Scaling up of a mechanistic dynamic model in a GIS environment to model temperate grassland production at the regional scale

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-331

  Gimona, A ^a   Birnie, R V ^a   Sibbald, A R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Regional production; Soil; Spatial model; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; SIMULATION;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33746926701     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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