Designing and selecting efficient early warning strategies and increasing their efficiencies for animal husbandry

Applied Agrometeorology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 785-790

  Gaughan, John ^a   Hahn, Leroy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Hastings ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84885417963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_89     Document Type: Chapter

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