The role of grasslands in intensive animal production in north-west Europe: Conditions for a more sustainable farming system

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 179-187

  Peyraud, Jean Louis ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

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