Energy consumption in mixed crop-sheep farming systems: What factors of variation and how to decrease?

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1597-1605

  Benoit, M ^a   Laignel, G ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; energy consumption; farming system; modelling; sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77957348049     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000480     Document Type: Article

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