Mathematical models in agriculture [ quantitative methods for the plant, animal and ecological sciences

Bringing together the disciplines of agriculture, animal science, plant science and ecology, this book explores how mathematics can be used to understand and explain agricultural processes. It starts by providing a review of the mathematical models currntly available to agriculturalists, and the phi...

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Main Author: Thornley, J. H. M. (Author)
Other Authors: France, J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, UK : CABI , c2007
Edition:2nd edition
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2006/20063240871.pdf
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Summary:Bringing together the disciplines of agriculture, animal science, plant science and ecology, this book explores how mathematics can be used to understand and explain agricultural processes. It starts by providing a review of the mathematical models currntly available to agriculturalists, and the philosophy behind, and objectives of, modeling. The book then applies these techniques to real-life problems faced by people managing crops and animals, including the influence of digestion on animal growth rates and levels of photosynthesis on crop yield.
Item Description:Frances name appears first on the earlier edition
Previous ed.: London: Butterworths, 1984
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 906 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 843-886) and index
ISBN:085199010X
1845932404 (e-book)
9780851990101 (e-book)
9781845932404 (e-book)