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Naresh V. Thevathasan

Naresh V. Thevathasan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3801
World Ranking
7921
National Ranking
488

Overview

Naresh V. Thevathasan is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research spans significant areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work particularly focuses on soil science, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, ecology, and agronomy and crop science.

Thevathasan's research topics include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, bioenergy crop production and management, soil and water nutrient dynamics, agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Notable recent papers authored by Thevathasan include:

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada (2021) published in Science Advances
  • Riparian land-use systems impact soil microbial communities and nitrous oxide emissions in an agro-ecosystem (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Root Functional Trait and Soil Microbial Coordination: Implications for Soil Respiration in Riparian Agroecosystems (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Long-Term Monitoring of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Woody and Herbaceous Bioenergy Crop Production Systems on Marginal Lands in Southern Ontario, Canada (2020) published in Sustainability
  • Plant Diversity and Agroecosystem Function in Riparian Agroforests: Providing Ecosystem Services and Land-Use Transition (2020) published in Sustainability

Thevathasan frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Agroforestry Systems
  • The Science of The Total Environment

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, such as:

  • Maren Oelbermann
  • Amir Behzad Bazrgar
  • Tolulope Mafa-Attoye
  • Kari E. Dunfield
  • Megan Baskerville

Best Publications

  • Ecology of tree intercropping systems in the North temperate region: Experiences from southern Ontario, Canada

    N.V. Thevathasan;A.M. Gordon

  • Carbon Sequestration Potentials in Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping Systems, Southern Ontario, Canada

    Matthias Peichl;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon;Jürgen Huss

  • Effects of tree competition on corn and soybean photosynthesis, growth, and yield in a temperate tree-based agroforestry intercropping system in southern Ontario, Canada

    Phillip E. Reynolds;James A. Simpson;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon

  • Natural climate solutions for Canada.

    C. Ronnie Drever;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Fardausi Akhter;Pascal H. Badiou

  • Soil carbon dynamics and residue stabilization in a Costa Rican and southern Canadian alley cropping system

    Maren Oelbermann;R. Paul Voroney;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon

  • Spatial heterogeneity of soil organic carbon in tree-based intercropping systems in Quebec and Ontario, Canada

    Amanda D. Bambrick;Joann K. Whalen;Robert L. Bradley;Alain Cogliastro

  • Temporal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen in west African multistrata agroforestry systems: a chronosequence of pools and fluxes

    M.E. Isaac;A.M. Gordon;N. Thevathasan;S.K. Oppong

  • Poplar leaf biomass distribution and nitrogen dynamics in a poplar-barley intercropped system in southern Ontario, Canada

    N. V. Thevathasan;A. M. Gordon

  • Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of the leaf biomass of the wild sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia): a comparative study with four leguminous agroforestry species

    S. T. Partey;S. T. Partey;S. J. Quashie-Sam;N. V. Thevathasan;A. M. Gordon

  • Biophysical and Ecological Interactions in a Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping System

    N. V. Thevathasan;A. M. Gordon;J. A. Simpson;P. E. Reynolds

  • Carbon sequestration potential of five tree species in a 25-year-old temperate tree-based intercropping system in southern Ontario, Canada

    Amy Wotherspoon;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon;R. Paul Voroney

  • Life cycle assessment of thermal energy production from short-rotation willow biomass in Southern Ontario, Canada

    Goretty M. Dias;Nathan W. Ayer;Kumudinie Kariyapperuma;Naresh Thevathasan

  • Estimating coarse root biomass with ground penetrating radar in a tree-based intercropping system

    Kira A. Borden;Marney E. Isaac;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon

  • Agroforestry promotes soybean yield stability and N2-fixation under water stress

    Joshua Nasielski;Jessie R. Furze;Jun Tan;Adnane Bargaz;Adnane Bargaz

  • Bio-carbon production by oxidation and hydrothermal carbonization of paper recycling black liquor

    Zainab Al-Kaabi;Zainab Al-Kaabi;Ranjan Pradhan;Naresh Thevathasan;Andrew Gordon

  • Temperate agroforestry: an overview.

    A. M. Gordon;S. M. Newman;B. R. W. Coleman;N. V. Thevathasan

  • Biophysical interactions in a short rotation willow intercropping system in southern Ontario, Canada

    Rachelle L. Clinch;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon;Timothy A. Volk

  • North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. H. E. Garrett, W. J. Rietveld and R. F. Fisher (eds.). American Society of Agronomy, Inc. Madison, WI, USA.

    S. W. Workman;N. V. Thevathasan;A. M. Gordon

  • Intraspecific variation in soy across the leaf economics spectrum.

    Fallon J. Hayes;Serra W. Buchanan;Brent Coleman;Andrew M. Gordon

  • Influence of trees on the spatial structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in a temperate tree-based intercropping system

    Luke D. Bainard;Alexander M. Koch;Andrew M. Gordon;Steven G. Newmaster

  • Nitrate and Escherichia coli NAR analysis in tile drain effluent from a mixed tree intercrop and monocrop system.

    Michael C. Dougherty;Naresh V. Thevathasan;Andrew M. Gordon;Hung Lee

  • Ecology of tree intercropping systems in the North temperate region: Experiences from southern Ontario, Canada

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Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Gordon
Andrew M. Gordon University of Guelph
Marney E. Isaac
Marney E. Isaac University of Toronto
Joann K. Whalen
Joann K. Whalen McGill University
Kari E. Dunfield
Kari E. Dunfield University of Guelph
Animesh Dutta
Animesh Dutta University of Guelph
Robert B. Zougmoré
Robert B. Zougmoré International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Richard F. Preziosi
Richard F. Preziosi Plymouth University
Susan C. Cook-Patton
Susan C. Cook-Patton The Nature Conservancy
Matthias Peichl
Matthias Peichl Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Michel Labrecque
Michel Labrecque University of Montreal

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