
- Ph D, Cornell University; Soil Science
Dr Vanek has a PhD in Soil Science from Cornell University and has pursued research in soil fertility, ecology, and human/environmental geography relating to smallholder farming systems in the Andean region as well as supporting research efforts in several areas of Africa.
Blesh, Jennifer, Isaac, Marney E, Schipanski, Meagan Erin, Vanek, Steven John, (2023) Ecological nutrient management as a pathway to zero hunger Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Magonziwa, Blessing, Vanek, Steven John, Ojiem, John O, Fonte, Steven John, (2022) Examining the contributions of maize shoots, roots, and manure to stable soil organic carbon pools in tropical smallholder farming soils Geoderma 425 116049
Meza Retamozo, Katherin Paola Paola, Vanek, Steven John, Sueldo, Yulissa, Olivera, Edgar, Ccanto, Raul, Scurrah, Maria, Fonte, Steven John, (2022) Grass--Legume Mixtures Show Potential to Increase Above-and Belowground Biomass Production for Andean Forage-Based Fallows Agronomy 12 1 142
Lavelle, Patrick, Mathieu, Jérôme, Spain, Alister, Brown, George, Fragoso, Carlos, Lapied, Emmanuel, De Aquino, Adriana, Barois, Isabelle, Barrios, Edmundo, Barros, Maria Eleusa, Fonte, Steven John, Vanek, Steven John, 20+ more authors, , (2022) Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world‐wide assessment Global Ecology and Biogeography 31 1261-1276
Vanek, Steven John, (2021) "Andean crops, Andean farmers: contributions to planetary health" International Potato Center (CIP) 51-62
Nyamasoka-Magonziwa, Blessing, Vanek, Steven John, Carolan, Michael S, Ojiem, John O, Fonte, Steven John, (2021) Organic nutrient source allocation and use in smallholder farming communities: what are we missing? Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 289
Caulfield, Mark, Hammond, James, Fonte, Steven John, Florido, Miguel Angel, Fuentes, Walter, Meza, Katherin, Navarette, Israel, Vanek, Steven John, Van Wijk, Mark, (2021) Unpicking the Inter-relationships Between Off-Farm Livelihood Diversification, Household Characteristics, and Farm Management in the Rural Andes Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5
Caulfield, Mark, Fonte, Steven John, Tittonell, Pablo, Vanek, Steven John, Sherwood, Stephen, Oyarzun, Pedro, Borja, Ross Mary, Dumble, Sam, Groot, Jeroen CJ, (2020) Inter-community and on-farm asymmetric organic matter allocation patterns drive soil fertility gradients in a rural Andean landscape Land Degradation \& Development
van Wijk, Mark, , Hammond, James, Gorman, Leo, Adams, Sam, Ayantunde, Augustine, Baines, David, Bolliger, Adrian, Bosire, Caroline, Carpena, Pietro, Chesterman, Sabrina, Chinyophiro, Amon, Daudi, Happy, Dontsop, Paul, Douxchamps, Sabine, Emera, Willy Desire, Fraval, Simon, Fonte, Steven John, Hok, Lyda, Kiara, Henry, Kihoro, Esther, Korir, Luke, Lamanna, Christine, Long, Chau T. M., , Manyawu, Godfrey, Mehrabi, Zia, Mengistu, Dejene K., Mercado, Leida, Meza, Katherin, Mora, Vesalio, Mutemi, Jacob, Ng'endo, Mary, Njingulula, Paulin, Okafor, Chris, Pagella, Tim, Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth, Rao, James, Ritzema, Randall, Rosenstock, Todd S., Skirrow, Tom, Steinke, Jonathan, Stirling, Clare, Gabriel Suchini, Jose, , Teufel, Nils, Thorne, Peter, Vanek, Steven John, van Etten, Jacob, , Vanlauwe, Bernard, Wichern, Jannike, Yameogo, Viviane, (2020) The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey, data from 13,310 farm households in 21 countries SCIENTIFIC DATA 7 1
Visscher, Anna M, Vanek, Steven John, Meza, Katherin, de Goede, Ron GM, Valverde, Amador A, Ccanto, Raul, Olivera, Edgar, Scurrah, Maria, Fonte, Steven John, (2020) Eucalyptus and alder field margins differ in their impact on ecosystem services and biodiversity within cropping fields of the Peruvian Andes Agriculture, Ecosystems \& Environment 303 107107
Nyamsoka-Magonziwa, Blessing, Vanek, Steven J, Ojiem, John, Fonte, Steven John, (2020) A soil tool kit to evaluate soil properties and monitor soil health changes in smallholder farming contexts (in Press, June 2020) Geoderma 376 114539
Vanek, Steven J, Meza, Katherin Paola, Ccanto, Raul, Olivera, Edgar, Scurrah, Maria, Fonte, Steven J, (2020) Participatory design of improved forage/fallow options across soil gradients with farmers of the Central Peruvian Andes Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
Caulfield, Mark, Fonte, Steven John, Groot, Jeroen C. J., Vanek, Steven John, Sherwood, Stephen, Oyarzun, Pedro, Borja, Ross Mary, Dumble, Sam, Tittonell, Pablo, (2020) Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions ECOSPHERE 11 4
Vanek, Steven John, (2019) Crop and Varietal Diversity Impacts on Agroecosystem Function and Resilience AGROBIODIVERSITY: INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 79-101
Mercer, Kristin L., Vigouroux, Yves, Castaneda-Alvarez, Nora P., de Haan, Stef, , Hijmans, Robert J., Leclerc, Christian, McKey, Doyle, Vanek, Steven John, (2019) Crop Evolutionary Agroecology Genetic and Functional Dimensions of Agrobiodiversity and Associated Knowledge AGROBIODIVERSITY: INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 21-62
Phillips, Helen R. P., , Guerra, Carlos A., Bartz, Marie L. C., , Briones, Maria J. I., , Brown, George, Crowther, Thomas W., Ferlian, Olga, Gongalsky, Konstantin B., van den Hoogen, Johan, , Krebs, Julia, Orgiazzi, Alberto, Routh, Devin, Schwarz, Benjamin, Bach, Elizabeth, Bennett, Joanne, Brose, Ulrich, Decaens, Thibaud, Koenig-Ries, Birgitta, Loreau, Michel, Mathieu, Jerome, Mulder, Christian, van der Putten, Wim H., , Ramirez, Kelly S., Rillig, Matthias C., Russell, David, Rutgers, Michiel, Thakur, Madhav P., de Vries, Franciska T., , Wall, Diana H, Wardle, David A., Arai, Miwa, Ayuke, Fredrick O., Baker, Geoff H., Beausejour, Robin, Bedano, Jose C., Birkhofer, Klaus, Blanchart, Eric, Blossey, Bernd, Bolger, Thomas, Bradley, Robert L., Callaham, Mac A., Capowiez, Yvan, Caulfield, Mark, Choi, Amy, Crotty, Felicity V., Davalos, Andrea, Diaz Cosin, Dario J., , Dominguez, Anahi, Duhour, Andres Esteban, van Eekeren, Nick, , Emmerling, Christoph, Falco, Liliana B., Fernandez, Rosa, Fonte, Steven John, Fragoso, Carlos, Franco, Andre L. C., , Fugere, Martine, Fusilero, Abegail T., Gholami, Shaieste, Gundale, Michael J., Gutierrez Lopez, Monica, , Hackenberger, Davorka K., Hernandez, Luis M., Hishi, Takuo, Holdsworth, Andrew R., Holmstrup, Martin, Hopfensperger, Kristine N., Lwanga, Esperanza Huerta, Huhta, Veikko, Hurisso, Tunsisa T., Iannone, Basil V., Iordache, Madalina, Joschko, Monika, Kaneko, Nobuhiro, Kanianska, Radoslava, Keith, Aidan M., Kelly, Courtland, Kernecker, Maria L., Klaminder, Jonatan, Kone, Armand W., Kooch, Yahya, Kukkonen, Sanna T., Lalthanzara, H., Lammel, Daniel R., Lebedev, Iurii M., Li, Yiqing, Jesus Lidon, Juan B., , Lincoln, Noa K., Loss, Scott R., Marichal, Raphael, Matula, Radim, Moos, Jan Hendrik, Moreno, Gerardo, Moron-Rios, Alejandro, Muys, Bart, Neirynck, Johan, Norgrove, Lindsey, Novo, Marta, Nuutinen, Visa, Nuzzo, Victoria, Rahman, Mujeeb P., Pansu, Johan, Paudel, Shishir, Peres, Guenola, Perez-Camacho, Lorenzo, Pineiro, Raul, Ponge, Jean-Francois, Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Rebollo, Salvador, Rodeiro-Iglesias, Javier, Rodriguez, Miguel A., Roth, Alexander M., Rousseau, Guillaume X., Rozen, Anna, Sayad, Ehsan, van Schaik, Loes, , Scharenbroch, Bryant C., Schirrmann, Michael, Schmidt, Olaf, Schroeder, Boris, Seeber, Julia, Shashkov, Maxim P., Singh, Jaswinder, Smith, Sandy M., Steinwandter, Michael, Talavera, Jose A., Trigo, Dolores, Tsukamoto, Jiro, de Valenca, Anne W., , Vanek, Steven John, Virto, Inigo, Wackett, Adrian A., Warren, Matthew W., Wehr, Nathaniel H., Whalen, Joann K., Wironen, Michael B., Wolters, Volkmar, Zenkova, Irina V., Zhang, Weixin, Cameron, Erin K., Eisenhauer, Nico, (2019) Global distribution of earthworm diversity SCIENCE 366 6464 480-485
Vanek, Steven John, Drinkwater, Laurie E., (2019) INTEGRATING SCIENTIFIC AND LOCAL SOILS KNOWLEDGE TO EXAMINE OPTIONS BY CONTEXT INTERACTIONS FOR PHOSPHORUS ADDITION TO LEGUMES IN AN ANDEAN AGROECOSYSTEM EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE 55 145-168
Guerena, David T., Lehmann, Johannes, Thies, Janice E., Vanek, Steven John, Karanja, Nancy, Neufeldt, Henry, (2019) Nodulation of beans with inoculant carriers from pyrolyzed and non-pyrolyzed sugarcane bagasse in response to different pre-planting water availability APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY 143 126-133
Vanek, Steven J, (2018) Smallholder telecoupling and potential sustainability Ecology and Society 23 1
Vanek, Steven J, Magonziwa, Blessing J, Fonte, Steven J, (2018) "Cómo Evaluar la Salud del Suelo: Manual de Protocolos (spanish translation of Soil Health Methods Manual)" Self-publshed
Vanek, Steven J, (2018) "Soil Health Assessment for Smallholders- Video Series" YouTube
de Valenca, Anne W., , Vanek, Steven John, Meza, Katherin, Ccanto, Raul, Olivera, Edgar, Scurrah, Maria, Lantinga, Egbert A., Fonte, Steven John, (2017) Land use as a driver of soil fertility and biodiversity across an agricultural landscape in the Central Peruvian Andes ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 27 4 1138-1154
Zimmerer, Karl S., Cordova-Aguilar, Hildegardo, Mata Olmo, Rafael, , Jimenez Olivencia, Yolanda, , Vanek, Steven John, (2017) Mountain Ecology, Remoteness, and the Rise of Agrobiodiversity: Tracing the Geographic Spaces of Human-Environment Knowledge ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS 107 2 441-455
de Valenca, Anne, Vanek, Steven John, Meza, Katherin, Ccanto, Raul, Olivera, Edgar, Scurrah, Maria, Latinga, Egbert, Fonte, Steven John, (2017) Land use as a driver of soil fertility and biodiversity across an agricultural landscape in the Central Peruvian Andes Ecological Applications 27 1138-1154
Vanek, Steven John, Jones, Andrew D., Drinkwater, Laurie E., (2016) Coupling of soil regeneration, food security, and nutrition outcomes in Andean subsistence agroecosystems FOOD SECURITY 8 4 727-742
Zwetsloot, Marie J., Lehmann, Johannes, Bauerle, Taryn, Vanek, Steven John, Hestrin, Rachel, Nigussie, Abebe, (2016) Phosphorus availability from bone char in a P-fixing soil influenced by root-mycorrhizae-biochar interactions PLANT AND SOIL 408 1-2 95-105
Zimmerer, Karl S., Vanek, Steven John, (2016) Toward the Integrated Framework Analysis of Linkages among Agrobiodiversity, Livelihood Diversification, Ecological Systems, and Sustainability amid Global Change LAND 5 2
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