Review and analysis of strengths and weaknesses of agro-ecosystem models for simulating C and N fluxes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 598, Issue , 2017, Pages 445-470

  Brilli, Lorenzo ^a,o   Bechini, Luca ^b   Bindi, Marco ^a   Carozzi, Marco ^c   Cavalli, Daniele ^b   Conant, Richard ^d   Dorich, Cristopher D ^d   Doro, Luca ^e,p   Ehrhardt, Fiona ^f   Farina, Roberta ^g   Ferrise, Roberto ^a   Fitton, Nuala ^h   Francaviglia, Rosa ^g   Grace, Peter ⁱ   Iocola, Ileana ^e   Klumpp, Katja ⁿ   Léonard, Joël ^j   Martin, Raphaël ⁿ   Massad, Raia Silvia ^c   Recous, Sylvie ^k   Seddaiu, Giovanna ^e   Sharp, Joanna ^l   Smith, Pete ^h   Smith, Ward N ^m   Soussana, Jean Francois ^f   Bellocchi, Gianni ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^f INRA   (France)

^g ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^j Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

^k UMR614 FARE   (France)

^l THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^m AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

^o CNR   (Italy)

^p BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Biogeochemical models; C cycle; Management; N cycle; Pedo climate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; N CYCLES; PEDO-CLIMATE; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS SIMULATOR; AGROECOSYSTEM; ALGORITHM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE SYNTHESIS ENVIRONNEMENT ET GRANDES CULTURES; CROP MANAGEMENT; DAYCENT MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGROTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION DECOMPOSITION MODEL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INTEGRATED CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PASTURE SIMULATION MODEL; REVIEW; ROTHAMSTED CARBON MODEL; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 85018586052     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.208     Document Type: Review

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