plant_cover {SoilManageR}R Documentation

Estimate soil cover percentage by plants

Description

This function estimates the percentage of soil cover based on the number of days since sowing. The parameters used are derived from Mosimann and Rüttimann (2006).

Usage

plant_cover(varCrop, varDays = 0)

Arguments

varCrop

Crop type, must match with crop name in plant_cover_LUT

varDays

Number of days since sowing of the crop

Details

The function assumes that plant cover unfolds in four phases with different soil cover rates:

Value

percentage of soil cover by plants, value of 0 to 100 %.

References

Mosimann T, Rüttimann M (2006). “Berechnungsgrundlagen zum Fruchtfolgefaktor zentrales Mittelland 2005 im Modell Erosion CH (V2.02).” Terragon, Bubendorf. https://uwe.lu.ch/-/media/UWE/Dokumente/Themen/Bodenschutz/Bodenschutz_Landwirtschaft/dokumentationbodenerosionsschluessel_terragon2006.pdf.

See Also

Examples

plant_cover("wheat, winter", 140)



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