The effects of scale on crop yield variability

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-434

  Gorski T ^a   Gorska K ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Area aggregation; Autocorrelation; Crop yield variability; Potato; Rye; Scale effects; Sugar beet; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CROP YIELD; WEATHER; YIELD RESPONSE;

POLAND;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242493507     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(03)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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