Publications and communications of Jeroen Meersmans

Long, Y., Sun, J., Wellens, J., Colinet, G., Wu, W., & Meersmans, J. (15 March 2024). Mapping the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cropland Abandonment and Recultivation across the Yangtze River Basin. Remote Sensing, 16 (6), 1052. doi:10.3390/rs16061052

Meersmans, J., Colinet, G., & Negassa, W. (11 January 2024). Editorial: Soil health, functions, and ecosystem services: insights into soil parameters and methods of integration. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2024.1358548

Liang, S., Sun, N., Meersmans, J., Longdoz, B., Colinet, G., Xu, M., & Wu, L. (2024). Impacts of climate change on crop production and soil carbon stock in a continuous wheat cropping system in southeast England. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2024.108909

Yang, H., Xiao, Q., Huang, Y., Cai, Z., Li, D., Wu, L., Meersmans, J., Colinet, G., & Zhang, W. (January 2024). Long-term manuring facilitates glomalin-related soil proteins accumulation by chemical composition shifts and macro-aggregation formation. Soil and Tillage Research, 235, 105904. doi:10.1016/j.still.2023.105904

Fouché, J., Burgeon, V., Meersmans, J., Leifeld, J., & Cornelis, J.-T. (December 2023). Accumulation of century-old biochar contributes to carbon storage and stabilization in the subsoil. Geoderma, 440, 116717. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116717

Magain, C., Guebels, A., Orban, P., Degré, A., Meersmans, J., De Clerck, C., Brouyère, S., & Wellens, J. (Ed.). (2023). Etude scientifique et son application portant sur les possibilités résilientes d’accès à et d’utilisation d’eau d’irrigation dans l’agriculture / horticulture. (1).

Yu, S., Peng, J., Xia, P., Wang, Q., Grabowski, R. C., Azhoni, A., Bala, B., Shankar, V., & Meersmans, J. (October 2023). Network analysis of water-related ecosystem services in search of solutions for sustainable catchment management: A case study in Sutlej-Beas River systems, India. Ecosystem Services, 63, 101557. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101557

Tang, H., Peng, J., Jiang, H., Lin, Y., Dong, J., Liu, M., & Meersmans, J. (08 September 2023). Spatial analysis enables priority selection in conservation practices for landscapes that need ecological security. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118888. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118888

Li, X., Qiao, L., Huang, Y., Li, D., Xu, M., Ge, T., Meersmans, J., & Zhang, W. (September 2023). Manuring improves soil health by sustaining multifunction at relatively high levels in subtropical area. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 353, 108539. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2023.108539

Wiltshire, C., Waine, T. W., Grabowski, R. C., Meersmans, J., Thornton, B., Addy, S., & Glendell, M. (May 2023). Assessing n-alkane and neutral lipid biomarkers as tracers for land-use specific sediment sources. Geoderma, 433, 116445. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116445

Lefebvre, D., Cornelis, J.-T., Meersmans, J., Edgar, J., Hamilton, M., & Bi, X. (2023). Environmental factors controlling biochar climate change mitigation potential in British Columbia's agricultural soils. Global Change Biology: Bioenergy, 16 (1). doi:10.1111/gcbb.13109

Liang, S., Sun, N., Wang, S., Colinet, G., Longdoz, B., Meersmans, J., Wu, L., & Xu, M. (2023). Manure amendment acts as a recommended fertilization for improving carbon sequestration efficiency in soils of typical drylands of China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1173509

Peng, J., Corcoran, J., Brandt, M., Meersmans, J., Song, C., & Zheng, H. (01 January 2023). Transactions in Earth, Environment, and Sustainability. Transactions in Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, 1 (1), 3-8. doi:10.1177/2754124x221103319

Wang, S., Sun, N., Liang, S., Zhang, S., Meersmans, J., Colinet, G., Xu, M., & Wu, L. (2023). SOC sequestration affected by fertilization in rice-based cropping systems over the last four decades. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1152439

Long, Y., Wu, W., Wellens, J., Colinet, G., & Meersmans, J. (19 December 2022). An In-Depth Assessment of the Drivers Changing China’s Crop Production Using an LMDI Decomposition Approach. Remote Sensing, 14 (24), 6399. doi:10.3390/rs14246399

Qiu, S., Peng, J., Quine, T. A., Green, S. M., Liu, H., Liu, Y., Hartley, I. P., & Meersmans, J. (December 2022). Unraveling Trade‐Offs Among Reforestation, Urbanization, and Food Security in the South China Karst Region: How Can a Hinterland Province Achieve SDGs? Earth's Future, 10 (12). doi:10.1029/2022ef002867

Quine, T. A., Cressey, E. L., Dungait, J. A. J., De Baets, S., Meersmans, J., Jones, M. W., & Nicholas, A. P. (September 2022). Geomorphically mediated carbon dynamics of floodplain soils and implications for net effect of carbon erosion. Hydrological Processes, 36 (9). doi:10.1002/hyp.14657

Zhao, Y., Peng, J., Ding, Z., Qiu, S., Liu, X., Wu, J., & Meersmans, J. (September 2022). Divergent dynamics between grassland greenness and gross primary productivity across China. Ecological Indicators, 142, 109100. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109100

Wang, X., Peng, J., Luo, Y., Qiu, S., Dong, J., Zhang, Z., Vercruysse, K., Grabowski, R. C., & Meersmans, J. (July 2022). Exploring social-ecological impacts on trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services. Ecological Economics, 197, 107438. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107438

Wiltshire, C., Glendell, M., Waine, T. W., Grabowski, R. C., & Meersmans, J. (May 2022). Assessing the source and delivery processes of organic carbon within a mixed land use catchment using a combined n-alkane and carbon loss modelling approach. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 22 (5), 1629 - 1642. doi:10.1007/s11368-022-03197-w

Heidarian Dehkordi, R., Pelgrum, H., & Meersmans, J. (2022). High spatio-temporal monitoring of century-old biochar effects on evapotranspiration through the ETLook model: a case study with UAV and satellite image fusion based on additive wavelet transform (AWT). GIScience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1080/15481603.2021.2016262

Chen, S., Arrouays, D., Mulder, V. L., Poggio, L., Minasny, B., Roudier, P., Libohova, Z., Lagacherie, P., Shi, Z., Hannam, J., Meersmans, J., Richer-de-Forges, A. C., & Walter, C. (2022). Digital mapping of GlobalSoilMap soil properties at a broad scale: A review. Geoderma. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115567

Grabowski, R. C., Vercruysse, K., Holman, I., Azhoni, A., Bala, B., Shankar, V., Beale, J., Mukate, S., Poddar, A., Peng, J., & Meersmans, J. (2022). The land–river interface: a conceptual framework of environmental process interactions to support sustainable development. Sustainability Science. doi:10.1007/s11625-022-01150-x

Qiu, S., Peng, J., Zheng, H., Xu, Z., & Meersmans, J. (2022). How can massive ecological restoration programs interplay with social-ecological systems? A review of research in the South China karst region. Science of the Total Environment, 807. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150723

Vercruysse, K., Grabowski, R. C., Holman, I., Azhoni, A., Bala, B., Meersmans, J., Peng, J., Shankar, V., Mukate, S., Poddar, A., Wang, X., & Zhang, Z. (2022). Placed-based interpretation of the sustainable development goals for the land-river interface. Sustainability Science. doi:10.1007/s11625-022-01176-1

Maes, C., Meersmans, J., Lins, L., Bouquillon, S., & Fauconnier, M.-L. (2021). Essential oil-based bioherbicides: human health risks analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. doi:10.3390/ijms22179396

Jiang, H., Peng, J., Dong, J., Zhang, Z., Xu, Z., & Meersmans, J. (2021). Linking ecological background and demand to identify ecological security patterns across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China. Landscape Ecology, 36 (7), 2135-2150. doi:10.1007/s10980-021-01234-6

Lefebvre, D., Williams, A. G., Kirk, G. J. D., Burgess, J., Meersmans, J., Silman, M. R., Román-Dañobeytia, F., Farfan, J., & Smith, P. (2021). Assessing the carbon capture potential of a reforestation project. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99395-6

Lefebvre, D., Williams, A., Kirk, G. J. D., Meersmans, J., Sohi, S., Goglio, P., & Smith, P. (2021). An anticipatory life cycle assessment of the use of biochar from sugarcane residues as a greenhouse gas removal technology. Journal of Cleaner Production, 312. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127764

Luo, Y., Wang, H., Meersmans, J., Green, S. M., Quine, T. A., & Feng, S. (2021). Modeling soil erosion between 1985 and 2014 in three watersheds on the carbonate-rock dominated Guizhou Plateau, SW China, using WaTEM/SEDEM. Progress in Physical Geography, 45 (1), 53-81. doi:10.1177/0309133320961274

Peng, J., Jiang, H., Liu, Q., Green, S. M., Quine, T. A., Liu, H., Qiu, S., Liu, Y., & Meersmans, J. (2021). Human activity vs. climate change: Distinguishing dominant drivers on LAI dynamics in karst region of southwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 769. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144297

Peng, J., Liu, Y., Corstanje, R., & Meersmans, J. (2021). Promoting sustainable landscape pattern for landscape sustainability. Landscape Ecology, 36 (7), 1839-1844. doi:10.1007/s10980-021-01271-1

Qiu, S., Peng, J., Dong, J., Wang, X., Ding, Z., Zhang, H., Mao, Q., Liu, H., Quine, T. A., & Meersmans, J. (2021). Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and associated social-ecological drivers in a karst region: A case study of Guizhou Province, China. Progress in Physical Geography. doi:10.1177/0309133320933525

Zhang, Z., Peng, J., Xu, Z., Wang, X., & Meersmans, J. (2021). Ecosystem services supply and demand response to urbanization: A case study of the Pearl River Delta, China. Ecosystem Services, 49. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101274

Heidarian Dehkordi, R., El Jarroudi, M., Kouadio, L., Meersmans, J., & Beyer, M. (11 November 2020). Monitoring Wheat Leaf Rust and Stripe Rust in Winter Wheat Using High-Resolution UAV-Based Red-Green-Blue Imagery. Remote Sensing, 12 (22), 1-18. doi:10.3390/rs12223696

Heidarian Dehkordi, R., Burgeon, V., Fouche, J., Placencia-Gomez, R. E., Cornelis, J.-T., Nguyen, F., Denis, A., & Meersmans, J. (04 August 2020). Using UAV Collected RGB and Multispectral Images to Evaluate Winter Wheat Performance Across a Site Characterized by Century-Old Biochar Patches in Belgium. Remote Sensing, 12. doi:10.3390/rs12152504

Heidarian Dehkordi, R., Denis, A., Fouche, J., Burgeon, V., Cornelis, J.-T., Tychon, B., Placencia-Gomez, R. E., & Meersmans, J. (11 May 2020). Remotely-sensed assessment of the impact of century-old biochar on chicory crop growth using high-resolution UAV-based imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 91 (September 2020). doi:10.1016/j.jag.2020.102147

Arrouays, D., Richer-de-Forges, A. C., Héliès, F., Mulder, V. L., Saby, N. P. A., Chen, S., Martin, M. P., Román Dobarco, M., Follain, S., Jolivet, C., Laroche, B., Loiseau, T., Cousin, I., Lacoste, M., Ranjard, L., Toutain, B., Le Bas, C., Eglin, T., Bardy, M., ... Bispo, A. (2020). Impacts of national scale digital soil mapping programs in France. Geoderma Regional, 23. doi:10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00337

De Baets, S., Denbigh, T. D. G., Smyth, K. M., Eldridge, B. M., Weldon, L., Higgins, B., Matyjaszkiewicz, A., Meersmans, J., Larson, E. R., Chenchiah, I. V., Liverpool, T. B., Quine, T. A., & Grierson, C. S. (2020). Micro-scale interactions between Arabidopsis root hairs and soil particles influence soil erosion. Communications Biology, 3 (1). doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0886-4

Guo, J., Glendell, M., Meersmans, J., Kirkels, F., Middelburg, J. J., & Peterse, F. (2020). Assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers of soil organic carbon transport through the Carminowe Creek catchment (southwest England). Biogeosciences, 17 (12), 3183-3201. doi:10.5194/bg-17-3183-2020

Jiang, Z., Liu, H., Wang, H., Peng, J., Meersmans, J., Green, S. M., Quine, T. A., Wu, X., & Song, Z. (2020). Bedrock geochemistry influences vegetation growth by regulating the regolith water holding capacity. Nature Communications, 11 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16156-1

Lefebvre, D., Williams, A., Meersmans, J., Kirk, G. J. D., Sohi, S., Goglio, P., & Smith, P. (2020). Modelling the potential for soil carbon sequestration using biochar from sugarcane residues in Brazil. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76470-y

Peng, J., Tian, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, Y., Green, S., Quine, T. A., Liu, H., & Meersmans, J. (2020). Distinguishing the impacts of land use and climate change on ecosystem services in a karst landscape in China. Ecosystem Services, 46. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101199

Vavlas, N.-C., Waine, T. W., Meersmans, J., Burgess, P. J., Fontanelli, G., & Richter, G. M. (2020). Deriving wheat crop productivity indicators using Sentinel-1 time series. Remote Sensing, 12 (15). doi:10.3390/RS12152385

Albugami, S., Palmer, S., Cinnamon, J., & Meersmans, J. (2019). Spatial and temporal variations in the incidence of dust storms in Saudi Arabia revealed from in situ observations. Geosciences, 9 (4). doi:10.3390/geosciences9040162

Green, S. M., Dungait, J. A. J., Tu, C., Buss, H. L., Sanderson, N., Hawkes, S. J., Xing, K., Yue, F., Hussey, V. L., Peng, J., Johnes, P., Barrows, T., Hartley, I. P., Song, X., Jiang, Z., Meersmans, J., Zhang, X., Tian, J., Wu, X., ... Quine, T. A. (2019). Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone. Chemical Geology, 527. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.03.018

Lefebvre, D., Goglio, P., Williams, A., Manning, D. A. C., de Azevedo, A. C., Bergmann, M., Meersmans, J., & Smith, P. (2019). Assessing the potential of soil carbonation and enhanced weathering through Life Cycle Assessment: A case study for Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 233, 468-481. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.099

Liu, H., Jiang, Z., Dai, J., Wu, X., Peng, J., Wang, H., Meersmans, J., Green, S. M., & Quine, T. A. (2019). Rock crevices determine woody and herbaceous plant cover in the karst critical zone. Science China Earth Sciences, 62 (11), 1756-1763. doi:10.1007/s11430-018-9328-3

Peng, J., Hu, X., Qiu, S., Hu, Y., Meersmans, J., & Liu, Y. (2019). Multifunctional landscapes identification and associated development zoning in mountainous area. Science of the Total Environment, 660, 765-775. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.023

Peng, J., Hu, X., Wang, X., Meersmans, J., Liu, Y., & Qiu, S. (2019). Simulating the impact of Grain-for-Green Programme on ecosystem services trade-offs in Northwestern Yunnan, China. Ecosystem Services, 39. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100998

Peng, J., Wang, A., Luo, L., Liu, Y., Li, H., Hu, Y., Meersmans, J., & Wu, J. (2019). Spatial identification of conservation priority areas for urban ecological land: An approach based on water ecosystem services. Land Degradation and Development, 30 (6), 683-694. doi:10.1002/ldr.3257

Peng, J., Zhao, S., Dong, J., Liu, Y., Meersmans, J., Li, H., & Wu, J. (2019). Applying ant colony algorithm to identify ecological security patterns in megacities. Environmental Modelling and Software, 117, 214-222. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.017

Albugami, S., Palmer, S., Meersmans, J., & Waine, T. (2018). Evaluating MODIS dust-detection indices over the Arabian Peninsula. Remote Sensing, 10 (12). doi:10.3390/rs10121993

Glendell, M., Jones, R., Dungait, J. A. J., Meusburger, K., Schwendel, A. C., Barclay, R., Barker, S., Haley, S., Quine, T. A., & Meersmans, J. (2018). Tracing of particulate organic C sources across the terrestrial-aquatic continuum, a case study at the catchment scale (Carminowe Creek, southwest England). Science of the Total Environment, 616-617, 1077-1088. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.211

Han, Y., Peng, J., Meersmans, J., Liu, Y., Zhao, Z., & Mao, Q. (2018). Integrating spatial continuous wavelet transform and normalized difference vegetation index to map the agro-pastoral transitional zone in Northern China. Remote Sensing, 10 (12). doi:10.3390/rs10121928

Peng, J., Yang, Y., Liu, Y., Hu, Y., Du, Y., Meersmans, J., & Qiu, S. (2018). Linking ecosystem services and circuit theory to identify ecological security patterns. Science of the Total Environment, 644, 781-790. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.292

Yang, F., Tian, J., Meersmans, J., Fang, H., Yang, H., Lou, Y., Li, Z., Liu, K., Zhou, Y., Blagodatskaya, E., & Kuzyakov, Y. (2018). Functional soil organic matter fractions in response to long-term fertilization in upland and paddy systems in South China. Catena, 162, 270-277. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.11.004

Quine, T. A., Guo, D., Green, S. M., Tu, C., Hartley, I., Zhang, X., Dungait, J., Wen, X., Song, Z., Liu, H., Buss, H., Barrows, T., Evershed, R., Johnes, P., & Meersmans, J. (2017). Ecosystem service delivery in Karst landscapes: anthropogenic perturbation and recovery. Acta Geochimica, 36 (3), 416-420. doi:10.1007/s11631-017-0180-4

De Baets, S., Van de Weg, M. J., Lewis, R., Steinberg, N., Meersmans, J., Quine, T. A., Shaver, G. R., & Hartley, I. P. (2016). Investigating the controls on soil organic matter decomposition in tussock tundra soil and permafrost after fire. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 99, 108-116. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.020

Meersmans, J., Arrouays, D., Van Rompaey, A. J. J., Pagé, C., De Baets, S., & Quine, T. A. (2016). Future C loss in mid-latitude mineral soils: Climate change exceeds land use mitigation potential in France. Scientific Reports, 6. doi:10.1038/srep35798

Meersmans, J., Van Weverberg, K., De Baets, S., De Ridder, F., Palmer, S. J., van Wesemael, B., & Quine, T. A. (2016). Mapping mean total annual precipitation in Belgium, by investigating the scale of topographic control at the regional scale. Journal of Hydrology, 540, 96-105. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.013

Smith, P., House, J. I., Bustamante, M., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P. C., Clark, J. M., Adhya, T., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Elliott, J. A., Mcdowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bondeau, A., Jain, A. K., ... Pugh, T. A. M. (2016). Global change pressures on soils from land use and management. Global Change Biology, 22 (3), 1008-1028. doi:10.1111/gcb.13068

Crouzat, E., Mouchet, M., Turkelboom, F., Byczek, C., Meersmans, J., Berger, F., Verkerk, P. J., & Lavorel, S. (2015). Assessing bundles of ecosystem services from regional to landscape scale: Insights from the French Alps. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52 (5), 1145-1155. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12502

Martin, M. P., Orton, T. G., Lacarce, E., Meersmans, J., Saby, N. P. A., Paroissien, J. B., Jolivet, C., Boulonne, L., & Arrouays, D. (2014). Evaluation of modelling approaches for predicting the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stocks at the national scale. Geoderma, 223-225 (1), 97-107. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.01.005

De Baets, S., Meersmans, J., Vanacker, V., Quine, T. A., & Van Oost, K. (2013). Spatial variability and change in soil organic carbon stocks in response to recovery following land abandonment and erosion in mountainous drylands. Soil Use and Management, 29 (1), 65-76. doi:10.1111/sum.12017

Meersmans, J., Martin, M. P., Lacarce, E., Orton, T. G., De Baets, S., Gourrat, M., Saby, N. P. A., Wetterlind, J., Bispo, A., Quine, T. A., & Arrouays, D. (2013). Estimation of Soil Carbon Input in France: An Inverse Modelling Approach. Pedosphere, 23 (4), 422-436. doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(13)60035-1

Arrouays, D., Marchant, B. P., Saby, N. P. A., Meersmans, J., Orton, T. G., Martin, M. P., Bellamy, P. H., Lark, R. M., & Kibblewhite, M. (2012). Generic Issues on Broad-Scale Soil Monitoring Schemes: A Review. Pedosphere, 22 (4), 456-469. doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(12)60031-9

De Baets, S., Van Oost, K., Baumann, K., Meersmans, J., Vanacker, V., & Rumpel, C. (2012). Lignin signature as a function of land abandonment and erosion in dry luvisols of SE Spain. Catena, 93, 78-86. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.014

Lacarce, E., Saby, N. P. A., Martin, M. P., Marchant, B. P., Boulonne, L., Meersmans, J., Jolivet, C., Bispo, A., & Arrouays, D. (2012). Mapping soil Pb stocks and availability in mainland France combining regression trees with robust geostatistics. Geoderma, 170, 359-368. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.014

Meersmans, J., Martin, M. P., De Ridder, F., Lacarce, E., Wetterlind, J., De Baets, S., Bas, C. L., Louis, B. P., Orton, T. G., Bispo, A., & Arrouays, D. (2012). A novel soil organic C model using climate, soil type and management data at the national scale in France. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 32 (4), 873-888. doi:10.1007/s13593-012-0085-x

Meersmans, J., Martin, M. P., Lacarce, E., De Baets, S., Jolivet, C., Boulonne, L., Lehmann, S., Saby, N. P. A., Bispo, A., & Arrouays, D. (2012). A high resolution map of French soil organic carbon. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 32 (4), 841-851. doi:10.1007/s13593-012-0086-9

De Baets, S., Poesen, J., Meersmans, J., & Serlet, L. (2011). Cover crops and their erosion-reducing effects during concentrated flow erosion. Catena, 85 (3), 237-244. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2011.01.009

Martin, M. P., Wattenbach, M., Smith, P., Meersmans, J., Jolivet, C., Boulonne, L., & Arrouays, D. (2011). Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon stocks in France. Biogeosciences, 8 (5), 1053-1065. doi:10.5194/bg-8-1053-2011

Meersmans, J., Van Wesemael, B., Goidts, E., Van Molle, M., De Baets, S., & De Ridder, F. (2011). Spatial analysis of soil organic carbon evolution in Belgian croplands and grasslands, 1960-2006. Global Change Biology, 17 (1), 466-479. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02183.x

Van Wesemael, B., Paustian, K., Meersmans, J., Goidts, E., Barancikova, G., & Easter, M. (2010). Agricultural management explains historic changes in regional soil carbon stocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (33), 14926-14930. doi:10.1073/pnas.1002592107

de Baets, S., Poesen, J., Reubens, B., Muys, B., de Baerdemaeker, J., & Meersmans, J. (2009). Methodological framework to select plant species for controlling rill and gully erosion: Application to a Mediterranean ecosystem. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34 (10), 1374-1392. doi:10.1002/esp.1826

Meersmans, J., Van Wesemael, B., De Ridder, F., Dotti, M. F., De Baets, S., & Van Molle, M. (2009). Changes in organic carbon distribution with depth in agricultural soils in northern Belgium, 1960-2006. Global Change Biology, 15 (11), 2739-2750. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01855.x

Meersmans, J., van Wesemael, B., De Ridder, F., & Van Molle, M. (2009). Modelling the three-dimensional spatial distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) at the regional scale (Flanders, Belgium). Geoderma, 152 (1-2), 43-52. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.05.015

Meersmans, J., Van Wesemael, B., & Van Molle, M. (2009). Determining soil organic carbon for agricultural soils: A comparison between the Walkley & Black and the dry combustion methods (north Belgium). Soil Use and Management, 25 (4), 346-353. doi:10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00242.x

De Baets, S., Torri, D., Poesen, J., Salvador, M. P., & Meersmans, J. (2008). Modelling increased soil cohesion due to roots with EUROSEM. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33 (13), 1948-1963. doi:10.1002/esp.1647

de Brauwere, A., De Ridder, F., Pintelon, R., Meersmans, J., Schoukens, J., & Dehairs, F. (2008). Identification of a periodic time series from an environmental proxy record. Computers and Geosciences, 34 (12), 1781-1790. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.01.007

Meersmans, J., De Ridder, F., Canters, F., De Bates, S., & Van Molle, M. (2008). A multiple regression approach to assess the spatial distribution of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) at the regional scale (Flanders, Belgium). Geoderma, 143, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.08.025