LINGRA, a sink/source model to simulate grassland productivity in Europe

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Schapendonk, A H C M ^a   Stol, W ^a   Van Kraalingen, D W G ^a   Bouman, B A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grass; Leaf area; Lolium perenne L.; Modelling; Phenology; Productivity; Sink source

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0032457079     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(98)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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