Relationships between meteorological data and grass growth over time in the south of Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-201

  Hurtado Uria, Cristina ^a,b   Hennessy, Deirdre ^a   Shalloo, Laurence ^a   O’Connor, Declan ^b   Delaby, Luc ^c  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Grass growth modelling; Ireland; Meteorological factors; Meteorological patterns; Start of grass growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84891775380     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2013.865364     Document Type: Article

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