Using site-specific data to estimate energy crop yield

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-113

  Laurent, A ^a   Loyce, C ^a   Makowski, D ^a   Pelzer, E ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Energy crops; Miscanthus giganteus; Site specific data; Yield estimation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; ENERGY CROPS; MISCANTHUS; SITE-SPECIFIC; YIELD ESTIMATION;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; C4 PLANT; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASS; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 84942521131     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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