The next generation models for crops and agro-ecosystems

Science China Information Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-597

  Zhu, Xin Guang ^a,b   Zhang, Gui Lian ^a   Tholen, Danny ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Xin, Chang Peng ^a   Song, Qing Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

crop models; crop yields; ecosystem models; nonlinear analysis; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952437468     PISSN: 1674733X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-011-4197-8     Document Type: Article

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