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A Greenhouse Gas and Soil Carbon Model for Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Livestock Production in Canada

SIMPLE SUMMARY: We developed a model to estimate the carbon footprint of Canadian livestock production. To include long term soil carbon storage and loss potential we introduced a payback period concept. The model was tested by reallocating 10% only of the protein production from a ruminant to a non...

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Autores principales: Vergé, Xavier P.C., Dyer, James A., Worth, Devon E., Smith, Ward N., Desjardins, Raymond L., McConkey, Brian G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani2030437