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Y. Le Bissonnais

Y. Le Bissonnais

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
13915
World Ranking
2371
National Ranking
160

Overview

Y. Le Bissonnais is affiliated with Montpellier SupAgro in France and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Soil Science, and Water Science and Technology. Their research topics cover areas such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, French Urban and Social Studies, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, and Plant and animal studies.

Recent notable papers authored by Y. Le Bissonnais include:

  • Vineyard Management and Its Impacts on Soil Biodiversity, Functions, and Ecosystem Services (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Interacting effects of land use type, microbes and plant traits on soil aggregate stability (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Rhizosphere bacteria are more strongly related to plant root traits than fungi in temperate montane forests: insights from closed and open forest patches along an elevational gradient (2020, Plant and Soil)
  • Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin (2020, Atmosphere)
  • Sols artificialisés et processus d'artificialisation des sols: déterminants, impacts et leviers d'action. Rapport (2021, HAL [Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe])

Y. Le Bissonnais has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Béatrice Béchet, Anne Ruas, Maylis Desrousseaux, Luis Merino-Martín, and Bertrand Schmitt.

The scientist has published books primarily with éditions Quae eBooks and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Titles include "Artificialized land and land take" (2020 and 2023 editions) and "Artificialized land and land take: Drivers, impacts and potential responses" (2020).

Frequent venues for publication include HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Plant and Soil, and Atmosphere.

Best Publications

  • Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility: I. Theory and methodology

    Y. Le Bissonnais

  • Organic Matter Influence on Clay Wettability and Soil Aggregate Stability

    C. Chenu;Y. Le Bissonnais;D. Arrouays

  • Modeling Response of Soil Erosion and Runoff to Changes in Precipitation and Cover

    M.A. Nearing;V.G. Jetten;C. Baffaut;O. Cerdan

  • Rates and spatial variations of soil erosion in Europe: A study based on erosion plot data

    O. Cerdan;G. Govers;Y. Le Bissonnais;K. Van Oost

  • Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility: II. Application to humic loamy soils with various organic carbon contents

    Y. Le Bissonnais;D. Arrouays

  • Effects of vegetation type on soil resistance to erosion: Relationship between aggregate stability and shear strength

    M. Fattet;Y. Fu;Muriel Ghestem;W. Ma

  • Regulation of soil structure by geophagous earthworm activities in humid savannas of Côte d'Ivoire

    E. Blanchart;P. Lavelle;E. Braudeau;Y. Le Bissonnais

  • Incorporating soil surface crusting processes in an expert-based runoff model: Sealing and Transfer by Runoff and Erosion related to Agricultural Management

    O Cerdan;V Souchère;V Lecomte;A Couturier

  • Scale effect on runoff from experimental plots to catchments in agricultural areas in Normandy

    O. Cerdan;Y. Le Bissonnais;G. Govers;V. Lecomte

  • Variability of soil surface characteristics influencing runoff and interrill erosion

    Y. Le Bissonnais;O. Cerdan;V. Lecomte;H. Benkhadra

  • Runoff Features for Interrill Erosion at Different Rainfall Intensities, Slope Lengths, and Gradients in an Agricultural Loessial Hillslope

    Vincent A. M. Chaplot;Yves Le Bissonnais

  • Crusting, runoff and sheet erosion on silty loamy soils at various scales and upscaling from m2 to small catchments

    Y. Le Bissonnais;H. Benkhadra;V. Chaplot;D. Fox

  • Improvement of soil aggregate stability by repeated applications of organic amendments to a cultivated silty loam soil

    M. Annabi;Y. Le Bissonnais;M. Le Villio-Poitrenaud;S. Houot

  • Field measurements of interrill erosion under ­different slopes and plot sizes

    V. Chaplot;Y. Le Bissonnais

  • Interactions between soil properties and moisture content in crust formation, runoff and interrill erosion from tilled loess soils

    Y. Le Bissonnais;B. Renaux;H. Delouche

  • Aggregate breakdown dynamics under rainfall compared with aggregate stability measurements

    C. Legout;S. Leguédois;Y. Le Bissonnais

  • Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility: I. Theory and methodology: Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility

    Y. Le Bissonnais

  • Crusting, runoff, and erosion response to soil water content and successive rainfalls

    Yves Le Bissonnais;Michael J. Singer

  • Laboratory experimental study of soil crusting: Relation between aggregate breakdown mechanisms and crust stucture

    Y. Le Bissonnais;A. Bruand;M. Jamagne

  • Splash distance and size distributions for various soils

    C. Legout;S. Leguédois;Y. Le Bissonnais;O. Malam Issa

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Cerdan
Olivier Cerdan Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Vincent Chaplot
Vincent Chaplot University of KwaZulu-Natal
Saskia Keesstra
Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Nicolas P.A. Saby
Nicolas P.A. Saby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
John N. Quinton
John N. Quinton Lancaster University
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José Carlos González-Hidalgo
José Carlos González-Hidalgo University of Zaragoza
Juan Albaladejo
Juan Albaladejo Spanish National Research Council

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