Johan Six

Research interests

Publications

• Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems

  Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · 2022 · 10.1038/s43017-022-00366-w

• Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter

  Nature Geoscience · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0484-6

• Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils – A comprehensive method comparison

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2018 · 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.06.025

• Soil biodiversity and human health

  Nature · 2015 · 10.1038/nature15744

• When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis

  Field Crops Research · 2015 · 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.020

• Food system resilience: Defining the concept

  Global Food Security · 2015 · 10.1016/j.gfs.2015.08.001

• Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate

  Nature Geoscience · 2015 · 10.1038/ngeo2516

• Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept

  Global Change Biology · 2015 · 10.1111/gcb.12982

• Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture

  Nature · 2014 · 10.1038/nature13809

• Aggregate-associated soil organic matter as an ecosystem property and a measurement tool

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2013 · 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.06.014

• The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate

  Nature Climate Change · 2013 · 10.1038/nclimate1796

• Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 2012 · 10.2136/sssaj2011.0286

• Soil carbon saturation: concept, evidence and evaluation

  Biogeochemistry · 2007 · 10.1007/s10533-007-9140-0

• The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle

  Science · 2007 · 10.1126/science.1145724

• Bacterial and Fungal Contributions to Carbon Sequestration in Agroecosystems

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2004.0347

• The Relationship between Carbon Input, Aggregation, and Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization in Sustainable Cropping Systems

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 2005 · 10.2136/sssaj2004.0215

• Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects

  Advances in agronomy · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-2113(05)87003-8

• The potential to mitigate global warming with no‐tillage management is only realized when practised in the long term

  Global Change Biology · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00730.x

• A history of research on the link between (micro)aggregates, soil biota, and soil organic matter dynamics

  Soil and Tillage Research · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2004.03.008

• Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils

  Plant and Soil · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1016125726789

• Soil organic matter, biota and aggregation in temperate and tropical soils - Effects of no-tillage

  Agronomie · 2002 · 10.1051/agro:2002043

• Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0038-0717(00)00179-6

• Soil Structure and Organic Matter I. Distribution of Aggregate‐Size Classes and Aggregate‐Associated Carbon

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 2000 · 10.2136/sssaj2000.642681x

• Management options for reducing CO2 emissions from agricultural soils

  Biogeochemistry · 2000 · 10.1023/a:1006271331703

• Aggregate and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics under Conventional and No‐Tillage Systems

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1999 · 10.2136/sssaj1999.6351350x

• Aggregation and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Cultivated and Native Grassland Soils

  Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1998 · 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050032x

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