The environmental impact of buffalo manure in areas specialized in mozzarella production, southern Italy

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-137

  Infascelli, Roberta ^a   Faugno, Salvatore ^a   Pindozzi, Stefania ^a   Pelorosso, Raffaele ^b   Boccia, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo manure; Italy; Manure analysis; Nutritional content; Spatial assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649790705     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.193     Document Type: Article

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