Managing grassland for production, the environment and the landscape. Challenges at the farm and the landscape level

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 11-31

  Gibon, Annick ^a  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

Author keywords

Environment; Farm management; Grassland; Landscape; Livestock farming systems; Multifunctional agriculture

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24644436864     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.05.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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