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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
44
Citations
7858
World Ranking
3016
National Ranking
751

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Agriculture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Growing season, Ecosystem, Soil water and Grassland. His Plant community research extends to Agronomy, which is thematically connected. His biological study deals with issues like Biomass, which deal with fields such as Water-use efficiency, Poa pratensis, Andropogon and Animal science.

His research in Ecosystem focuses on subjects like Soil organic matter, which are connected to Biomass, Plant physiology, Nutrient, Nitrogen cycle and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. His work carried out in the field of Soil water brings together such families of science as Botany and Water content. His research in Grassland intersects with topics in Canopy and Eddy covariance, Ecosystem respiration.

His most cited work include:

  • Long- and short-term effects of fire on nitrogen cycling in tallgrass prairie (338 citations)
  • Biomass Production in a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem Exposed to Ambient and Elevated CO"2 (284 citations)
  • Biomass production and species composition change in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem after long‐term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2 (249 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Agronomy, Animal science, Grazing, Growing season and Pasture are his primary areas of study. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Range and Stocking. His Animal science study also includes

  • Human fertilization which is related to area like Early season,
  • Botany and related Grassland.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Sorghum and Late season. His Growing season study combines topics in areas such as Biomass, Andropogon, Ecosystem and Poa pratensis. His Biomass study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Soil water and Water-use efficiency.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (59.85%)
  • Animal science (28.03%)
  • Grazing (25.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2021)?

  • Grazing (25.00%)
  • Agronomy (59.85%)
  • Ecosystem (11.36%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Clenton E. Owensby mainly focuses on Grazing, Agronomy, Ecosystem, Hydrology and Growing season. Clenton E. Owensby has included themes like Stocking, Aboveground biomass and Pasture in his Grazing study. His Agronomy research includes elements of Plant ecology and Plant community.

His Ecosystem research integrates issues from Biomass, Sampling, Soil water and Grassland. Clenton E. Owensby interconnects Environmental chemistry and Carbon dioxide in the investigation of issues within Soil water. His research in Growing season tackles topics such as Ecosystem respiration which are related to areas like Atmospheric sciences.

Between 2002 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide increases soil carbon (217 citations)
  • Isotopic air sampling in a tallgrass prairie to partition net ecosystem CO2 exchange (134 citations)
  • Grazing management effects on plant species diversity in tallgrass prairie (117 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

His scientific interests lie mostly in Eddy covariance, Growing season, Ecosystem, Agronomy and Ecosystem respiration. His Eddy covariance research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Primary production, Steppe and Grassland. His research integrates issues of Hydrology, Water content, Canopy and FluxNet in his study of Grassland.

His work deals with themes such as Soil science and Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, which intersect with Ecosystem. Clenton E. Owensby works in the field of Agronomy, namely Grazing. The various areas that he examines in his Carbon dioxide study include Soil water, Soil carbon, Soil organic matter, Deciduous and Carbon sequestration.

Best Publications

  • Long- and short-term effects of fire on nitrogen cycling in tallgrass prairie

    Dennis S. Ojima;D. S. Schimel;W. J. Parton;C. E. Owensby

  • Biomass Production in a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem Exposed to Ambient and Elevated CO"2

    Clenton E. Owensby;Patrick I. Coyne;Jay M. Ham;Lisa M. Auen

  • Fire and Grazing in the Tallgrass Prairie: Contingent Effects on Nitrogen Budgets

    N. Thompson Hobbs;David S. Schimel;Clenton E. Owensby;Dennis S. Ojima

  • Biomass production and species composition change in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem after long‐term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2

    Clenton E. Owensby;Jay. M. Ham;Alan. K. Knapp;Lisa. M. Auen

  • Long-term effects of annual burning at different dates in ungrazed Kansas tallgrass prairie.

    Gene Towne;Clenton Owensby

  • Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide increases soil carbon

    Julie D. Jastrow;R. Michael Miller;Roser Matamala;Richard J. Norby

  • Responses of Soil Respiration to Clipping and Grazing in a Tallgrass Prairie

    Dale J. Bremer;Jay M. Ham;Clenton E. Owensby;Alan K. Knapp

  • Burning bluestem range.

    Kling L. Anderson;Ed F. Smith;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Grazing management effects on plant species diversity in tallgrass prairie

    Karen R. Hickman;David C. Hartnett;Robert C. Cochran;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Soil microbial response in tallgrass prairie to elevated CO2

    Charles W. Rice;Fernando O. Garcia;Colleen O. Hampton;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Productivity, Respiration, and Light-Response Parameters of World Grassland and Agroecosystems Derived From Flux-Tower Measurements

    Tagir G Gilmanov;L Aires;Z Barcza;V S Baron

  • Assessment of C budget for grasslands and drylands of the world.

    Dennis S. Ojima;Bjørn O. M. Dirks;Edward P. Glenn;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Carbon dynamics and microbial activity in tallgrass prairie exposed to elevated CO2 for 8 years

    Mark A. Williams;Charles W. Rice;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Evapotranspiration in a Prairie Ecosystem: Effects of Grazing by Cattle

    Dale J. Bremer;Lisa M. Auen;Jay M. Ham;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Modified step-point system for botanical composition and basal cover estimates

    Clentone E. Owensby

  • Intensive-Early Stocking and Season-Long Stocking of Kansas Flint Hills Range

    Ed F. Smith;Clenton E. Owensby

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to elevated carbon dioxide

    C. E. Owensby;P. I. Coyne;L. M. Auen

  • Effects of clipping and supplemental nitrogen and water on loamy upland bluestem range.

    Clenton E. Owensby;Robert M. Hyde;Kling L. Anderson

  • Water vapour fluxes and their impact under elevated CO2 in a C4-tallgrass prairie

    Clenton E. Owensby;Jay M. Ham;Alan K. Knapp;Dale Bremer

  • Fluxes of CO2 From Grazed and Ungrazed Tallgrass Prairie

    Clenton E. Owensby;Jay M. Ham;Lisa M. Auen

  • Isotopic air sampling in a tallgrass prairie to partition net ecosystem CO2 exchange

    Chun Ta Lai;Andrew J. Schauer;Clenton Owensby;Jay M. Ham

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay M. Ham
Jay M. Ham Colorado State University
R.C. Cochran
R.C. Cochran Kansas State University
Alan K. Knapp
Alan K. Knapp Colorado State University
Charles W. Rice
Charles W. Rice Kansas State University
Robert T. Brandt
Robert T. Brandt Kansas State University
James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
Dennis S. Ojima
Dennis S. Ojima Colorado State University
David C. Hartnett
David C. Hartnett Kansas State University
Julie D. Jastrow
Julie D. Jastrow Argonne National Laboratory
Gail W. T. Wilson
Gail W. T. Wilson Oklahoma State University

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