Characterizing livestock production in Portuguese sown rainfed grasslands: Applying the inverse approach to a process-based model

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Morais, Tiago G ^a   Teixeira, Ricardo F M ^a   Rodrigues, Nuno R ^b   Domingos, Tiago ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Lda   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Extensive livestock production; Industrial ecology; Modelling; Optimization algorithms; RothC; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALGORITHM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

PORTUGAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85054919307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10124437     Document Type: Article

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