Environmental impacts of pasture-based farming [[electronic resource] /] / edited by: R.W. McDowell

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 636.08/45
• Soggetto topico: Pastures - Environmental aspects; Grazing - Environmental aspects
• Altri autori: McDowellRichard W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I; 1 Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 2 Impacts of Pastoral Grazing on Soil Quality; 3 Land-Water Interactions: Impacts on the Aquatic Environment; 4 Socio-economic Issues in Pasture-based Farming; Part II; 5 Impact of Livestock Grazing on Extensively Managed Grazing Lands; 6 Environmental Effects of Sheep Farming; 7 Pressures on Beef Grazing in Mixed Production Farming; 8 The Environmental Impacts of Non-irrigated, Pasture-based Dairy Farming; 9 Impacts of Irrigated Dairying on the Environment ; 10 The Impact of Hybrid Dairy Systems on Air, Soil and Water Quality: Focus on Nitrogen and Phosphorus CyclingIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on the different types of grassland farming and their impact on the environment, this book addresses issues facing environmental quality, namely soil, water and air quality and socioeconomic impacts. It also offers a commentary on how the different pastoral sectors influence environmental issues.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental impacts of pasture-based farming
• ISBN: 1-281-90507-0; 9786611905071; 1-84593-434-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446315403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II