Strategic and tactical prediction of forage production in northern mixed-grass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 576-584

  Andales, Allan A ^a   Derner, Justin D ^b   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^a   Hart, Richard H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support tool; Great Plains Framework for Agricultural Resource Management (GPFARM); Modeling; Northern Great Plains; Peak standing crop; Precipitation; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; FORAGE; PRAIRIE; SIMULATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CHEYENNE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33845490845     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-001R1.1     Document Type: Article

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