A review of farm level modelling approaches for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant livestock systems

Livestock Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-251

  Schils, R L M ^a   Olesen, J E ^b   del Prado, A ^c   Soussana, J F ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Greenhouse gases; Model; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 36248992428     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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