Prediction of enteric methane emissions from cattle

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2140-2148

  Moraes, Luis E ^a   Strathe, Anders B ^b   Fadel, James G ^a   Casper, David P ^c   Kebreab, Ermias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Climate change; Livestock; Methane; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHANE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PREDICTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

AIR POLLUTANT; METHANE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINAE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84901916316     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12471     Document Type: Article

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