Data and Models in Action: Methodological Issues in Production Ecology

Preface. Contributors & Editors. General Introduction. I: Practical Aspects of Modeling. 1. Development of a morphogenetic model from field and lab data: modeling the seed number per node on a pea stem; M.H. Jeuffroy. 2. Pathways in crop modeling for cultivation control; G. van Straten. 3. Finding and using data for small scale applications of agrometeorological models such as yield forecasting at a European scale; P. Vossen. II: Some Statistical Aspects of Modeling. 4. Data use and Bayesian statistics for model calibration; M.J.W. Jansen. 5.Models and Scale: Up- and Down-Scaling; J.U. Smith. III: Geographical Information Systems for Production Ecology. 6. Modern geographic information systems and model linking; P.A. Longley, M.F. Goodchild. 7. Multi-scale approaches for geodata; M. Molenaar. IV: Perspectives for Automated Modeling. 8. Examples of object-oriented design in agricultural research; P.J. Schotman. 9. Computer based trends in automated modeling; J.L. Top. References. Index.