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Lieven Claessens is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scientist's work also delves into subfields such as Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main research topics covered by Lieven Claessens include soil erosion and sediment transport, geology and paleoclimatology research, climate change impacts on agriculture, sustainability and ecological systems analysis, land use and ecosystem services, agricultural innovations and practices, and agricultural risk and resilience.

Recent publications reflect a diverse research portfolio and include:

  • Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture (2022, Nature Sustainability)
  • Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers' participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Introducing a mechanistic model in digital soil mapping to predict soil organic matter stocks in the Cantabrian region ( Spain ) (2020, European Journal of Soil Science)
  • Preservation of the last aggradation phase in climate-driven terraces: Evidence from Late Quaternary reach-specific fluvial dynamics of the Allier River (France) (2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)
  • CIRCASA DELIVERABLE D3.1: "Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) on Soil Carbon" (2020, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research))

Lieven Claessens collaborates frequently with several co-authors, demonstrating sustained research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Roberto O. Valdivia
  • N. Subash
  • V. Geethalakshmi
  • Dilys S. MacCarthy
  • Wiltrud Durand

The scientist's work has been published across a range of academic journals and venues, such as:

  • Nature Sustainability
  • PLoS ONE
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)

Best Publications

  • Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

    Martin K. Van Ittersum;Lenny G.J. Van Bussel;Joost Wolf;Patricio Grassini

  • How good is good enough? Data requirements for reliable crop yield simulations and yield-gap analysis

    Patricio Grassini;Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Justin Van Wart;Joost Wolf

  • Use of agro-climatic zones to upscale simulated crop yield potential

    Justin van Wart;Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Joost Wolf;Rachel Licker

  • Conservation Agriculture in mixed crop–livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Diego Valbuena;Olaf Erenstein;Sabine Homann-Kee Tui;Tahirou Abdoulaye

  • DEM resolution effects on shallow landslide hazard and soil redistribution modelling

    L.F.G. Claessens;G.B.M. Heuvelink;J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp

  • From field to atlas: Upscaling of location-specific yield gap estimates

    Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Patricio Grassini;Justin Van Wart;Joost Wolf

  • A method for evaluating climate change adaptation strategies for small-scale farmers using survey, experimental and modeled data

    Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens;John M. Antle;J.J. Stoorvogel;R.O. Valdivia

  • Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

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  • Modelling interactions and feedback mechanisms between land use change and landscape processes

    L. Claessens;L. Claessens;J.M. Schoorl;P.H. Verburg;L. Geraedts

  • A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research

    Philip K. Thornton;Anthony Whitbread;Tobias Baedeker;Jill Cairns

  • Creating long-term weather data from thin air for crop simulation modeling

    Justin Van Wart;Patricio Grassini;Haishun Yang;Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens

  • Modelling landslide hazard, soil redistribution and sediment yield of landslides on the Ugandan footslopes of Mount Elgon

    L Claessens;Anke Knapen;M.G Kitutu;Jean Poesen

  • Small scale digital soil mapping in Southeastern Kenya

    Alejandra Mora-Vallejo;Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens;Jetse Stoorvogel;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink

  • Modelling the location of shallow landslides and their effects on landscape dynamics in large watersheds: An application for Northern New Zealand

    L. Claessens;L. Claessens;J.M. Schoorl;A. Veldkamp

  • Mapping rootable depth and root zone plant-available water holding capacity of the soil of sub-Saharan Africa.

    Johan G.B. Leenaars;Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Tom Hengl

  • Landsliding and its multiscale influence on mountainscapes

    Carla Restrepo;Lawrence R. Walker;Aaron B. Shiels;Rainer Bussmann

  • Ex ante assessment of dual-purpose sweet potato in the crop-livestock system of western Kenya: A minimum-data approach

    L. Claessens;L. Claessens;J.J. Stoorvogel;J.M. Antle

  • Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe

    Sabine Homann-Kee Tui;Diego Valbuena;Diego Valbuena;Patricia Masikati;Katrien Descheemaeker

  • Contribution of topographically based landslide hazard modelling to the analysis of the spatial distribution and ecology of kauri (Agathis australis)

    Lieven Claessens;Peter H. Verburg;Jeroen M. Schoorl;Anthony Veldkamp

  • Geostatistical simulation and error propagation in geomorphometry

    A.J.A.M. Temme;G.B.M. Heuvelink;J.M. Schoorl;L. Claessens

  • Trade-offs in livestock development at farm level: Different actors with different objectives

    Gareth R. Salmon;Nils Teufel;Isabelle Baltenweck;Mark T. van Wijk

  • Evaluating choices in multi-process landscape evolution models

    A.J.A.M. Temme;Lieven Claessens;Lieven Claessens;A. Veldkamp;J.M. Schoorl

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth G. Cassman
Kenneth G. Cassman University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Patricio Grassini
Patricio Grassini University of Nebraska–Lincoln
A. Veldkamp
A. Veldkamp University of Twente
Joost Wolf
Joost Wolf Wageningen University & Research
Jetse J. Stoorvogel
Jetse J. Stoorvogel Wageningen University & Research
John M. Antle
John M. Antle Oregon State University
M.K. van Ittersum
M.K. van Ittersum Wageningen University & Research
Haishun Yang
Haishun Yang University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Martin K. van Ittersum
Martin K. van Ittersum Wageningen University & Research
Philip K. Thornton
Philip K. Thornton Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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