Soil-plant nitrogen dynamics: What concepts are required?

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 145-159

  Stockdale, E A ^a   Gaunt, J L ^a   Vos, J ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Dynamic optimization; Scaling; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SCALING; SIMULATION MODEL;

EID: 0030609515     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(97)00030-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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