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.


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