Livestock methane emissions in the United States

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Hristov, Alexander N ^a   Johnson, Kristen A ^b   Kebreab, Ermias ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BEEF CATTLE; BULLOCK; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DAIRY CATTLE; FARM ANIMAL; FERMENTATION; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; GOVERNMENT; HEIFER; HORSE; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; METHANE EMISSION; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE;

EID: 84898044912     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1401046111     Document Type: Letter

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