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Kristell Hergoualc'h is affiliated with the Center for International Forestry Research in Indonesia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant work in ecology, global and planetary change, soil science, environmental chemistry, and environmental engineering.

Their academic contributions span multiple topics related to peatlands and wetlands ecology, fire effects on ecosystems, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, oil palm production and sustainability, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Key recent publications include:

  • "Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale" (2023, Biogeochemistry)
  • "Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Improved accuracy and reduced uncertainty in greenhouse gas inventories by refining the IPCC emission factor for direct N2O emissions from nitrogen inputs to managed soils" (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • "Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland" (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • "Spatial and temporal variability of soil N2O and CH4 fluxes along a degradation gradient in a palm swamp peat forest in the Peruvian Amazon" (2020, Global Change Biology)

Other frequent publication venues for their research include the SSRN Electronic Journal and The Science of The Total Environment.

Kristell Hergoualc'h has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Erin Swails, Louis Verchot, Erik A. Lilleskov, Christopher Martius, and Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado.

They also contributed to academic literature through book publications, notably with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks, including a work titled "What do we know about Peruvian peatlands?" published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • N2O emissions from managed soils, and CO2 emissions from lime and urea application

    K. Hergoualc'h;H. Akiyama;M. Bernoux;N. Chirinda

  • Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires.

    David L. A. Gaveau;Mohammad A. Salim;Kristell Hergoualc'h;Bruno Locatelli

  • Opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in tropical peatlands

    Daniel Murdiyarso;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Louis V. Verchot

  • Stocks and fluxes of carbon associated with land use change in Southeast Asian tropical peatlands: A review

    Kristell Hergoualc'h;Louis V. Verchot

  • Generic allometric models including height best estimate forest biomass and carbon stocks in Indonesia

    Ervan Rutishauser;Fatmi Noor’an;Yves Laumonier;James Halperin

  • Changes in carbon stock and greenhouse gas balance in a coffee (Coffea arabica) monoculture versus an agroforestry system with Inga densiflora, in Costa Rica

    Kristell Hergoualc’h;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Eric Blanchart;Ute Skiba;Catherine Hénault

  • An appraisal of Indonesia’s immense peat carbon stock using national peatland maps: uncertainties and potential losses from conversion

    Matthew Warren;Kristell Hergoualc’h;J. Boone Kauffman;J. Boone Kauffman;Daniel Murdiyarso;Daniel Murdiyarso

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

  • Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands

    Kristell Hergoualc’h;Louis V. Verchot

  • Reviews and syntheses: Soil N 2 O and NO emissions from land use and land-use change in the tropics and subtropics: a meta-analysis

    van Jeffrey Lent;van Jeffrey Lent;K. Hergoualc’h;L.V. Verchot;L.V. Verchot

  • Fluxes of greenhouse gases from Andosols under coffee in monoculture or shaded by Inga densiflora in Costa Rica

    Kristell Hergoualc’h;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Ute Skiba;Jean-Michel Harmand;Catherine Hénault

  • A cost-efficient method to assess carbon stocks in tropical peat soil

    M.W. Warren;J.B. Kauffman;J.B. Kauffman;D. Murdiyarso;D. Murdiyarso;G.Z. Anshari

  • Tree biomass equations for tropical peat swamp forest ecosystems in Indonesia

    Solichin Manuri;Cristopher Brack;Nunung Puji Nugroho;Kristell Hergoualc'h

  • How do the heterotrophic and the total soil respiration of an oil palm plantation on peat respond to nitrogen fertilizer application

    Louis Pierre Comeau;Louis Pierre Comeau;Kristell Hergoualc'h;Jodie Hartill;Jodie Hartill;Jo Smith

  • Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru

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  • Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale

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  • Soil N 2 O and NO emissions from land use and land-use change in the tropics and subtropics: a meta-analysis

    J. van Lent;K. Hergoualc'h;L. V. Verchot

  • Total and heterotrophic soil respiration in a swamp forest and oil palm plantations on peat in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Kristell Hergoualc’h;Dede T. Hendry;Daniel Murdiyarso;Louis Vincent Verchot;Louis Vincent Verchot

  • Improved accuracy and reduced uncertainty in greenhouse gas inventories by refining the IPCC emission factor for direct N2O emissions from nitrogen inputs to managed soils

    Kristell Hergoualc'h;Nathan Mueller;Martial Bernoux;Äsa Kasimir

  • Substantial N2O emissions from peat decomposition and N fertilization in an oil palm plantation exacerbated by hotspots

    Satria Oktarita;Satria Oktarita;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Syaiful Anwar;Louis V Verchot;Louis V Verchot

  • Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland

    T.J. Griffis;D.T. Roman;J.D. Wood;J. Deventer;J. Deventer

  • Is Indonesian peatland loss a cautionary tale for Peru? A two-country comparison of the magnitude and causes of tropical peatland degradation

    Erik Lilleskov;Kevin McCullough;Kristell Hergoualc’h;Dennis del Castillo Torres

  • Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value-chain to action on tropical peatland conservation

    Meine van Noordwijk;Robin Matthews;Fahmuddin Agus;Jenny Farmer

  • Managing peatlands in Indonesia: Challenges and opportunities for local and global communities

    K. Hergoualc'h;R. Carmenta;S. Atmadja;C. Martius

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany
Jo Smith
Jo Smith University of Aberdeen
Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
Deborah Lawrence
Deborah Lawrence University of Virginia
Erik A. Lilleskov
Erik A. Lilleskov US Forest Service
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez Michigan Technological University
Etienne Dambrine
Etienne Dambrine INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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