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Parton WJ, Coughenor MB, Scurlock JMO, Ojima DS, Gilmanov TG, Kircherner TB, Menaut JC,
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legumes in mixed pastures with grass. J Ecol 84:815–826
Song CH, Woodcock EC (2003) A regional forest ecosystem carbon budget model: impacts of
forest age structure and landuse history. Ecol Model 164:33–47
Thornton PE, Law BE, Gholz HL, Clark KL, Falge E, Ellsworth DS, Goldstein AH, Monson RK,
Hollinger D, Paw UJC, Sparks JP (2002) Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance
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models for landscape to regional scale analysis of the carbon cycle. BioScience 54:573–584
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Coupling canopy functioning and radiative transfer models for remote sensing data assimilation. Agr Forest Meteorol 108:113–128
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analysis of the BIOME-BGC terrestrial ecosystem model: net primary production controls.
Earth Interact 4(3):1–84
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ecological models: a new approach. Environ Model Softw 26:124–134
Mitchell SW, Csillag F (2001) Assessing the stability and uncertainty of predicted vegetation
growth under climatic variability: northern mixed grass prairie, Ecol Model, 139(2-3):
101–121
Ojima DS, Parton WJ, Coughenor MB, Scurlock JMO, Kircherner TB, Kittel TGF, Hall DO,
Schimel DS, Moya EG, Gilmanov TG, Seastedt TR, Kamnalrut A, Kinyamario JI, Long SP,
Menaut JC, Sala OE, Scholes RJ, Veen JA (1996) Impact of climate and atmospheric carbon
dioxide changes on grasslands of the world. In: Hall DO, Breymeyer AI, Melillo JM, Argen GI
(eds) Global change: effects on coniferous forests and grasslands. Wiley, London, pp 271–311
Orr RJ, Parsons AJ, Penning PD, Treacher TT (1990) Sward composition, animal performance and
the potential of grass/white clover swards continuously stocked with sheep. Grass Forage Sci
45:325–336
Parton W, Scurlock J, Ojima D (1993) Observations and modelling of biomass and soil organic
matter dynamics for the grassland biome worldwide. Global Biogeochem Cycles 7:785–809
Parton WJ, Coughenor MB, Scurlock JMO, Ojima DS, Gilmanov TG, Kircherner TB, Menaut JC,
Seastedt TR, Moya EG, Kamnalrut A, Kinyamario JI, Hall DO (1996) Global grassland
ecosystem modeling: development and test of ecosystem models for grassland system. In:
Hall DO, Breymeyer AI, Melillo JM, Argen GI (eds) Global change: effects on coniferous
forests and grasslands. Wiley, London, pp 229–269
Psomas A, Kneubu ¨hler M, Huber S, Itten K, Zimmermann NE (2008) Coupling imaging spectroscopy and ecosystem process modelling – the importance of spatially distributed foliar
biochemical concentration estimates for modelling NPP of grassland habitats. In: IEEE
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2008), IEEE Boston (USA), CD-ROM
Ranson KJ, Sun G, Knox RG, Levine ER, Weishampel JF, Fifer ST (2001) Northern forest
ecosystem dynamics using coupled models and remote sensing. Remote Sens Environ
75:291–302
Running SW, Hunt ER (1993) Generalization of a forest ecosystem process model for other
biomes, BIOME-BGC and an application for global-scale models. In: Ehleringer JC
(ed) Field scaling physiological processes: leaf to globe. Academic, San Diego, pp 141–158
Saltelli A, Tarantola S, Campolongo F (2000) Sensitivity analysis as an ingredient of modeling.
Stat Sci 15:377–395
Schwinning S, Parsons AJ (1996a) Analysis of the coexistence mechanisms for grasses and
legumes in grazing systems. J Ecol 84:799–813
Schwinning S, Parsons AJ (1996b) A spatially explicit population model of stoloniferous N-fixing
legumes in mixed pastures with grass. J Ecol 84:815–826
Song CH, Woodcock EC (2003) A regional forest ecosystem carbon budget model: impacts of
forest age structure and landuse history. Ecol Model 164:33–47
Thornton PE, Law BE, Gholz HL, Clark KL, Falge E, Ellsworth DS, Goldstein AH, Monson RK,
Hollinger D, Paw UJC, Sparks JP (2002) Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance
history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needle leaf forests. Agric For
Meteorol 113:185–222
Trusilova K, Churkina G (2008) The terrestrial ecosystem model GBIOME-BGCv1. Tech Rep
Max-Planck-Institut fu ¨r Biogeochemie 14:1–61
Turner DP, Ollinger SV, Kimball JS (2004) Integrating remote sensing and ecosystem process
models for landscape to regional scale analysis of the carbon cycle. BioScience 54:573–584
Weiss M, Troufleau D, Baret F, Chauki H, Prevot L, Olioso A, Bruguier N, Brisson N (2001)
Coupling canopy functioning and radiative transfer models for remote sensing data assimilation. Agr Forest Meteorol 108:113–128
White MA, Thornton PE, Running SW, Nemani RR (2000) Parameterization and sensitivity
analysis of the BIOME-BGC terrestrial ecosystem model: net primary production controls.
Earth Interact 4(3):1–84
8 Grassland Productivity Simulation: Integrating Remote Sensing. . .
169