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  1. From litter and rhizodeposits to soil organisms: how do plant economic strategies affect soil micro-food web energy fluxes?

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  2. Experimental evidence that soil fauna drives plant root exudation patterns

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, June 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  3. Evaluation of trap discs for root exudate eco-friendly sampling using rhizoboxes: Application to untargeted screening of organic compounds by gas chromatography hyphenated with high resolution mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Chromatography Open, May 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  4. Studying chemical signals in plant–soil mesofauna interactions

    Article • Comptes Rendus Chimie, February 2025, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  5. The Detri2match conceptual framework: Matching detritivore and detritus traits to unravel consumption rules in a context of decomposition

    Article • Functional Ecology, August 2024, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  6. Renouées asiatiques envahissantes : la restauration de berges par le génie végétal est-elle si bénéfique à la qualité chimique et à la biodiversité du sol ?

    Article • Sciences Eaux & Territoires, November 2023, Universite de Bordeaux

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  7. Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  8. The multi-year effect of different agroecological practices on soil nematodes and soil respiration

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  9. Statement of Peer Review

    Article • April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  10. Beneficial effects of conservation agriculture on earthworm and Collembola communities in Northern France

    Article • Plant and Soil, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  11. Alien palm invasion leads to selective biotic filtering of resident plant communities towards competitive functional traits

    Article • Biological Invasions, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  12. A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum

    Article • Oikos, January 2023, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  13. The multi-year effect of different agroecological practices on soil nematode and soil respiration

    Article • October 2022, Research Square

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  14. Fostering the use of soil invertebrate traits to restore ecosystem functioning

    Article • Geoderma, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  15. The crucial role of blue light as a driver of litter photodegradation in terrestrial ecosystems

    Article • Plant and Soil, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  16. An invasive and native plant differ in their effects on the soil food-web and plant-soil phosphorus cycle

    Article • Geoderma, March 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  17. Alien Invasive Plant Effect on Soil Fauna Is Habitat Dependent

    Article • Diversity, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  18. Short-term dynamic responses of soil properties and soil fauna under contrasting tillage systems

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  19. The Best of Both Worlds? Hybridization Potentiates Exotic Bohemian Knotweed’s (Reynoutria × bohemica) Impacts on Native Plant and Faunal Communities

    Article • March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  20. Invasive knotweed modifies predator–prey interactions in the soil food web

    Article • Biological Invasions, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  21. Temperature modifies the magnitude of a plant response to Collembola presence

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, February 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  22. A functional trait‐based approach to assess the impact of an alien palm invasion on plant and soil communities on a South Pacific island

    Article • Austral Ecology, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  23. Functional collembolan assemblages induce different plant responses in Lolium perenne

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  24. Spectral Composition of Sunlight Affects the Microbial Functional Structure of Beech Leaf Litter During the Initial Phase of Decomposition

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  25. Ultraviolet radiation accelerates photodegradation under controlled conditions but slows the decomposition of senescent leaves from forest stands in southern Finland

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  26. Soil fauna responses to invasive alien plants are determined by trophic groups and habitat structure: a global meta‐analysis

    Article • Oikos, August 2019, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  27. Solar UV-A radiation and blue light enhance tree leaf litter decomposition in a temperate forest

    Article • Oecologia, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  28. Functional Assemblages of Collembola Determine Soil Microbial Communities and Associated Functions

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  29. Can the comparison of above- and below-ground litter decomposition improve our understanding of bacterial and fungal successions?

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  30. Shade trees have higher impact on soil nutrient availability and food web in organic than conventional coffee agroforestry

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  31. Invasion by Fallopia japonica alters soil food webs through secondary metabolites

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  32. Soil fauna as bioindicators of organic matter export in temperate forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  33. Plasticity in leaf litter traits partly mitigates the impact of thinning on forest floor carbon cycling

    Article • Functional Ecology, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  34. Increasing temperature and decreasing specific leaf area amplify centipede predation impact on Collembola

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  35. High carbon use efficiency and low priming effect promote soil C stabilization under reduced tillage

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  36. Inoculation of an ecosystem engineer (Earthworm: Lumbricus terrestris ) during experimental grassland restoration: Consequences for above and belowground soil compartments

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, April 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  37. Forest humus forms as a playground for studying aboveground-belowground relationships: Part 2, a case study along the dynamics of a broadleaved plain forest ecosystem

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  38. Effect of different crop management practices on soil Collembola assemblages: A 4-year follow-up

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  39. Can changes in litter quality drive soil fauna structure and functions?

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  40. Plant interactions as biotic drivers of plasticity in leaf litter traits and decomposability of Quercus petraea

    Article • Ecological Monographs, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  41. Relationship between land-use types and functional diversity of epigeic Collembola in Southern Brazil

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  42. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr. Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Dr Pedro R Beja, Dr Paul Eggleton, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Eyal Shochat, Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Baoming Ge, Dr Matt W Hayward

  43. Comparing the effects of litter quantity and quality on soil biota structure and functioning: Application to a cultivated soil in Northern France

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  44. Forest plant community as a driver of soil biodiversity: experimental evidence from collembolan assemblages through large-scale and long-term removal of oak canopy trees Quercus petraea

    Article • Oikos, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  45. Shifts and linkages of functional diversity between above‐ and below‐ground compartments along a flooding gradient

    Article • Functional Ecology, August 2016, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  46. Temporal differentiation of soil communities in response to arable crop management strategies

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  47. The dynamics of soil micro-food web structure and functions vary according to litter quality

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  48. How tree diversity affects soil fauna diversity: A review

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  49. Flowering phenology of a herbaceous species (Poa annua) is regulated by soil Collembola

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  50. Forest management adaptation to climate change: a Cornelian dilemma between drought resistance and soil macro-detritivore functional diversity

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  51. ThePREDICTSdatabase: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Steven James Presley, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Dr Gabor L Lovei, Adriana De Palma, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr Pedro R Beja, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr. Shoji Naoe, Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  52. Foraging patterns of soil springtails are impacted by food resources

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Pr Jean-François Ponge

  53. Spruce forest conversion to a mixed beech-coniferous stand modifies oribatid community structure

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  54. Establishment of bioenergy crops on metal contaminated soils stimulates belowground fauna

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  55. Response of soil biota to manipulation of collembolan biomass

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  56. Home-Field Advantage: A matter of interaction between litter biochemistry and decomposer biota

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  57. Response of collembolan assemblages to plant species successional gradient

    Article • Pedobiologia, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  58. Changes in soil faunal assemblages during conversion from pure to mixed forest stands

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  59. Does moder development along a pure beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) chronosequence result from changes in litter production or in decomposition rates?

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, July 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Pr Jean-François Ponge

  60. Patterns and mechanisms responsible for the relationship between the diversity of litter macro-invertebrates and leaf degradation

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  61. Contrasting diversity patterns of epigeic arthropods between grasslands of high and low agronomic potential

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  62. Humus structure during a spruce forest rotation: quantitative changes and relationship to soil biota

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Pr Jean-François Ponge

  63. Response of collembolan communities to land-use change and grassland succession

    Article • Ecography, April 2007, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  64. Response of collembolan communities to land-use change and grassland succession

    Article • Ecography, April 2007, Wiley

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  65. Origin of the nitrogen assimilated by soil fauna living in decomposing beech litter

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Pr Jean-François Ponge

  66. Successional changes of Collembola and soil microbiota during forest rotation

    Article • Oecologia, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  67. Oribatid mite diversity and community dynamics in a spruce chronosequence

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, December 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  68. Colonization of heavy metal-polluted soils by collembola: preliminary experiments in compartmented boxes

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Pr Jean-François Ponge