Nicolas Legay

Université de Tours — France

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

22h-index1.5kcitations47works1.02yr avg
OpenAlex↗ORCID↗Google Scholar↗Lab page↗

Accepting Students?

No reports yet. Know if this professor is taking students?

Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(22), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(10), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(8), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(8), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(7)

Publications47 total

Land use and management intensity shape nitrogen cycling and microbial functions, driving environmental impacts in French urban soils
Applied Soil Ecology·2026Open Access
L'urbanisation et l'intensité de gestion des sols urbains modifient le cycle de l'azote et les fonctions microbiennes
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2025
Could invisible effects of land use and management on soil microbial communities durably impact carbon and nitrogen cycling in urban soils?
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2025
Adaptation of microbial communities' life strategies in urban areas along a management intensity gradient
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2025
Ecosystem Services provided by streams to adjacent agricultural terrestrial ecosystems
ARPHA Conference Abstracts·2025Open Access
Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning
Land·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
From Stream to Bloom: Exploring the Potential Role of Aquatic Insects for Pollination in Wetland Environments
Journal of Applied Entomology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Functional diagnosis of industrial soils: from a cognitive model to in situ implementation
2024Open Access
How managers and city dwellers relate to spontaneous vegetation in cities: Towards an integrative approach
Urban forestry & urban greening·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
N-microbial properties are key indicators of fertility in maturating soils built for urban greening.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)·2022Open Access
Considering urban uses at a fine spatial resolution to understand the distribution of invasive plant species in cities
Landscape Ecology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Considering Urban Social Functions at Fine Spatial Resolution to Understand the Distribution of Invasive Plant Species in Cities
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Human–River Encounter Sites: Looking for Harmony between Humans and Nature in Cities
Sustainability·2021· 59 citedOpen Access
Resistance–recovery trade‐off of soil microbial communities under altered rain regimes: An experimental test across European agroecosystems
Journal of Applied Ecology·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
Disentangling drivers of soil microbial potential enzyme activity across rain regimes: An approach based on the functional trait framework
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2020· 37 citedOpen Access
Compared to conventional, ecological intensive management promotes beneficial proteolytic soil microbial communities for agro-ecosystem functioning under climate change-induced rain regimes
Scientific Reports·2020· 27 citedOpen Access
Plant growth drives soil nitrogen cycling and N-related microbial activity through changing root traits
Fungal ecology·2020· 26 citedOpen Access
Studies of NH <sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> and NO <sub>3</sub> <sup>−</sup> uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource‐use strategy identified by their functional traits
Oikos·2020· 25 citedOpen Access
Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2020Open Access
Studies of NH4+ and NO3- uptake ability of subalpine plants and resource-use strategy identified by their functional traits
Figshare·2020Open Access
page 1 of 3Next →

Frequent Co-authors

Jean‐Christophe Clément(24), Sandra Lavorel(19), Thomas Pommier(13), Arnaud Foulquier(13), Sébastien Bonthoux(10), Karl Grigulis(9), Cindy Arnoldi(9), Richard D. Bardgett(9), Catherine Baxendale(8), Franck Poly(8), Michael Bahn(8), Amélie Cantarel(8), Bello Mouhamadou(8), Ute Krainer(7), Michael Schloter(7), Gabin Piton(5), Fabrice Grassein(5), E.-M. Kastl(4), Eduardo Nascimento(4), Filipa Reis(4)