Long-term stochastic simulation of mountain beef cattle herds under diverse management strategies

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-220

  Villalba, D ^a   Ripoll, G ^b   Ruiz, R ^c   Bernues A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economics; Labour; Land use; Production; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FORAGE; GRAZING; LABOR SUPPLY; LAND USE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRADE-OFF;

PYRENEES;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77949261586     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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