On testing biological data for the presence of a boundary

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Milne, A E ^a   Wheeler, H C ^b   Lark, R M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary line; Convex hulls

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY LINE; CROP YIELD; SOIL SCIENCE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 33749021653     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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