plant_cover_LUT {SoilManageR} | R Documentation |
Look-up-table with default values to estimate soil cover by plants
Description
The dataset is a look-up-table that is used to estimate the soil cover percentage by plant with the function 'SoilManageR::plant_cover()'. The data set is produced from the excel table 'plant_cover_LUT.xlsx' file under '/inst/extdata/'.
Usage
plant_cover_LUT
Format
A tibble with 28 rows and 7 columns:
- Crop
Name of the crop
- Slope_0_10
Increase of crop cover per day between 0 and 10% soil cover [%/day]
- Slope_10_50
Increase of crop cover per day between 10 and 50% soil cover [%/day]
- Slope_50_75
Increase of crop cover per day between 50 and 75% soil cover [%/day]
- Slope_75_100
Increase of crop cover per day between 75 and 100% soil cover [%/day]
- days_30
Number of days it takes to reach 30% soil cover [day]
- Comments
Source where the information was derived
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.