ALMANAC: A potential tool for simulating agroforestry yields and improving SWAT simulations of agroforestry watersheds

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Johnson, M V V ^a   MacDonald, J D ^b   Kiniry, J R ^a   Arnold, J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; BOREAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT BALANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT MODEL; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL TOOL; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOUND MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL SYSTEMS; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED SCALE; WOODY SPECIES;

COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; TROPICS; WATER SHEDS;

POACEAE;

EID: 73449106440     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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