"BalSim": A carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gas mass balance model for pastures

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Teixeira, Ricardo F M ^a   Barão, Lúcia ^b,c   Morais, Tiago G ^a   Domingos, Tiago ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cleaner production; Extensive meat production; Farmer advisory; GlobalWarming Potential; Industrial Ecology; Livestock production; Modelling; Nutrient cycles

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLEANER PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MASS BALANCE; MEAT; MODELING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85056086262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11010053     Document Type: Article

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