. Dunham;A. R. Crosland

  • Predicted soil organic carbon stocks and changes in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2030

    C.E.P. Cerri;M. Easter;K. Paustian;K. Killian

  • Regional estimates of carbon sequestration potential : linking the Rothamsted Carbon Model to GIS databases

    P Falloon;Pete Smith;Joanne Ursula Smith;J Szabo

  • Seasonal changes of soil microbial biomass in an arable and a grassland soil which have been under uniform management for many years

    D.D. Patra;P.C. Brookes;K. Coleman;D.S. Jenkinson

  • Carbon sequestration in European soils through straw incorporation: Limitations and alternatives

    D.S. Powlson;A.B. Riche;K. Coleman;M.J. Glendining

  • Simulating SOC changes in 11 land use change chronosequences from the Brazilian Amazon with RothC and Century models

    Carlos E.P. Cerri;Mark Easter;Keith Paustian;Kendrick Killian

  • The natural abundance of 13C, 15N, 34S and 14C in archived (1923-2000) plant and soil samples from the Askov long-term experiments on animal manure and mineral fertilizer.

    Roland Bol;Jorgen Eriksen;Pete Smith;Mark H. Garnett

  • Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. I. Model description and uncertainties

    Joanne Ursula Smith;Pia Gottschalk;Jessica Bellarby;Stephen Chapman

  • Modeling Soil Carbon from Forest and Pasture Ecosystems of Amazon, Brazil

    C.E.P. Cerri;K. Coleman;D.S. Jenkinson;Martial Bernoux

  • Calculating the annual input of organic matter to soil from measurements of total organic carbon and radiocarbon

    D.S. Jenkinson;K. Coleman

  • Revised estimates of the carbon mitigation potential of UK agricultural land

    P. Smith;R. Milne;D. S. Powlson;J. U. Smith

  • National and sub-national assessments of soil organic carbon stocks and changes: The GEFSOC modelling system

    E. Milne;R. Al Adamat;N.H. Batjes;M. Bernoux

  • A European network of long-term sites for studies on soil organic matter

    David S Powlson;Pete Smith;Kevin Coleman;Jo U Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Pete Falloon
Pete Falloon Met Office
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
David S. Powlson
David S. Powlson Rothamsted Research
Andrew P. Whitmore
Andrew P. Whitmore Rothamsted Research
D. S. Jenkinson
D. S. Jenkinson Rothamsted Research
Keith Paustian
Keith Paustian Colorado State University
Jo Smith
Jo Smith University of Aberdeen
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri Universidade de São Paulo
Niels H. Batjes
Niels H. Batjes International Soil Reference and Information Centre
Martial Bernoux
Martial Bernoux Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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