Statistical methods for evaluating a crop nitrogen simulation model, N ABLE

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-53

  Yang, J ^a   Greenwood, D J ^b   Rowell, D L ^a   Wadsworth, G A ^a   Burns, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difference measures; Nitrogen simulation model, N ABLE; Nitrogen uptake; Soil mineral N; Statistical evaluation; Test statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034122196     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(00)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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