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Peter Buurman is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on aspects of soil science within the broader fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work covers several subfields, including:

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Oceanography

Main topics of study recorded for Peter Buurman include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter Buurman illustrate a focus on soil properties, soil organic matter, and environmental interactions. Some of these publications include:

  • Infrared spectra of soil organic matter under a primary vegetation sequence (2020) published in Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
  • Substantial changes in podzol morphology after tree-roots modify soil porosity and hydrology in a tropical coastal rainforest (2021) in Plant and Soil
  • Selective sorption and desorption of DOM in podzol horizons - FTIR and Py-GC/MS of leachates from a column experiment (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Long-term carbon storage in Brazilian Cerrado soils - a conjunction of wildfires, bioturbation, and local edaphic controls on vegetation (2022) in Plant and Soil
  • Selective sorption and desorption of DOM in Podzol horizons - DOC and aluminium contents of leachates from a column experiment (2023) in The Science of The Total Environment

Peter Buurman frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

  • Pablo Vidal-Torrado
  • Judith Schellekens
  • Pedro Martinez
  • Sara Ramos dos Santos
  • Wilson Tadeu Lopes da Silva

The scientist has published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Plant and Soil
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
  • Scientia Agricola
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)

Best Publications

  • Amount and composition of clay-associated soil organic matter in a range of kaolinitic and smectitic soils

    E.J.W Wattel-Koekkoek;P.P.L van Genuchten;P Buurman;B van Lagen

  • Tillage effects on soil organic matter in density fractions of a Cerrado Oxisol

    R. Roscoe;P. Buurman

  • Manual for Soil and Water Analysis

    P. Buurman;B. van Lagen;E. J. Velthorst

  • Podzolisation and soil organic matter dynamics

    P. Buurman;A.G. Jongmans

  • Effect of land use on the composition of soil organic matter in density and aggregate fractions as revealed by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Mirjam Helfrich;Mirjam Helfrich;B. Ludwig;P. Buurman;H. Flessa

  • Laser grain-size determination in soil genetic studies. 1. practical problems.

    P. Buurman;Th. Pape;C.C. Muggler

  • Soil organic matter chemistry in allophanic soils: a pyrolysis-GC/MS study of a Costa Rican Andosol catena

    P. Buurman;F. Peterse;G. Almendros Martin

  • Soil organic matter dynamics in density and particle size fractions as revealed by the 13C/12C isotopic ratio in a Cerrado's oxisol

    R Roscoe;P Buurman;E.J Velthorst;C.A Vasconcellos

  • Composition of plant tissues and soil organic matter in the first stages of a vegetation succession

    Klaas G.J Nierop;Barend van Lagen;Peter Buurman

  • Mean residence time of soil organic matter associated with kaolinite and smectite

    E.J.W. Wattel-Koekkoek;P. Buurman;van der Johannes Plicht;E. Wattel

  • Reduced heterogeneity of a lignite humic acid by preparative HPSEC following interaction with an organic acid. Characterization of size-separates by pyr-gc-ms and 1h-nmr spectroscopy

    Alessandro Piccolo;Pellegrino Conte;Enrico Trivellone;Barend van Lagen

  • Laser-diffraction and pipette-method grain sizing of Dutch sediments: correlations for fine fractions of marine, fluvial, and loess samples

    P. Buurman;Th. Pape;J.A. Reijneveld;F. de Jong

  • Aluminium fractionation of European volcanic soils by selective dissolution techniques

    Eduardo Garcı́a-Rodeja;Juan C Nóvoa;Xabier Pontevedra;Antonio Martı́nez-Cortizas

  • Podzols and podzolization in temperate regions

    D.L. Mokma;P. Buurman

  • Differences in chemical composition of soil organic matter in natural ecosystems from different climatic regions - a pyrolysis-GC/MS study.

    Karen Vancampenhout;Katinka Wouters;Bruno De Vos;Peter Buurman

  • Disruption of soil aggregates by varied amounts of ultrasonic energy in fractionation of organic matter of a clay Latosol: carbon, nitrogen and δ13C distribution in particle-size fractions

    R. Roscoe;P. Buurman;E. J. Velthorst

  • Laser grain-size determination in soil genetic studies. 2.clay content, clay formation, and aggregation in some Brazilian oxisols.

    C.C. Muggler;Th. Pape;P. Buurman

  • The distinction between ground-water gley and surface-water gley phenomena in Tertiary paleosols of the Ebro basin, NE Spain

    M.D. PiPujol;P. Buurman

  • Mineralization of fossil wood

    P. Buurman

  • Effects of fire on soil organic matter in a "cerrado sensu-stricto" from Southeast Brazil as revealed by changes in δ13C.

    R Roscoe;P Buurman;E.J Velthorst;J.A.A Pereira

  • Soils of volcanic regions in Europe

    O Arnalds;F Bartoli;P Buurman;H Oskarsson

  • Soils and Quaternary Landscape Evolution

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Frequent Co-Authors

Klaas G.J. Nierop
Klaas G.J. Nierop Utrecht University
Alessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo University of Naples Federico II
Rudy Swennen
Rudy Swennen KU Leuven
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Thomas W. Kuyper
Thomas W. Kuyper Wageningen University & Research
Rony Swennen
Rony Swennen KU Leuven
Felipe Macías
Felipe Macías University of Santiago de Compostela
N. van Breemen
N. van Breemen Wageningen University & Research
Nilton Curi
Nilton Curi Federal University of Lavras
Xosé Luis Otero
Xosé Luis Otero University of Santiago de Compostela

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