Building capacity for assessing spatial-based sustainability metrics in agriculture

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Table 2 Selected sites and data period considered in the analysis

¹degree decimals.
²Yield simulated using the APSIM model.
³no data available in 1974–1993.
⁴no data available in 1959, 2006–2007.
⁵not applicable.
⁶no data available in 1953, 1962, 1971–1993, 2001, 2006–2007.
CAR, ECD, and RM refer to census agricultural region, ecodistrict, and rural municipality, respectively. Climate data include the daily minimum and maximum air temperatures, rainfall and solar radiation (solar radiation data were simulated using the SolarCalc model, Spokas and Forcella (2006)). Field-scale yield data come from AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) experimental plots.