Adaptation and evaluation of the integrated farm system model to simulate temperate multiple-species pastures

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Corson, Michael S ^a   Alan Rotz, C ^a   Howard Skinner, R ^a   Sanderson, Matt A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Multiple species pastures; Whole farm model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORAGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWARD;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33947656553     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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