Spatial pattern of methane emissions from Indian livestock

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Chhabra, Abha ^a   Manjunath, K R ^a   Panigrahy, Sushma ^a   Parihar, J S ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Enteric fermentation; Livestock census; Manure management; Methane emission coefficient

Indexed keywords

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70349095421     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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