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 |
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:
0 to 10 % of soil cover
10 to 50 % of soil cover
50 to 75 % of soil cover
75 to 100 % of soil cover
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
-
soil_cover()
to calculate soil coverage by plants and residue for a management_df -
plant_cover_LUT()
for the data used by theplant_cover()
function
Examples
plant_cover("wheat, winter", 140)