Simulation of spring barley yield in different climatic zones of Northern and Central Europe: A comparison of nine crop models

Field Crops Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-36

  Rötter, Reimund P ^a   Palosuo, Taru ^a   Kersebaum, Kurt Christian ^b   Angulo, Carlos ^c   Bindi, Marco ^d   Ewert, Frank ^c   Ferrise, Roberto ^d   Hlavinka, Petr ^e   Moriondo, Marco ^f   Nendel, Claas ^b   Olesen, Jørgen E ^g   Patil, Ravi H ^g,h   Ruget, Françoise ⁱ   Takáč, Jozef ^j   Trnka, Miroslav ^e,k  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h University of Florida   (United States)

ⁱ UAPV   (France)

^j Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

^k INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Climate; Crop growth simulation; Model comparison; Spring barley; Uncertainty; Yield variability

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH MODELING; PHENOLOGY; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84861468366     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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