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Patrick Lavelle

Patrick Lavelle

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
36975
World Ranking
353
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Patrick Lavelle is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, focusing primarily on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Soil Science; Plant Science; Ecology; and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research covers a broad range of topics with notable emphasis on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Heavy metals in the environment, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Recent publications by Patrick Lavelle include:

  • Soil aggregation, ecosystem engineers and the C cycle, 2020, Acta Oecologica
  • Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world-wide assessment, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography

They have also appeared as a coauthor on related work such as:

  • Global vulnerability of soil ecosystems to erosion, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • Termites as indicators of soil ecosystem services in transformed amazon landscapes, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Agroforestry systems in the Colombian Amazon improve the provision of soil ecosystem services, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology

Patrick Lavelle frequently collaborates with a number of other researchers, including:

  • Elena Velásquez
  • Juan Carlos Suárez
  • Marcela Quintero
  • George Gardner Brown
  • Miguel A. Romero Sanchez

Their research has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Oecologica
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Zootaxa
  • Harvard Dataverse

Patrick Lavelle has been recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2003.

Best Publications

  • Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services

    Patrick Lavelle;Thibaud Decaëns;M. Aubert;Sébastien Barot

  • Soil function in a changing world: the role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers

    P. Lavelle;D. Bignell;M. Lepage;V. Wolters

  • Faunal Activities and Soil Processes: Adaptive Strategies That Determine Ecosystem Function

    P. Lavelle

  • Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function

    K.E. Giller;M.H. Beare;P. Lavelle;A.-M.N. Izac

  • Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks

    David U. Hooper;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown;Lijbert Brussard

  • Regulation of soil organic matter dynamics and microbial activityin the drilosphere and the role of interactionswith other edaphic functional domains

    George G Brown;Isabelle Barois;Patrick Lavelle

  • Soil invertebrates as ecosystem engineers: Intended and accidental effects on soil and feedback loops

    Pascal Jouquet;Jens Dauber;Jan Lagerlöf;Patrick Lavelle

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil

    Lijbert Brussaard;Val M. Behan-Pelletier;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown

  • Earthworm activities and the soil system.

    P. Lavelle

  • A Hierarchical Model for Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Application to Soils of the Humid Tropics

    P. Lavelle;E. Blanchart;A. Martin;S. Martin

  • The values of soil animals for conservation biology

    T. Decaëns;J.J. Jiménez;C. Gioia;G.J. Measey

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Diversity of soil fauna and ecosystem function

    P. Lavelle

  • Small-scale and large-scale effects of endogeic earthworms on soil organic matter dynamics in soils of the humid tropics

    Patrick Lavelle;Agnés Martin

  • Heavy metal accumulation by two earthworm species and its relationship to total and DTPA-extractable metals in soils

    Jun Dai;Thierry Becquer;James Henri Rouiller;Georges Reversat

  • Mutualism and biodiversity in soils

    P. Lavelle;C. Lattaud;D. Trigo;I. Barois

  • Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of earthworms

    C. Fragoso;G.G. Brown;J.C. Patron;Eric Blanchart

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

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

  • GISQ, a multifunctional indicator of soil quality

    Elena Velasquez;Patrick Lavelle;Mercedes Andrade

  • Linkages between soil biota, plant litter quality and decomposition

    D.A. Wardle;P. Lavelle

  • Biology and ecology of earthworms

    Patrick Lavelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
George G. Brown
George G. Brown Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Jean-Pierre Rossi
Jean-Pierre Rossi INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Juan J. Jiménez
Juan J. Jiménez Spanish National Research Council
Eric Blanchart
Eric Blanchart University of Montpellier
Steven J. Fonte
Steven J. Fonte Colorado State University
Jean-François Ponge
Jean-François Ponge French National Museum of Natural History
Lijbert Brussaard
Lijbert Brussaard Wageningen University & Research
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Sébastien Barot
Sébastien Barot Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Paris

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