Vincent Poirier - Staff Member Profile

Vincent Poirier

Professeur titulaire

Directeur

Institut de recherche en agriculture et agroalimentaire (IRAA)

Directeur scientifique

Unité de recherche et de développement en agroalimentaire en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (URDAAT)

Centre du Témiscamingue

Room :: 207
Phone :: 819 622-1453 ext 5912

Email :: vincent.poirier@uqat.ca

Areas of expertise

Sciences du sol

Publications

Source: ORCID(opens in a new tab)

2026

Microbial community composition, but not diversity, influence microbial necromass mineralization
Preprint
DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.09.737581(opens in a new tab)
Do Intercropped Legumes Alter Weed Communities in Organic Field Crops? A Taxonomic and Functional Perspective
Journal article
Agronomy
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy16070708(opens in a new tab)
Plant litter effects on soil carbon stabilization and nitrogen availability: A trade‐off and some versatile species
Journal article
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.70205(opens in a new tab)
Regional characteristics drive thinning effects on boreal soil organic carbon stocks
Journal article
Forest Ecology and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123283(opens in a new tab)

2025

Previous legume identity influence wheat rhizosphere microbial communities and grain protein content
Preprint
DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.17.694934(opens in a new tab)
Soil amendments alter understory vegetation composition and functional diversity in poorly regenerated logging sites in Quebec, Canada
Journal article
Forest Ecology and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123125(opens in a new tab)
How do fine root traits of fast-growing trees promote soil organic carbon stabilization?
Journal article
Plant and Soil
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-025-07681-3(opens in a new tab)
Alfalfa cultivars respond differently to seed germination inhibition by Kentucky bluegrass
Journal article
Canadian Journal of Plant Science
DOI: 10.1139/cjps-2024-0107(opens in a new tab)
Impact of single and combined soil amendments on the growth and foliar nutrients of white spruce (Picea glauca) on a poorly regenerated logged site
Journal article
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2024-0195(opens in a new tab)
Motor-manual release changes carbon distribution in soil and tree biomass pools in the short term
Journal article
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2024-0208(opens in a new tab)
Phylogenetically Related Fast-Growing Trees and Their Root Traits Affect Soil Microbial Communities
Other
Ssrn
See publication(opens in a new tab)
Soil Amendments Alter Understory Vegetation Composition and Functional Diversity in Poorly Regenerated Logging Sites in Quebec, Canada
Other
Ssrn
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5155423(opens in a new tab)
The afterlife effects of leaf and root litter traits on soil N cycling
Journal article
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.70011(opens in a new tab)

2024

How is tree growth rate linked to root functional traits in phylogenetically related poplar hybrids?
Journal article
Tree Physiology
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpae120(opens in a new tab)
Growing Jatropha curcas L. Improves the Chemical Characteristics of Degraded Tropical Soils
Journal article
Forests
DOI: 10.3390/f15101709(opens in a new tab)
Comparing standardised precipitation and barley yield across Quebec
Journal article
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34376-6(opens in a new tab)
Identifying yield and growing season precipitation gaps for maize and millet in Cameroon
Journal article
Journal of Water and Climate Change
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2024.447(opens in a new tab)
Vulnerability of barley yields in Québec
Journal article
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-13036-9(opens in a new tab)

2023

A new index assessing adaptive capacity across Africa
Journal article
Environmental Science and Policy
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103561(opens in a new tab)
Acacia auriculiformis agroforestry fallows of different ages improve soil physico-chemical properties and carbon stocks on the Batéké plateau, Democratic Republic of Congo
Journal article
Geoderma Regional
DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00691(opens in a new tab)
How Can Plants Help Restore Degraded Tropical Soils?
Journal article
Land
DOI: 10.3390/land12122147(opens in a new tab)
Increasing tree productivity does not translate into greater soil organic carbon storage
Journal article
Forest Ecology and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120884(opens in a new tab)

2022

Increasing Tree Productivity Does Not Linearly Translate into Greater Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration
Other
Ssrn
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4279654(opens in a new tab)
Plant litter chemistry controls coarse-textured soil carbon dynamics
Journal article
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13997(opens in a new tab)
Planting spacing differently affects the vegetative growth of Jatropha curcas L. in cultivation on overexploited soil in northern Gabon,L’écartement de plantation affecte différemment la croissance végétative du Jatropha curcas L. en culture sur un sol surexploité au nord du Gabon
Journal article
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v16i1.14(opens in a new tab)

2021

Evaluation of an Acacia mangium Provenance Trial after Seven Years, on the Ibi - Batéké Plateau, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Journal article
Tropicultura
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Repeated thinning treatments reduce long-term soil carbon and nitrogen storage: An 87-year study at the petawawa research forest, Canada
Journal article
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0296(opens in a new tab)

2020

Organo-mineral interactions are more important for organic matter retention in subsoil than topsoil
Journal article
Soil Systems
DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems4010004(opens in a new tab)

2018

Species and root traits impact macroaggregation in the rhizospheric soil of a Mediterranean common garden experiment
Journal article
Plant and Soil
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3407-6(opens in a new tab)
The root of the matter: Linking root traits and soil organic matter stabilization processes
Journal article
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.02.016(opens in a new tab)

2017

Carbon storage in agroforestry systems in the semi-arid zone of Niayes, Senegal
Journal article
Agroforestry Systems
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-016-9969-0(opens in a new tab)

2016

Silvicultural treatments and subsequent vegetation impact long-term mineral soil biogeochemistry in mixedwood plantations
Journal article
Forest Ecology and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.016(opens in a new tab)

2014

Combined influence of fire and salvage logging on carbon and nitrogen storage in boreal forest soil profiles
Journal article
Forest Ecology and Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.021(opens in a new tab)
Digital mapping of soil properties in Canadian managed forests at 250m of resolution using the k-nearest neighbor method
Journal article
Geoderma
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.06.032(opens in a new tab)
Formation of millimetric-scale aggregates and associated retention of 13C-15N-labelled residues are greater in subsoil than topsoil
Journal article
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.03.020(opens in a new tab)
Transforming plant carbon into soil carbon: Process-level controls on carbon sequestration
Journal article
Canadian Journal of Plant Science
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2013-145(opens in a new tab)

2013

Initial soil organic carbon concentration influences the short-term retention of crop-residue carbon in the fine fraction of a heavy clay soil
Journal article
Biology and Fertility of Soils
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0794-6(opens in a new tab)

2009

Interactive effects of tillage and mineral fertilization on soil carbon profiles
Journal article
Soil Science Society of America Journal
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0006(opens in a new tab)

Positions

Professeur titulaire

Directeur

Directeur scientifique

Workplace

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Areas of expertise

Publications

Microbial community composition, but not diversity, influence microbial necromass mineralization

Do Intercropped Legumes Alter Weed Communities in Organic Field Crops? A Taxonomic and Functional Perspective

Plant litter effects on soil carbon stabilization and nitrogen availability: A trade‐off and some versatile species

Regional characteristics drive thinning effects on boreal soil organic carbon stocks

Previous legume identity influence wheat rhizosphere microbial communities and grain protein content

Soil amendments alter understory vegetation composition and functional diversity in poorly regenerated logging sites in Quebec, Canada

How do fine root traits of fast-growing trees promote soil organic carbon stabilization?

Alfalfa cultivars respond differently to seed germination inhibition by Kentucky bluegrass

Impact of single and combined soil amendments on the growth and foliar nutrients of white spruce (Picea glauca) on a poorly regenerated logged site

Motor-manual release changes carbon distribution in soil and tree biomass pools in the short term

Phylogenetically Related Fast-Growing Trees and Their Root Traits Affect Soil Microbial Communities

Soil Amendments Alter Understory Vegetation Composition and Functional Diversity in Poorly Regenerated Logging Sites in Quebec, Canada

The afterlife effects of leaf and root litter traits on soil N cycling

How is tree growth rate linked to root functional traits in phylogenetically related poplar hybrids?

Growing Jatropha curcas L. Improves the Chemical Characteristics of Degraded Tropical Soils

Comparing standardised precipitation and barley yield across Quebec

Identifying yield and growing season precipitation gaps for maize and millet in Cameroon

Vulnerability of barley yields in Québec

A new index assessing adaptive capacity across Africa

Acacia auriculiformis agroforestry fallows of different ages improve soil physico-chemical properties and carbon stocks on the Batéké plateau, Democratic Republic of Congo

How Can Plants Help Restore Degraded Tropical Soils?

Increasing tree productivity does not translate into greater soil organic carbon storage

Increasing Tree Productivity Does Not Linearly Translate into Greater Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration

Plant litter chemistry controls coarse-textured soil carbon dynamics

Planting spacing differently affects the vegetative growth of Jatropha curcas L. in cultivation on overexploited soil in northern Gabon,L’écartement de plantation affecte différemment la croissance végétative du Jatropha curcas L. en culture sur un sol surexploité au nord du Gabon

Evaluation of an Acacia mangium Provenance Trial after Seven Years, on the Ibi - Batéké Plateau, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Repeated thinning treatments reduce long-term soil carbon and nitrogen storage: An 87-year study at the petawawa research forest, Canada

Organo-mineral interactions are more important for organic matter retention in subsoil than topsoil

Species and root traits impact macroaggregation in the rhizospheric soil of a Mediterranean common garden experiment

The root of the matter: Linking root traits and soil organic matter stabilization processes

Carbon storage in agroforestry systems in the semi-arid zone of Niayes, Senegal

Silvicultural treatments and subsequent vegetation impact long-term mineral soil biogeochemistry in mixedwood plantations

Combined influence of fire and salvage logging on carbon and nitrogen storage in boreal forest soil profiles

Digital mapping of soil properties in Canadian managed forests at 250m of resolution using the k-nearest neighbor method

Formation of millimetric-scale aggregates and associated retention of 13C-15N-labelled residues are greater in subsoil than topsoil

Transforming plant carbon into soil carbon: Process-level controls on carbon sequestration

Initial soil organic carbon concentration influences the short-term retention of crop-residue carbon in the fine fraction of a heavy clay soil

Interactive effects of tillage and mineral fertilization on soil carbon profiles