Erratum: The role of dung beetles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cattle farming (Scientific Reports (2016) 6:18140 DOI: 10.1038/srep18140);The role of dung beetles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cattle farming

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Slade, Eleanor M ^a,b   Riutta, Terhi ^c   Roslin, Tomas ^a,d   Tuomisto, Hanna L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEETLE; BOVINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 84953262885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22683     Document Type: Erratum

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