William Parton

Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University

Recent Publications

• Microbial-Explicit Processes and Refined Perennial Plant Traits Improve Modeled Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics
• Reparameterizing Litter Decomposition Using a Simplified Monte Carlo Method Improves Litter Decay Simulated by a Microbial Model and Alters Bioenergy Soil Carbon Estimates
• Climate vs Energy Security: Quantifying the Tradeoffs of BECCS Deployment and Overcoming Opportunity Costs on Set-Aside Land
• In silico Evaluation of Plant Nitrification Suppression Effects on Agroecosystem Nitrogen Loss
• Seasonal Grassland Productivity Forecast for the U.S. Great Plains Using Grass-Cast
• Soybean Fallow and Nitrification Inhibitors: Strategies to Reduce N2O Emission Intensities and N Losses in Australian Sugarcane Cropping Systems
• In silico Assessment of the Potential of Basalt Amendments to Reduce N2O Emissions from Bioenergy Crops
• The Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle Impacts of Reverting Perennial Bioenergy Switchgrass to an Annual Maize Crop Rotation
• 21st Century Biogeochemical Modeling: Challenges for Century-Based Models and Where Do We Go from Here?
• Assessing Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, and NDVI as Controls of U.S. Great Plains Plant Production
• Photodegradation Accelerates Ecosystem N Cycling in a Simulated California Grassland

Recent Datasets

• Microbial-Explicit Processes and Refined Perennial Plant Traits Improve Modeled Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics
• CORPSE Model with Litter Decomposition Parameters Derived from the LIDET Dataset
• FUN-BioCROP Model with Litter Decomposition Parameters Derived from the LIDET Dataset
• Climate vs Energy Security: Quantifying the Trade-offs of BECCS Deployment and Overcoming Opportunity Costs on Set-Aside Land
• In silico Evaluation of Plant Nitrification Suppression Effects on Agroecosystem Nitrogen Loss
• Assessing Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, and NDVI as Controls of U.S. Great Plains Plant Production