Beyond adding up inputs and outputs: Process assessment and upscaling in modelling nutrient flows

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-319

  Schlecht, Eva ^a   Hiernaux, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Mathematical modelling; Nutrient balances; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

GIS; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SOIL FERTILITY; UPSCALING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14644427876     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-005-0765-x     Document Type: Review

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