Modelling Mediterranean agro-ecosystems by including agricultural trees in the LPJmL model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3545-3561

  Fader, M ^a   Von Bloh, W ^b   Shi, S ^c   Bondeau, A ^a   Cramer, W ^a  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROFORESTRY; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP YIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FODDER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORCHARD; VEGETABLE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CITRUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; POACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VITACEAE;

EID: 84946825798     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-3545-2015     Document Type: Article

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