GePSi: A generic plant simulator based on object-oriented principles

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-66

  Chen, Jia Lin ^a   Reynolds, James F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated CO2; Hierarchy; Modular; Plant growth; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031053851     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)01928-X     Document Type: Article

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