Challenges for the Balanced Attribution of Livestock's Environmental Impacts: the Art of Conveying Simple Messages Around Complex Realities

Overview

Journal Anim Front

Publisher Oxford University Press

Date 2024 Aug 6

PMID 39105191

Authors

Pablo Manzano

Jason Rowntree

Logan Thompson

Agustin Del Prado

Peer Ederer

Wilhelm Windisch

Michael R F Lee

Affiliations

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