The Management of Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC)
Publications
Chaplot V. Bouahom B., Valentin C. 2009. Soil organic carbon stocks in South-east Asia: spatial variations
and controlling factors. Global Change Biology. 2009. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02013.x
Chaplot V., Darboux, F., Bourennane, H., Leguédois, S., Silvera, N., Phachomphon, K. 2006. On the
accuracy of interpolation techniques in digital elevation models for various landscape morphologies,
surface areas and sampling densities. Geomorphology. 77, 126-141.
Chaplot, V., Khampaseuth, X., Valentin, C., Le Bissonais, Y. 2007. Interrill erosion in the sloping lands of
northern Laos subjected to shifting cultivation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32: 415-428
Chaplot, V., Podwojewski P., Phachomphon K., Valentin C., 2009. Land use and soil erosion impacts on
the spatial variability of soil organic carbon under steep slopes of the tropics. Soil Science Society of
America Journal. 73(3): 769-779.
Choosai C., Mathieu J., Hanboonsong Y., Jouquet P. 2009. Termite mounds and dykes as biodiversity
refuges in paddy fields in north-eastern Thailand. Environmental Conservation, in press
Choosai, C., Jouquet, P., Hanboonsong, Y., Hartmann, C (2010) Effects of earthworms on soil properties
and rice production in the rainfed paddy fields of Northeast Thailand, Applied Soil Ecology 45 (2010)298303
Clement F., Orange D., Williams M., Mulley C., Epprecht M. 2009. Drivers of afforestation in Northern
Vietnam: Assessing local variations using geographically weighted regression. Applied Geography
doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.01.003: 1-16.
Clement, F., Amezaga, J.M., 2008. Linking reforestation policies with land use change in northern
Vietnam: Why local factors matter. Geoforum 39, 265-277
Clement, F., Amezaga, J.M., 2009. Afforestation and forestry land allocation in northern Vietnam:
Analysing the gap between policy intentions and outcomes. Land Use Policy, 26: 458-470
Dang, T.H., Coynel, A., Orange, D., Blanc, G., Etcheber, H. (2010) Long Term Monitoring (1960-2008) of
the river-sediment transport in the Red River Watershed (Vietnam): Temporal Variability and damreservoir impact, Science of the total Environmen
Dupin, B., de Rouw A., Phantahvong, K, Valentin, C., 2009. Assessment of tillage erosion rates on steep
slopes in northern Laos. Soil & Tillage Research, 103:119-126.
George A., Pierret A., Boonsaner A., Valentin C., Orange D., Planchon O., 2009. Potential and limitations
of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) as a means to manage watershed services in mainland
Southeast Asia. Intern. J. of the Commons, 3 (1), p. 16-40.
Hong, Hanh Nguyen [IWMI]; Rumpel, C.; Henry des Tureaux, Thierry [IWMI]; Bardoux, G.; Billou, D.;
Toan, Tran Duc [IWMI]; Jouquet, Pascal [IWMI] 2011. How do earthworms influence organic matter
quantity and quality in tropical soils?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry [ISI] [IF 2.978], 43(2):223-230
Jouquet P. Botinelli N. Lata J.C., Mora P. Caquineau S. 2007 Role of the fungus-growing termite
Pseudacanthotermes spiniger in the dynamic of clay and soil organic matter content. Geoderma, 139,
127-133
Jouquet P., Bernard-Reversat F., Bottinelli, N., Orange, D., Rouland-Lefèvre C., Tran Duc Toan,
Podwojewski P., 2007. Influence of change in land use and earthworm activities on carbon and nitrogen
dynamics in a steepland ecosystem in Northern Vietnam. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 44, 69-77.
Jouquet P., Bloquel E., Van Nguyen T., Ricoy M., Tran Duc T., Rumpel C., Orange D. Does compost and
vermicompost improve macronutrient retention and plant growth in degraded soils? Submitted to
Applied Soil Ecology
Jouquet P., Bottinelli N, Podwojewski P., Hallaire V., Tran Duc T. Chemical and physical properties of
earthworm casts a compared to bulk soil under a range of different land-use systems in Vietnam.
Geoderma, 146: 231-238
Jouquet P., Hartmann C., Chutinan C., Hanboonsong Y., Brunet D., Montoroi J.P. 2008. Different effects
of earthworms and ants on soil properties of paddy fields in North-East Thailand. Paddy Water
Environment, 6: 381-386
Jouquet P., Podwojewski P., Bottinelli N., Mathieu J., Orange D., Toan T.D., Thanh B.T.T., Valentin C.,
2008 Above-ground earthworm casts affect water runoff and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam. Catena.
74: 13-21
Jouquet P., Zangerlé A., Rumpel C., Brunet D., Bottinelli N., Tran Duc T., 2009. Relevance of the biogenic
and physicogenic classification. A comparison of approaches to discriminate the origin of soil aggregates.
European Journal of Soil Science, in press
Laossi K., Decaëns T., Jouquet P., Barot S. Can we predict how earthworm effects on plant growth vary
with soil properties? Submitted to Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Lestrelin, G., and Giordano, M. 2007. Upland development policy, livelihood change and land
degradation: interactions from a Laotian village. Land Degradation and Development 18: 55-76
Malam Issa, O., Défarge, C., Trichet J., Valentin, C., Rajot, J.-L., 2009. Microbiotic soil crusts in the Sahel
of Western Niger and their influence on soil porosity and water dynamics. Catena: 77: 48-55
Mathieu J., Grimaldi M., Jouquet P., Rouland C., Lavelle P., Desjardins T., Rossi J-P. 2009. How spatial
patterns of Brachiaria brizantha influence soil macrofauna biodiversity in Amazonian pastures. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry, 41: 586-593.
Patin J., Ribolzi O., Mugler C., Valentin C. , E. Mouche, 2009. Runoff production in a small agricultural
catchment in Lao PDR: influence of slope, land-use and observation scale. Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 11, in press.
Pierret A., Doussan C, Capowiez Y., Bastardie F. & Pagès L. (2007). New computer models of plant
roots. CSA News, July 2007, Vol. 57(07), p. 2.
Pierret A., Doussan C, Capowiez Y., Bastardie F., Pagès L., 2007. Root functional architecture: an
integrative framework for the Modelling of the complex interplay between roots and soil. Vadoze Zone
Journal, 6(2): 269-281
Pierret A., Doussan C. and Pagēs L. (2006) Spatio-temporal variations in axial conductance of primary
and first order lateral roots of a maize crop as predicted by a model of the hydraulic architecture of root
systems. Plant and Soil, 282: 117-126
Pierret A., Latchackak K., Chathanvongsa P., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Valentin, C., 2007.Interactions
between root growth and soil detachment on hill slopes depending on land use: a case study in a small
mountain catchment of Northern Laos. Plant and Soil. 301:51-64.
Pierret, A. 2008. Multi-spectral imaging of rhizobox systems: new perspectives for the observation and
discrimination of rhizosphere components. Plant and Soil, 310(1-2):263-268
Podwojewski, P., Orange, D, Jouquet, P., Valentin C., Thiet N.V., Janeau, J.L., Toan T.D. 2008. Influence of
land use changes on runoff and erosion from micro-plots and a catchment in northern Vietnam. Catena.
24: 109-118.
Ribolzi, O.; Cuny, Juliette [IWMI]; Sengsoulichanh, Phonexay [IWMI]; Mousques, Claire [IWMI];
Soulileuth, Bounsamai [IWMI]; Pierret, Alain [IWMI]; Huon, S.; Sengtaheuanghoung, O. [NARS] 2010.
Land use and water quality along a Mekong tributary in northern Lao P.D.R.. Environmental
Management. 12p. (Online first)
Rumpel C., Alexis M., Chabbi A., Chaplot V., Rasse D.P., Valentin C., Mariotti A. 2006. Black carbon
contribution to soil organic matter composition in tropical sloping land under slash and burn agriculture.
Geoderma. 130, 35-46,
Rumpel, C., Chaplot, V., Chabbi, A., Largeau, C., Valentin, C. Stabilisation of HF soluble and HCl resistant
organic matter in tropical sloping soils under slash and burn agriculture. Geoderma 145:347-354
Rumpel, C., Chaplot, V., Planchon, O., Bernadou, J., Le Bissonnais, Y, Valentin, C., Mariotti, A., 2006,
Preferential erosion of black carbon on steep slopes with slash and burn agriculture. Catena, 65(1): 3040
Rumpel, C., González-Pérez, J. A., Bardoux, G., Largeau, C., and Gonzalez-Vila, F.J., Valentin, C., 2007.
Composition and reactivity of morphologically distinct charred materials left after slash-and-burn
practices in agricultural tropical soils. Organic Geochemistry 38: 911-920
Sengtaheuanghoung, O.; Valentin, Christian; Ribolzi, Olivier; de Rouw, Anneke; Thiebaux, Jean-Pierre.
2007. Enhancing water quality through better land management of degraded upland regions in northern
Laos. In Gebbie, L.; Glendinning, A.; Lefroy-Braun, R.; Victor, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the International
Conference on Sustainable Sloping Lands and Watershed Management: Linking Research to Strengthen
upland Policies and Practices, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute of Lao PDR (NAFRI),
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2007. Vientiane, LAO PDR: National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute of
Lao PDR (NAFRI) pp.47-58. (MSEC)
Subagyono K, Thiébaux J-P., Toan T., Vadari, T., 2008. Runoff and sediment losses from 27 upland
catchments in Southeast Asia: Impact of rapid land use changes and conservation practices. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment, 128:225-238
Valentin, C., Agus F., Alamban, R., Boosaner A., Bricquet, J.P., Chaplot V., de Guzman, T., de Rouw, A.,
JaneauJ.L., Orange, D., Phachomphonh K., Phai Do, Podwojewski P., Ribolzi. O., Silvera, N.,
Vigiak O., Ribolzi O., Pierret A., Oloth Sengtaheuanghoung O., Valentin, C., 2008. Trapping efficiencies of
cultivated and natural riparian vegetation of northern Laos. Journal of Environmental Quality.37(3): 889897
Vigiak., Ribolzi O., Pierret A., Valentin C. , Sengtaheuanghoung O., Noble A., 2008. off-borne sediments
in riparian areas: a comparison of bamboo versus native grasses in northern Laos. Unsasylva, FAO, 229,
58(4):11-16.
Yajima A., Jouquet P., Dung Do Trung, Thach Dang Thi Cam, Orange D., Montresor A. 2008. High latrine
coverage is not reducing the prevalence of soil transmitted helminthiasis in Hoa Binnh province,
Vietnam. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103: 237-241