Patrick Lavelle is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Ecology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Lavelle has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 139 papers in Soil Science and 53 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Lavelle's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (127 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (114 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Patrick Lavelle is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (127 papers), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (114 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (35 papers). Patrick Lavelle collaborates with scholars based in France, Colombia and Brazil. Patrick Lavelle's co-authors include Isabelle Barois, Alister V. Spain, Juan J. Jiménez, George Gardner Brown, A. Martin, Elena Velásquez, David E. Bignell, Carlos Fragoso, B. Pashanasi and Thibaud Decaëns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.
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Patrick Lavelle
234 papers
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14.9k citations
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Velásquez, Elena, et al.. (2015). Indicador general de calidad del suelo en diferentes sistemas de uso del suelo en el Sur de Brasil.1 indexed citations
Ramírez, Bertha, et al.. (2012). Characterization of cattle farms and adoption of agroforestry systems as a proposal for soil management in Caquetá, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias. 25(3). 391–401.2 indexed citations
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Feijoo, Alexander, et al.. (2007). Relaciones entre el uso de la tierra y las comunidades de lombrices en la cuenca del río La Vieja, Colombia. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 30(2). 235–249.15 indexed citations
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Feijoo, Alexander, et al.. (2007). Relationships between land use and the earthworm communities in the basin of La Vieja river, Colombia. Pastos y forrajes. 30(2). 1–1.4 indexed citations
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Huerta, Esperanza, Carlos Fragoso, & Patrick Lavelle. (2005). Efecto de la aplicación de hojarasca de mucuna sobre densidad y biomasa de lombrices de tierra. Terra Latinoamericana. 23(4). 533–544.2 indexed citations
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Decaëns, Thibaud, Juan J. Jiménez, & Patrick Lavelle. (1999). Effect of exclusion of the anecic earthworm Martiodrilzls cnriinaguensis Jiménez and Moreno on soil properties and plant growth in grasslands of the eastern plains of Colombia. Pedobiologia. 43(6). 835–841.22 indexed citations
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Lavelle, Patrick, Isabelle Barois, Éric Blanchart, et al.. (1998). Earthworms as a resource in tropical ecosystems.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 34. 26–41.15 indexed citations
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Tondoh, Jérôme & Patrick Lavelle. (1997). Effect of two organic residues on growth and cocoon production of the earthworm Hyperiodrilus africanus (Eudrilidae). European Journal of Soil Biology. 33(1). 13–18.6 indexed citations
Brossard, Michel, Patrick Lavelle, & Jean‐Yves Laurent. (1996). Digestion of a vertisol by the endogeic earthworm Polypheretima elongata , Megascolecidae , increases soil phosphate extractibility. European Journal of Soil Biology. 32(2). 107–111.20 indexed citations
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Decaëns, Thibaud, et al.. (1994). Impact of land management on soil macrofauna in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia. European Journal of Soil Biology. 30(4). 157–168.101 indexed citations
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Rouland, C., et al.. (1993). Activity and origin of digestive enzymes in gut of the tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus. European Journal of Soil Biology. 29(1). 7–11.46 indexed citations
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