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WaNuLCAS version 4.0: background on a model of water nutrient and light capture in agroforestry systems

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This background document is written for two groups of readers : 1. Agroforesry researchers who are not very familiar with modelling or with quantitative descriptions of resource capture in agroforestry,but who may be tempted to use the model as part of there toolbox, for exploring new variants of agroforestry system before they embark on field experimentation' 2. Modellers who know little about agroforestry but a lot about component process and who may find in wanulcas a frame for exploring the system context of their favored aspect of tree-soil-crop interactions.

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