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Overview

Dennis S. Ojima is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, and aspects related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Ojima has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Ecosphere
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
  • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • Climatic Change

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Global-DEP conceptual framework - research on dryland ecosystems to promote sustainability," 2020, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "Recent Climate Changes Across the Great Plains and Implications for Natural Resource Management Practices," 2021, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • "A climate change indicator framework for rangelands and pastures of the USA," 2020, Climatic Change
  • "Climate resilient management in response to flash droughts in the US Northern Great Plains," 2021, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Robert G. Woodmansee
  • Kathleen C. Weathers
  • Osvaldo E. Sala
  • Robert Washington-Allen
  • Yude Pan

In addition to journal publications, Ojima has published at least one book titled "Natural Resource Management Reimagined" through Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of factors controlling soil organic matter levels in Great Plains grasslands

    W. J. Parton;D. S. Schimel;C. V. Cole;D. S. Ojima

  • Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order

    Richard J. Hobbs;Salvatore Arico;James Aronson;Jill S. Baron

  • Observations and modeling of biomass and soil organic matter dynamics for the grassland biome worldwide

    W. J. Parton;J. M. O. Scurlock;D. S. Ojima;T. G. Gilmanov

  • Nutrient Imbalances in agricultural development

    P.M. Vitousek;Rosamond L. Naylor;T. Crews;M.B. David

  • Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils

    David S. Schimel;B. H. Braswell;Elisabeth A. Holland;Rebecca McKeown

  • DAYCENT and its land surface submodel: description and testing

    William J. Parton;Melannie Hartman;Dennis Ojima;David Schimel

  • Modeling gross primary production of temperate deciduous broadleaf forest using satellite images and climate data

    Xiangming Xiao;Qingyuan Zhang;Bobby Braswell;Shawn Urbanski

  • A review of climate-change adaptation strategies for wildlife management and biodiversity conservation.

    Jonathan R. Mawdsley;Robin O’Malley;Dennis S. Ojima

  • A general model for soil organic matter dynamics: sensitivity to litter chemistry, texture and management.

    William J. Parton;Dennis S. Ojima;C. Vernon Cole;David S. Schimel

  • Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States

    David S. Schimel;Jerry M. Melillo;Hanqin Tian;A. D. McGuire

  • Coupled Atmosphere–Biophysics–Hydrology Models for Environmental Modeling

    Robert L. Walko;Larry E. Band;Jill Baron;Timothy G. F. Kittel

  • Generalized model for N2 and N2O production from nitrification and denitrification

    W.J. Parton;A.R. Mosier;D.S. Ojima;D.W. Valentine

  • The global impact of land-use change

    D. S. Ojima;K. A. Galvin;B. L.I.I. Turner

  • Generalized model for NOx and N2O emissions from soils

    W. J. Parton;E. A. Holland;S. J. Del Grosso;M. D. Hartman

  • U.S. Agriculture and Climate Change: New Results

    J. Reilly;F. Tubiello;B. McCarl;D. Abler

  • Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

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  • 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

  • Sustainable Biofuels Redux

    G. Philip Robertson;Virginia H. Dale;Otto C. Doering;Steven P. Hamburg

  • General model for N2O and N2 gas emissions from soils due to dentrification

    S. J. Del Grosso;W. J. Parton;A. R. Mosier;D. S. Ojima

  • Impact of climate change on grassland production and soil carbon worldwide

    W.J. Parton;J.M.O. Scurlock;D.S. Ojima;D.S. Schimel

  • DAYCENT model analysis of past and contemporary soil N2O and net greenhouse gas flux for major crops in the USA.

    S.J. Del Grosso;S.J. Del Grosso;A.R. Mosier;W.J. Parton;D.S. Ojima

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Parton
William J. Parton Colorado State University
David S. Schimel
David S. Schimel Jet Propulsion Lab
Arvin R. Mosier
Arvin R. Mosier University of Melbourne
Timothy G. F. Kittel
Timothy G. F. Kittel University of Colorado Boulder
Jill S. Baron
Jill S. Baron United States Geological Survey
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Elisabeth A. Holland
Elisabeth A. Holland University of the South Pacific
Josep G. Canadell
Josep G. Canadell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard T. Conant
Richard T. Conant Colorado State University
Keith Paustian
Keith Paustian Colorado State University

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