Mathematical Models in Agriculture Quantitative Methods for thePlant, Animal and Ecological Sciences

• Main Authors: Thornley, J. H. M. (Author), France, J. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI Pub 2007
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Mathematical models
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• Item Description: France's name appears first on the earlier edition
• Physical Description: xvii, 906 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 843-886) and index
• ISBN: 085199010X; 9780851990101

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 currently 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.