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Sward Height Distribution

Sward Height Distribution is a metric that characterizes the variation in vertical plant biomass across a grassland area by quantifying the frequency and spatial arrangement of different sward height values within a defined sampling unit.

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2017–2026

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The reaction of grazing sheep and cattle to the presence of dung from the same or the other species

T. D. A. Forbes, John Hodgson · Grass and Forage Science · 1985 · 64 citations

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The fitting of frequency distributions to height measurements on grazed swards

M. J. Gibb, M. S. Ridout · Grass and Forage Science · 1986 · 49 citations

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Spatial heterogeneity and other sources of variance in sward height as measured by the sonic and HFRO sward sticks

Nicholas John Hutchings · Grass and Forage Science · 1991 · 48 citations

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The spatial pattern of vegetation in cut and grazed grass/white clover pastures

G.R. Edwards, A. J. Parsons, Jonathan A. Newman et al. · Grass and Forage Science · 1996 · 45 citations

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Replacing Manual Rising Plate Meter Measurements with Low-cost UAV-Derived Sward Height Data in Grasslands for Spatial Monitoring

Georg Bareth, J. Schellberg · PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science · 2018 · 45 citations

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Authors

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  1. MS
    M. S. Ridout

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  2. MJ
    M. J. Gibb

    Institute of Grassland Research, China

    2 publications · 91 citations

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  3. NJ
    Nicholas John Hutchings

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  4. CA
    C. A. Marriott

    Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. DI
    D. I. Steel

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

    Carlow, Ireland

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    284 citations

  2. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  3. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  5. Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  6. Horticultural Research Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  8. Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage

    Saint-Gilles, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

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  1. Grass and Forage Science

    7 publications · 309 citations

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  2. Advances in Space Research

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. Tropical grasslands

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  4. Precision Agriculture

    1 publications · 31 citations

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