Energy utilization in crop and dairy production in organic and conventional livestock production systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 599-630

  Refsgaard, Karen ^a,c   Halberg, Niels ^b   Kristensen, Erik Steen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0032145567     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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