Dairy farm greenhouse gas impacts: A parsimonious model for a farmer's decision support tool

International Dairy Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Asselin Balençon, Anne C ^a   Popp, Jennie ^c   Henderson, Andrew ^a   Heller, Martin ^a   Thoma, Greg ^b   Jolliet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

50TH PERCENTILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA REQUIREMENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; FEED EFFICIENCIES; KEY DETERMINANTS; MANURE MANAGEMENT; PARSIMONIOUS MODELS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMISSION CONTROL; MANURES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876726038     PISSN: 09586946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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