Losing the links between livestock and land

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5754, 2005, Pages 1621-1622

  Naylor, Rosamond ^a   Steinfeld, Henning ^b   Falcon, Walter ^a   Galloway, James ^c   Smil, Vaclav ^d   Bradford, Eric ^e   Alder, Jackie ^f   Mooney, Harold ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOYBEAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROP; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLICY; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GLYCINE MAX;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COMMERCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MEAT; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER;

EID: 28844490109     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117856     Document Type: Short Survey

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