Contribution of milk production to global greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-402

  Hagemann, Martin ^a   Ndambi, Asaah ^a   Hemme, Torsten ^a   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^b  

^a IFCN Dairy Research Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Cradle to farm gate' life cycle assessment; Greenhouse gas emissions; Milk production; Typical dairy farms

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON EMISSION; DAIRY FARMING; DATABASE; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856015408     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0571-8     Document Type: Article

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