Crop rotation modelling-A European model intercomparison

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-111

  Kollas, Chris ^a,c   Kersebaum, Kurt Christian ^a   Nendel, Claas ^a   Manevski, Kiril ^b   Müller, Christoph ^c   Palosuo, Taru ^d   Armas Herrera, Cecilia M ^e   Beaudoin, Nicolas ^e   Bindi, Marco ^r   Charfeddine, Monia ^g   Conradt, Tobias ^c   Constantin, Julie ^h   Eitzinger, Josef ⁱ   Ewert, Frank ^k   Ferrise, Roberto ^r   Gaiser, Thomas ^k   Cortazar Atauri, Iñaki Garcia de ^l   Giglio, Luisa ^g   Hlavinka, Petr ^a,m   Hoffmann, Holger ^k   Hoffmann, Munir P ⁿ   Launay, Marie ^l   Manderscheid, Remy ^o   Mary, Bruno ^e   Mirschel, Wilfried ^a   Moriondo, Marco ^s   Olesen, Jørgen E ^b   Öztürk, Isik ^b   Pacholski, Andreas ^j,o   Ripoche Wachter, Dominique ^l   Roggero, Pier Paolo ^f   Roncossek, Svenja ^b   Rötter, Reimund P ^d   Ruget, Françoise ^p   Sharif, Behzad ^b   Trnka, Mirek ^m,u   Ventrella, Domenico ^g   Waha, Katharina ^c,t   Wegehenkel, Martin ^a   Weigel, Hans Joachim ^o   Wu, Lianhai ^q   more..

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^j LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^l French National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^m Global Change Research Centre AS CR ^*  (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^o Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

^p UAPV   (France)

^q ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^s CNR   (Italy)

^t CSIRO   (Australia)

^u MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

more..

Author keywords

Catch crop; Crop simulation models; Intermediate crop; Model ensemble; Multi year; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CALIBRATION; CATCH CROP; CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRASS; GROWTH MODELING; NITROGEN; ROOT VEGETABLE; SOIL TYPE;

EUROPE;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84939477063     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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