Modelling carbon dynamics in mixed grass-red clover swards

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Torssell, Bengt ^a   Eckersten, Henrik ^a   Kornher, Alois ^b   Nyman, Per ^a   Boström, Ullalena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grass; Growth model; Mixed ley; Parameter estimates; Radiation use efficiency; Red clover; Root allocation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; DRY MATTER; GROWTH MODELING; HERB; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MEADOW; MODELING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SWARD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 33947629820     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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