Energy and carbon costs of selected cow-calf systems

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-584

  Zilverberg, Cody J ^a   Johnson, Phillip ^a   Weinheimer, Justin ^a   Allen, Vivien G ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

beef cattle; carbon emission; climate change; feed costs; fossil fuel

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOREGION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY USE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GRASS; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PROTEIN; RANGELAND; STOCKING DENSITY;

IOWA; SOUTH DAKOTA; TENNESSEE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 81855206546     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00190.1     Document Type: Article

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