Quantifying economic and biophysical sustainability trade-offs in tropical pastures

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-46

  Bouman, B A M ^a   Plant, R A J ^a   Nieuwenhuyse, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO2; Costa Rica; Livestock; Model; N2O and NO emission

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; PASTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; YIELD;

BOS TAURUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0033520053     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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