Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: Implications for ecological forecasting

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1007-1018

  Estes, L D ^a   Bradley, B A ^b   Beukes, H ^c   Hole, D G ^d   Lau, M ^a   Oppenheimer, M G ^a   Schulze, R ^e   Tadross, M A ^f   Turner, W R ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Conservation International   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ecological niche model; Empirical model; Habitat suitability model; Intercomparison; Maize; Mechanistic model; South Africa; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAIZE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NDVI; NICHE; PRODUCTIVITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880043838     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12034     Document Type: Article

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