Grazplan: Decision support systems for Australian grazing enterprises. III. Pasture growth and soil moisture submodels, and the GrassGro DSS

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-582

  Moore, A D ^a   Donnelly, J R ^a   Freer, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GRAZING SYSTEM; GRAZPLAN; PASTURE GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030821637     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(97)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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