Helen C S Amorim1,2, Amanda J Ashworth3, Peter L O'Brien4

  • 1USDA ARS Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, 1260 W. Maple Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA. hamorim@uada.edu.

Scientific reports
|November 1, 2023
PubMed
概括

与传统牧场相比,Silvopastures提高了土壤质量和动物福利. 这些综合系统提供每公更高的生产率,支持气候变化中的可持续农业.

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