GHG mitigation potential of different grazing strategies in the United States Southern Great Plains

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13500-13521

  Wang, Tong ^a   Richard Teague, W ^b   Park, Seong C ^b   Bevers, Stan ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Greenhouse gas; Life cycle assessment; Rotational grazing; Southern Great Plains

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RUMINANT; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; FARM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949256401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71013500     Document Type: Article

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