Multicriteria performance and sustainability in livestock farming systems: Functional diversity matters

Livestock Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-171

  Tichit, M ^a   Puillet, L ^a,b   Sabatier, R ^a   Teillard, F ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy goat herd; Diversity; Dynamic model; Grassland biodiversity; Performance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79957993784     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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