Greenhouse gas emission intensities of grass silage based dairy and beef production: A systems analysis of Norwegian farms

Livestock Science

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 239-252

  Bonesmo, Helge ^a   Beauchemin, Karen A ^b   Harstad, Odd M ^c   Skjelvåg, Arne O ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Methane; Mitigation; Nitrous oxide; Soil carbon; Young bulls

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84875489179     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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