Spatially and temporally explicit modeling of conditions for primary production of annuals in dry environments

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 339-353

  Svoray, Tal ^a   Shafran Nathan, Rakefet ^a   Henkin, Zalmen ^b   Perevolotsky, Avi ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Annuals; Explicit models; Geographic information systems; Grasslands; Primary production; Remote sensing; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ANNUALS; BIOMASS HARVEST; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; CURRENT MODELING; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; EVAPORATION RATE; EXPLICIT MODELING; EXPLICIT MODELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRASSLANDS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HEURISTIC MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; LANDSCAPE SCALES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL DEPTHS; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SUB-MODELS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TWO SOURCES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVAPORATION; GERMINATION; GIS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HEURISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 52449118201     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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