Greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production systems

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Henry, Beverley ^c   Eckard, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 77952750422     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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