Thermal balance of livestock. 1. A parsimonious model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-27

  Turnpenny, J R ^a   McArthur, A J ^b   Clark, J A ^a   Wathes, C M ^c  

^a Sch Biol Sci Univ N   (United Kingdom)

^b Univ S Pacific   (Fiji)

^c SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal; Biometeorology; Heat balance; Model; Thermal resistance; Weather

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FARM ANIMAL; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0034628974     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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