Accounting for water use in australian red meat production

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-320

  Peters, Greg M ^a,d   Wiedemann, Stephen G ^b   Rowley, Hazel V ^a   Tucker, Robyn W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FSA Consulting   (Australia)

^c FSA Consulting   (Australia)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beef; Hybrid LCA; Meat; Sheep .Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEAT INDUSTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RED MEAT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78651381050     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0161-x     Document Type: Article

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