Modelling above-ground herbage mass for a wide range of grassland community types

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-225

  Duru, M ^a   Adam, M ^b   Cruz, P ^a   Martin, G ^a   Ansquer, P ^a   Ducourtieux, C ^a   Jouany, C ^a   Theau, J P ^a   Viegas, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UFSM ^*  (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Grasses; Management; Model; Permanent grassland; Plant functional type

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CUTTING; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENTS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION RATES; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CUTTING REGIMES; DATA SETS; FIELD DATUMS; GRASS MODELS; GRASS SPECIES; GRASSES; GROWING SEASONS; GROWTH CURVES; GROWTH CYCLES; GROWTH MODELS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITIES; OBSERVED DATUMS; PERMANENT GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITIES; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES; PLANT GROWTH RATES; PLANT SPECIES; PREDICTED VALUES; PRODUCTION TARGETS;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POACEAE;

EID: 56949091931     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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