individual publications

• academic article

  • Influence of Slash-and-Burn Farming Practices on Fallow Succession and Land Degradation in the Rainforest Region of Madagascar.  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.  119:257-269. 2007
  • Soil mineral N dynamics beneath mixtures of leaves from legume and fruit trees in Central Amazonian multi-strata agroforests.  Acta Amazonica.  37:313-320. 2007
  • The impact of mound-building termites on surface soil properties in a secondary forest in Central Amazonia.  Applied Soil Ecology.  37:267-276. 2007
  • Inorganic and organic phosphorus pools in earthworm casts (Glossoscolecidae) and a Brazilian rainforest Oxisol.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry.  38:553-560. 2006
  • Nitrogen dynamics in maize-based agroforestry systems as affected by landscape position in southern Malawi.  Nutrient Cycling and Agroecosystems.  75:271-284. 2006
  • Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating on abandoned pastures in central Amazonia.  Earth Interactions.  9:1-21. 2005
  • Nitrogen transfer between high- and low-quality leaves on a nutrient-poor Oxisol determined by 15N enrichment.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry.  37:787-794. 2005
  • Production and economic potentials of cattle in pasture-based systems of the western Amazon region of Brazil.  Journal of Animal Science.  81:2923-2937. 2003

• chapter

  • Issues for more sustainable soil system management.  Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems. 2006
  • Understanding the functioning and management of soil systems.  Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems. 2006
  • Rethinking agriculture for new opportunities.  Agroecological Innovations: Increasing Food Production with Participatory Development. 2002