Marcel Hoosbeek


Personal

    Dr. Marcel R. Hoosbeek
    Assoc. prof. of Soil Biogeochemistry
    Wageningen University
    Dept. of Environmental Sciences
    Earth System Science chairgroup
    Tel:  +31 317 484109
    Fax: +31 317 482419
    E-mail: marcel.hoosbeek(at)wur.nl
    Visiting and Postal address
 

Education

    1988 - 1993   Ph.D. Cornell University, Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA.                  

·        Pedology - Modeling Soil and Biogeochemical Processes (Major)

·        Soil Chemistry (Minor 1)

·        Business Administration and Management (Minor 2)

    1981 - 1988   BSc and MSc (Landbouwkundig ingenieur) Wageningen University.

·        Soil Science (Major)

·        Soil Physics (Minor 1)

·        Soil Mineralogy (Minor 2)

·        Geomorphology (Minor 3)

Research interests 

  • Effects of land use change and climate change on soil carbon stabilization.
  • Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil C and N dynamics.
  • Effects of climate change and land use change on soil processes.
  • Modeling of soil processes.
  • Upscaling of soil processes for use in large scale climate change (biogeochemical) models.

Teaching and coordination

  • ESS-21306 Principles of Earth and Ecosystem Science
  • ESS-31806 Biogeochemical Cycles
  • ESS-32806 Field Training Earth System Science
  • ESS-70424 Internship Earth System Science
  • ESS-80436 Thesis Earth System Science

Peer reviewed publications:

Braakhekke M.C., Beer C., Hoosbeek M.R., Reichstein M., Kruijt B., Schrumpf M., Kabat P. SOMPROF: A vertically explicit soil organic matter model, Ecological Modelling, Volume 222, Issue 10, 24 May 2011, Pages 1712-1730, ISSN 0304-3800, 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.02.015.

Limpens, J., Granath, G., Gunnarsson, U., Aerts, R., Bayley, S., Bragazza, L., Bubier, J., Buttler, A., van den Berg, L. J. L., Francez, A.-J., Gerdol, R., Grosvernier, P., Heijmans, M. M. P. D., Hoosbeek, M. R., Hotes, S., Ilomets, M., Leith, I., Mitchell, E. A. D., Moore, T., Nilsson, M. B., Nordbakken, J.-F., Rochefort, L., Rydin, H., Sheppard, L. J., Thormann, M., Wiedermann, M. M., Williams, B. L. and Xu, B. (2011), Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis. New Phytologist, 191: 496–507. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03680.x

Hoosbeek MR, Lukac M, Velthorst E, Smith AR and Godbold DL. 2011. Free atmospheric CO2 enrichment increased above ground biomass but did not affect symbiotic N2-fixation and soil carbon dynamics in a mixed deciduous stand in Wales. Biogeosciences 8, 353-364, doi:10.5194/bg-8-353-2011.

Liberloo M, Luyssaert S, Bellassen V, Njakou Djomo S, Lukac M, Calfapietra C, Janssens IA, Hoosbeek MR, Viovy N, Churkina G, Scarascia-Mugnozza G, Ceulemans R (2010) Bio-Energy Retains Its Mitigation Potential Under Elevated CO2. PLoS ONE 5(7): e11648. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011648

Calfapietra C, Ainsworth EA, Beier C, De Angelis P, Ellsworth DS, Godbold DL, Hendrey GR, Hickler T, Hoosbeek MR, Karnosky DF, King J, Korner C., Leakey ADB, Lewin KF, Liberloo M, Long SP, Lukac M, Matyssek R, Miglietta F, Nagy J, Norby RJ, Oren R, Percy KE, Rogers A, Scarascia Mugnozza GS, Stitt M, Taylor G, Ceulemans R. 2010. Challenges in elevated CO2 experiments on forests. Trends in Plant Science, Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 5-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.11.001

Vermue E., Buurman P. and Hoosbeek M.R. 2009. Litter Quality of Populus Species as Affected by Free-Air CO2 Enrichment and N-Fertilization. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. Vol. 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/948363

Liberloo, M., Lukac, M., Calfapietra, C., Hoosbeek, M.R., Gielen, B., Miglietta, F., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E. and Ceulemans, R., 2009. Coppicing shifts CO2 stimulation of poplar productivity to above-ground pools: a synthesis of leaf to stand level results from the POP/EUROFACE experiment. New Phytologist, 182(2): 331-346.

Hoosbeek MR and GE Scarascia-Mugnozza. 2009. Increased litter build up and soil organic mattter stabilization in a poplar plantation after 6 years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment (FACE): Final results of POP-EuroFACE compared to other forest FACE experiments. Ecosystems, 12: 220-239. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9219-z

Lagomarsino, A., Moscatelli, M.C., Hoosbeek, M.R., Angelis, P. de, Grego, S. 2008. Assessment of soil nitrogen and phosphorous availability under elevated CO2 and N-fertilization in a short rotation poplar plantation. Plant and Soil 308 (1-2). p. 131-147.

Finzi A.C., R.J. Norby, C. Calfapietra, A. Gallet-Budynek, B. Gielen, W.E. Holmes, M.R. Hoosbeek, C.M. Iversen, R.B. Jackson, M.E. Kubiske, J. Ledford, M. Liberloo, R. Oren, A. Polle, S. Pritchard, D.R. Zak, W.H. Schlesinger, R. Ceulemans. 2007. Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2. PNAS, vol. 104, no. 35, p. 14014-14019.

Hoosbeek  MR , J.M. Vos , M.B.J. Meinders, E.J. Velthorst, G.E. Scarascia-Mugnozza. 2007. Free atmospheric CO2 enrichment (FACE) increased respiration and humification in the mineral soil of a Poplar plantation. Geoderma doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.11.008

Calfapietra C, P. De Angelis, B. Gielen, M. Lukac, M.C. Moscatelli, G. Avino, A. Lagomarsino, A. Polle, R. Ceulemans, G. Scarascia Mugnozza, M.R. Hoosbeek, M.F. Cotrufo.  2007. Nitrogen use efficiency of a short-rotation poplar plantation is increased under elevated CO2. Tree Physiology 27, 1153-1163.

Hoosbeek, M.R., Vos, J.M., Bakker, E.J., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E. 2006. Effects of free atmospheric CO2 enrichment (FACE), N fertilization and poplar genotype on the physical protection of carbon in the mineral soil of a poplar plantation after five years. Biogeosciences, 3, 479-487, 2006.

Liberloo M, C. Calfapietra, M. Lukac, D. Godbold, Z-B. Luo, A. Polle, O. Kull, M. Marek, C. Raines, G. Taylor, M.R. Hoosbeek, G. Scarascia-Mugnozza and R. Ceulemans. 2006. Woody biomass production of a bio-energy Populus forest increases in a future high CO2 world. Global Change Biology 12:1094-1106. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01118.x

Hoosbeek, M.R., Vos, J.M., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G.E. 2006. Increased physical protection of soil carbon in the mineral soil of a poplar plantation after five years of free atmospheric CO2 enrichment (FACE). Biogeosciences discuss. 3, 871-894.

Scarascia-Mugnozza G, C. Calfapietra, R. Ceulemans, B. Gielen, F. Cotrufo, P. DeAngelis, D. Godbold, M.R. Hoosbeek, O. Kull, M. Lukac, M. Marek, F. Miglietta, A. Polle, C. Raines, M. Sabatti, N. Anselmi, G. Taylor. 2006. Responses to elevated CO2 of a short rotation, multispecies poplar plantation: The POPFACE/EUROFACE experiment. Pages 173-195. In: Managed Ecosystems and CO2. J. Nösberger, S.P. Long, R.J. Norby, M. Stitt, G.R. Hendrey, H. Blum (eds.) Ecological Studies 187. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Hoosbeek  MR, Li  Y, Scarascia-Mugnozza GE. 2006. Free atmospheric CO2 enrichment (FACE) increased labile and total carbon in the mineral soil of a short rotation Poplar plantation. Plant and Soil 281:247-254. DOI 10.1007/s11104-005-4293-x

Godbold, D.L., M.R. Hoosbeek, M. Lukac, M.F. Cotrufo, I.A. Janssens, R. Ceulemans, A. Polle, E.J. Velthorst, G. Scarascia-Mugnozza, P. De Angelis, F. Miglietta and A. Peressotti. 2006. Mycorrhizal hyphal turnover as a dominant process for carbon input into soil organic matter. Plant and Soil 281:15-24. DOI 10.1007/s11104-005-3701-6

Gielen, B, C Calfapietra, M Lukac, VE Wittig, P De Angelis, IA Janssens, MC Moscatelli, S Grego, MF Cotrufo, DL Godbold, MR Hoosbeek, SP Long, F Miglietta, A Polle, CJ Bernacchi, PA Davey, R Ceulemans, GE Scarascia-Mugnozza. 2005. Net carbon storage in a poplar plantation (POPFACE) after three years of free-air CO2 enrichment. Tree Physiology 25, 1399-1408.

Hoosbeek MR, Lukac M, van Dam D, Godbold DL, Velthorst EJ, Biondi FA, Peressotti A, Cotrufo MF, de Angelis P, Scarascia-Mugnozza G (2004) More new carbon in the mineral soil of a poplar plantation under Free Air Carbon Enrichment (POPFACE): Cause of increased priming effect? Global Biogeochem Cycles 18:GB1040, doi:10.1029/2003GB002127

Kroeze C, Aerts R, van Breemen N, van Dam D, van der Hoek K, Hofschreuder P, Hoosbeek M, de Klein J, Kros H, van Oene H, Oenema O, Tietema A, van der Veeren R, de Vries W. 2003 Uncertainties in the fate of nitrogen I: An overview of sources of uncertainty illustrated with a Dutch case study. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 66 (1): 43-69

Hoosbeek, M.R., N. van Breemen, H. Vasander, A. Buttler and F. Berendse. 2002. Potassium limits potential growth of bog vegetation under elevated atmospheric CO2 and N deposition. Global Change Biology 8: 1130-1138.

Berendse, F., N. van Breemen, H. Rydin, A. Buttler, M. Heijmans, M.R. Hoosbeek, J.A. lee, E. Mitchell, T. Saarinen, H. Vasander, B. Wallèn. 2001. Raised atmospheric CO2 levels and increased N deposition cause shifts in plant species composition that affect C sequestration in Sphagnum bogs. Global Change Biology 7: 591-598.

Hoosbeek, M.R., N. van Breemen, F. Berendse, P. Grosvernier, H. Vasander, B. Wallén. 2001. Limited effect of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration on ombrotrophic bog vegetation. New Phytologist 150: 459-463.

Miglietta F, Hoosbeek MR, Foot J, Gigon F, Heijmans M, Peressotti A, Saarinen T, Van Breemen N, Wallén B. 2001. Spatial and temporal performance of the MiniFACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) system on bog ecosystems in northern and central Europe. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 66: 107-127.

Mitchell, E.A.D., D. Gilbert, A. Buttler, Ph. Grosvernier, C. Albinsson, H. Rydin, M.M.P.D. Heijmans, M.R. Hoosbeek, A.L. Greenup, J. Foot, T. Saarinen, H. Vasander and J-M Gobat. 2001. Can testate amoebae (Protozoa) and other micro-organisms help to overcome biogeographic bias in large scale global change research? In: Visconti et al. (eds) Global change and protected areas. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 301-310.

Mitchell, E.A.D., A. Buttler, Ph. Grosvernier, H. Rydin, C. Albinsson, A.L. Greenup, M.M.P.D. Heijmans, M.R. Hoosbeek, and T. Saarinen. 2000. Relationships among testate amoebae (Protozoa), vegetation and water chemistry in five Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Europe. New Phytologist 145: 95-106.

Hoosbeek, M.R., R.G. Amundson and R.B. Bryant. 1999. Pedological Modeling. In: M.E. Sumner (ed.) Handbook of Soil Science; Section V, Pedology. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

Huggett, R.J., Amundson, R., Hoosbeek, M.R., Pachepsky, Y., Ryzhova, I., Blagoveshchensky, Y.N., Samsonova, V.P., Humphreys G.S., and Paton, T.R. 1998. Discussion on the relations between complex systems and the factorial model of soil formation. Geoderma 86: 23-42.

Hoosbeek, M.R. 1998. Incorporating scale into spatio-temporal variability: applications to soil quality and yield data. Geoderma 85: 113-131.

Stein, A., J.W. van Groenigen, M.J. Jeger and M.R. Hoosbeek. 1998. Space-time statistics for environmental and agricultural related phenomena. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 5, 155-172.

Hoosbeek, M.R. and J. Bouma. 1998. Obtaining soil and land quality indicators using research chains and geostatistical methods. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 50: 35-50.

Bouma, J., P.A. Finke, M.R. Hoosbeek and A. Breeuwsma. 1998. Soil and water quality at different scales: concepts, challenges, conclusions and recommendations. Nutrient cycling in Agroecosystems 50: 5-11.

Hoosbeek, M.R., A. Stein, H. van Reuler and B.H. Janssen. 1998. Interpolation of agronomic data from plot to field scale: using a clustered versus a spatially randomized block design. Geoderma 81: 265-280.

Stein, A., M.R. Hoosbeek and G. Sterk. 1997. Precision agriculture: spatial and temporal variability of environmental quality. Wiley, Chichester (Ciba Foundation Symposium 210) p 120-133.

Hoosbeek, M.R., A. Stein and R.B. Bryant. 1997. Mapping Soil Degradation. In: R. Lal, W.H. Blum, C. Valentin and B.A. Stewart (eds.). Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation. Advances in Soil Science. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

Bouma, J. and M.R. Hoosbeek. 1996. The Contribution and Importance of Soil Scientists in Interdisciplinary Studies Dealing with Land. In: R.J. Wagenet and J. Bouma (eds.) The Role of Soil Science in Interdisciplinary Research. SSSA Special Publication Number 45, Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison, WI.

Hoosbeek, M.R. and R.B. Bryant. 1995. Modeling the Dynamics of Organic Carbon in a Typic Haplorthod. In: R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, E.R. Levine, and B.A. Stuart (editors), Soils and Global Change, Advances in Soil Science, Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI.

Hoosbeek, M.R. 1994. Towards the quantitative modeling of pedogenesis: a review - Reply: Pedology beyond the soil-landscape paradigm: Pedodynamics and the connection to other sciences. Geoderma 63, 303-307.

Hoosbeek, M.R. and R.B. Bryant. 1994a. Developing and Adapting Soil Process Submodels for Use in a Pedodynamic Model. In: Quantitative Modeling of Soil Forming Processes. ASA/SSSA Special Publication Number 39, Madison, WI.

Bouma, J., R.J. Wagenet, M.R. Hoosbeek, and J.L. Hutson. 1993. Using Expert Systems and Simulation Modelling for Land Evaluation on Farm Level: A Case Study from New York State. Soil Use and Management, Vol. 9, Number 4.

Hoosbeek, M.R. and R.B. Bryant. 1992. Towards the Quantitative Modeling of Pedogenesis - A Review. Geoderma, 55: 183-210.


 

 

  
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