Prospects from agroecology and industrial ecology for animal production in the 21st century

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1028-1043

  Dumont, B ^a   Fortun Lamothe, L ^b   Jouven, M ^c   Thomas, M ^d   Tichit, M ^e  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR SELMET   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Environmental footprint; Farming systems; Inputs; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORECASTING; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84877147685     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112002418     Document Type: Article

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