Greenhouse gas mitigation in the agricultural sector in Spain

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 969-973

  Álvaro Fuentes, Jorge ^a   del Prado, Agustin ^b   Yáñez Ruiz, David R ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forestry; Greenhouse gases; Livestock; Mitigation; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MITIGATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84903256678     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9596-x     Document Type: Article

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