Refereed Technical Journal Articles.

Gale, W.J.,M.B. Kirkham, E.T. Kanemasu, and C.E. Owensby. 1990. Net carbon exchange in canopies of burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Theoretical Appl. Climatol. 42:237-244. .PDF

Owensby, C.E., P.I. Coyne, J.M. Ham, L.M. Auen, and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Biomass production in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated levels of CO₂. Ecological Appl. 3:644-653. PDF

Owensby, C.E., P.I. Coyne, and L.M. Auen. 1993. Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. Plant Cell Environ. 16:843-850. PDF

De-Xing, Chen, M.B. Coughenour, C.E. Owensby, and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Mathematical simulation of C₄ grass photosynthesis in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO₂. Ecological Modeling 73:63-80. PDF

Ham, J.M., C.E. Owensby, and P.I. Coyne. 1993. Technique for measuring air flow and CO₂ flux in large open-top chambers. J. Environ. Qual. 22:759-766 PDF

Knapp, A.K., J.T. Fahnestock, and C.E. Owensby. 1993. Elevated atmospheric CO₂ alters stomatal response to sunlight in a C₄ grass. Plant Cell and Environ. 17:189-195. PDF

Knapp, A.K., E.P. Hamerlynck, and C.E. Owensby. 1993. Photosynthetic and water relations responses to elevated CO₂ in the C₄ grass, Andropogon gerardii. Int. J. Plant Sci. 154:459-466. PDF

Owensby, Clenton E. 1993. Potential impacts of elevated CO₂ and above- and belowground litter quality of a tallgrass prairie. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 70:413-424.

Owensby, Clenton E. 1993. Climate Change and Grasslands: Ecosystem-level responses to elevated carbon dioxide. Proc. 17th International Grassland Congress. pg. 1119-1124. Palmerston North, NZ. Feb. 8-21, 1993.

Ojima, D.S., B. Dirks, E.P. Glenn, C.E. Owensby, and J. Scurlock. 1993. Assessment of C budget for grasslands and drylands of the world. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 70:95-109. PDF

Owensby, C.E., L.M. Auen, and P.I. Coyne. 1994. Biomass production in a nitrogen-fertilized tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated levels of CO₂. Plant and Soil 165 (1):105-113. PDF

Rice, C.W., F.O. Garcia, C.O. Hampton, and C.E. Owensby. 1993. Microbial response in tallgrass prairie to elevated CO₂. Plant and Soil 165 (1):67-74 PDF

Knapp, A.K., M. Cocke, E.P. Hamerlynck, and C.E. Owensby. 1994. Effects of elevated CO₂ on stomatal density and distribution in a C₄ grass and a C₃ forb under field conditions. Annals Botany 74:595-599. PDF

Ham, J.M., Owensby, C.E., Coyne, P.I., and D.J. Bremer. 1995. Fluxes of CO₂ and water vapor from a prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated atmospheric CO₂. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 77:73-93.

Kemp, P.R., D. Waldecker, C. E. Owensby, J.F. Reynolds, and R.A. Virginia. 1994. Effects of elevated CO₂ and nitrogen pretreatment on decomposition of tallgrass prairie leaf litter. Plant and Soil 165 (1):115-127.

Owensby, C.E., R.M. Cochran, and L.M. Auen. 1996. Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Forage Quality for Ruminants. In Carbon Dioxide, Populations, and Communities. Koerner, C., and F. Bazzaz, eds. Physiologic Ecology Series. Academic Press pp. 363-371. PDF

Knapp, A.K., E.P. Hamerlynck, J. M. Ham, and C.E. Owensby. 1995. Responses in stomatal conductance to elevated CO₂ and open-top chambers in 12 grassland species that differ in growth form. Vegetatio 125:31-41. PDF

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp, C.W. Rice, P.I. Coyne, and L.M. Auen. 1996. Ecosystem-Level responses of Tallgrass Prairie to elevated CO_2. In Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Koch, G., and H. Mooney, eds. Physiological Ecology Series. pp.175-193. Academic Press. New York.

Bremer, D.J., J.M. Ham, and C.E.Owensby. 1996. Effect of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and open-top chambers on transpiration in a tallgrass prairie. J. Environ. Qual. 25:691-701. PDF

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, Alan K. Knapp, D. Bremer, and L.M. Auen. 1996. Water vapor fluxes and their impact under elevated CO₂ in a C₄ tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology 3:189-195. .PDF

Hamerlynck, Erik P. , Christine A. McAllister, Alan K. Knapp, Jay M. Ham and Clenton E. Owensby. 1997. Photosynthetic gas exchange and water relation responses of three tallgrass prairie species to elevated carbon dioxide and moderate drought. Int. J. Plant Science 158:608-616. .PDF

Owensby, Clenton E., Jay M. Ham, Alan K. Knapp, and Lisa M. Auen. 1999. Biomass production and species Composition change in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem after long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO₂. Global Change Biology 5:497-506. .PDF

Jastrow, J.D., C.W. Rice, R. Michael Miller, and Clenton E. Owensby.1999. Carbon and Nitrogen Accrued in Grassland Soils under Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Science (submitted for publication)

Jastrow, J.D., R.M. Miller, and C.E. Owensby. 1999. Long-term effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on belowground biomass and its transformation to soil organic matter in grasslands. Plant and Soil 224:224:85-97. .PDF

Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, and C.E. Owensby. 1999. Carbon dynamics and microbial activity in tallgrass prairie exposed to elevated CO₂ for 8 years. Plant and Soil 227:127-137. .PDF

Knapp, A.K., Naomi Bargman, Laura A. Marangi, Christine A. McAllister, Dale J. Bremer, Jay M. Ham, and C. E. Owensby. 2000. Elevated CO₂ and leaf longevity in the C₄ grassland dominant, Andropogon gerardii. Int. J. Plant Sci. 160:1057-1061. .PDF

Campbell, B.D., D.M. Stafford Smith,A.J. Ash, J. Fuhrer, R.M. Gifford, P. Hiernaux, S.M. Howden, M.B. Jones, J.A. Ludwig, R. Manderscheid, J.A. Morgan, P.C.D. Newton, J. Nösberger,C.E. Owensby, J.F. Soussana, Z. Tuba, C. ZuoZhong. 2000. A synthesis of recent global change research on pasture and rangeland production: reduced uncertainties and their management implications. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 82:39-55.

Adam, Neal R., Clenton E. Owensby, and Jay M. Ham. 2001. The Effect of CO₂ Enrichment on Photosynthetic Rates and Instantaneous Water Use Efficiency of Andropogon gerardii in the Tallgrass Prairie. Photosynthesis Research 65:121-129. .PDF

Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, A. Omay, and C.E. Owensby. 2000. Carbon pools in a tallgrass prairie soil under elevated CO₂. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. Accepted for publication.

Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, and C.E. Owensby. 2000. Nitrogen competition in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. 65:340-346. .PDF

Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, A. Omay, and C.E. Owensby. 2004. Carbon pools in a Tallgrass prairie soil under elevated carbon dioxide. Soil Sci, Soc. Amer. 68:148-153. .PDF

Jastrow, Julie D., R. Michael Miller, Roser Matamala, Richard J. Norby, Thomas W. Boutton, Charles W. Rice, Clenton E. Owensby. 2005. Elevated atmospheric CO₂ increases soil carbon. Global Change Biology 11:2057-2064. .PDF

Gilmanov, T.G., Demment, M.W., Wylie, B.K., Laca, E.A., Akshalov, K., Baldocchi, D.D., Belelli, L., Bradford, J.A., Coulter, R.L., Dugas, W.A., Emmerich, W.E., Flanagan, L.B., Frank, A.B., Haferkamp, M.R., Johnson, D.A., Meyers, T.P., Morgan, J.A., Nasyrov, M., Owensby, C.E., Pekour, M.S., Pilegaard, K., Saliendra, N.Z., Sanz, M.J., Sims, P.L., Soussana, J.F., Tieszen, L.L., Verma, S.B. 2005. Quantification of CO₂ exchange in grassland ecosystems of the world using tower measurements, modeling and remote sensing. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Grassland Congress. June 26 - July 1, 2005, University College, Dublin Ireland. p. 78.

Owensby, Clenton E., Jay M. Ham, and Lisa M. Auen. 2005. Fluxes of CO₂ from grazed and ungrazed tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:111-127. .PDF

Lai, C., W. Riley, C. Owensby, J. Ham, A. Schauer, and J. R. Ehleringer (2006), Seasonal and interannual variations of carbon and oxygen isotopes of respired CO2 in a tallgrass prairie: Measurements and modeling results from 3 years with contrasting water availability, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D08S06, doi:10.1029/2005JD006436. .PDF

Williams, M.A., C. W. Rice, A. Omay, and C. Owensby. 2006. Natural ¹⁵N abundances in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to 8-y of elevated atmospheric CO₂. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:409-412. .PDF

Lai, Chun-Ta, Andrew J. Schauer, Clenton Owensby, Jay M. Ham, Brent Helliker, Pieter P. Tans, Ken Masarie, James R. Ehleringer 2006. Regional CO2 fluxes inferred from mixing ratio measurements: estimates from flasked air samples in central Kansas, USA. Tellus 58B:523-536. .PDF

Gilmanov,Tagir G. L. Aires, Z. Barcza, V. S. Baron, L. Belelli, J. Beringer, D. Billesbach, D. Bonal, J. Bradford, E. Ceschia, D. Cook, C. Corradi, A. Frank, D. Gianelle, C. Gimeno, T. Gruenwald, Haiqiang Guo, N. Hanan, L. Haszpra, J. Heilman, A. Jacobs, M. B. Jones, D. A. Johnson, G. Kiely,2 Shenggong Li, V. Magliulo, E. Moors, Z. Nagy, M. Nasyrov, C. Owensby, K. Pinter, C. Pio, M. Reichstein, M. J. Sanz, R. Scott, J. F. Soussana, P. C. Stoy, T. Svejcar, Z. Tuba, and Guangsheng Zhou. 2010. Productivity, respiration, and light-response parameters of world grassland and agroecosystems Derived From Flux-Tower Measurements 2010. Rangeland Ecol Manage 63:16–39. .PDF

Brunsell, N.A., J.M. Ham, and C.E. Owensby. 2008. Assessing the multi-resolution information content of remotely sensed variables and elevation for evapotranspiration in a tallgrass prairie environment. Remote Sensing and the Environment 112:2977-2987. .PDF

Dang X, Chun-Ta Lai, David Y. Hollinger, Andrew J. Schauer, Jingfeng Xiao, J. William Munger, Clenton Owensby, and James R. Ehleringer. 2011. Combining tower mixing ratio and community model data to estimate regional scale net ecosystem carbon exchange by boundary layer inversion over four flux towers in the United States. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 116, G03036, doi:10.1029/2010JG001554. .PDF

Peterson, A.G.a , Ball, T.J.a, Yiqi, L.a, Field, C.B.b, Reich, P.B.c, Curtis, P.S.d, Griffin, K.L.e, Gunderson, C.A.f, Norby, R.J.f, Tissue, D.T.g, Forstreuter, M.h, Ana, R.i, Vogel, C.S.j, Amthor, J.S.k, Drake, B.k, Emanuel, W.R.k, Johnson, D.W.k, Hanson, P.J.k, Lou, Y.k, McMurtrie, R.E.k, Oechel, W.C.k, Owensby, C.E.k, Parton, W.J.k, Pierce, L.L.k, Rastetter, E.B.k, Ruimy, A.k, Running, S.W.k, Zak, D.R..The photosynthesis - leaf nitrogen relationship at ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide: A meta-analysis. 1999. Global Change Biology 5:331-346. .PDF

Other Technical Publications

Owensby, C.E., P.I. Coyne, and L.M. Auen. 1989. Response of Vegetation to Carbon Dioxide, No. 54. Rangeland - Plant Response to Elevated CO2. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Owensby, C.E., P.I. Coyne, L.M. Auen, and N. Sionit. 1990. Response of Vegetation to Carbon Dioxide, No. 59. Rangeland - Plant Response to Elevated CO2. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Owensby, Clenton E. 1993. Climate Change and Grasslands: Ecosystem-level responses to elevated carbon dioxide. Proc. 17th International Grassland Congress. pg. 1119-1124. Palmerston North, NZ. Feb. 8-21, 1993.

Owensby, Clenton E. 1998. Role of grasslands as modifiers of global climate change. Proc. 18th International Grassland Congress. pg. 9-12. Winnipeg, Canada. June, 1998. PDF

Books, Book Chapters.

Ojima, D.S., B. Dirks, E.P. Glenn, C.E. Owensby, and J. Scurlock. 1993. Assessment of C budget for grasslands and drylands of the world. n Terrestrial Bioshperic Carbon Fluxes: Quantification of Sinks and Sources of CO₂. J. Wisniewski and N. Sampson, eds.. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston . pp. 95-109.

Owensby, Clenton E. 1993. Potential impacts of elevated CO₂ and above- and belowground litter quality of a tallgrass prairie.In Terrestrial Bioshperic Carbon Fluxes: Quantification of Sinks and Sources of CO₂. J. Wisniewski and N. Sampson, eds.. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston. pp. 413-424.

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp, C.W. Rice, P.I. Coyne, and L.M. Auen. 1994. Ecosystem-Level responses of Tallgrass Prairie to elevated CO₂. GCTE-UNESCO Pub.pp. 175-193.

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp, C.W. Rice, P.I. Coyne, and L.M. Auen. 1996. Ecosystem-Level responses of Tallgrass Prairie to elevated CO_2. In Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Koch, G., and H. Mooney, eds. Physiological Ecology Series. pp.175-193. Academic Press. New York.

Owensby, C.E., R.M. Cochran, and L.M. Auen. 1996. Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Forage Quality for Ruminants. In Carbon Dioxide, Populations, and Communities. Koerner, C., and F. Bazzaz, eds. Physiologic Ecology Series. Academic Press pp. 363-371.

Seastedt, T.R., B.P. Hayden, C.E. Owensby, and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Climate Change Elevated CO₂, and Predictive Modeling: Past and Future Climate Change Scenarios for the Tallgrass Prairie. Pages 283-300. In Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. (A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins eds.), Oxford University Press, New York.

Rice, Charles W., and Clenton E. Owensby. 2000. The Effects of Fire and Grazing on Soil Carbon in Rangelands. pgs. 323-342. In, The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. R.F. Follett, J.M. Kimble, and R.Lal eds. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton,FL, USA 33431.