Modelling the interactions between C and N farm balances and GHG emissions from confinement dairy farms in northern Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-165

  Del Prado, A ^a   Mas, K ^b   Pardo, G ^a   Gallejones, P ^a  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

C footprint; Confinement; Dairy; Farm scale; LCA; Modelling

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

BASQUE COUNTRY; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; FARM SCALE; MILK PRODUCTION; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; N USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DAIRY FARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; MILK PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

BOS;

EID: 84884532909     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.064     Document Type: Article

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