The Land Suitability Rating System Is a Spatial Planning Tool to Assess Crop Suitability in Canada

The Land Suitability Rating System Is a Spatial Planning Tool to Assess Crop Suitability in Canada

The Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) is a rule-based set of algorithms that integrate soil, climate and landscape factors to calculate a classed suitability rating for a given landscape to support commercial field crop production. The attributes used to define each of the factors are based on t...

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Main Authors: Michael Bock, Pierre-Yves Gasser, Wayne W. Pettapiece, Anthony J. Brierley, Andy Bootsma, Peter Schut, Denise Neilsen, C. A. Scott Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
land suitability
climate change
soil maps
agro-climatic indices
Global Circulation Model
agricultural capability
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00077/full

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