Firbank, LG orcid.org/0000-0003-1242-8293 (2018) The beef with sustainability. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (1). pp. 5-6. ISSN 2397-334X
Abstract
The US beef industry is a major contributor of greenhouse gases and is commonly regarded as unsustainable at current levels. A new study models a system in which sustainability could be increased by subsistence on grass and agricultural by-products, prompting the question, ‘what are the limits of sustainable livestock production in the US’?
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, Springer Nature. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2017 15:07 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2018 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41559-017-0422-1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125128 |