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ArticlePhilosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2021

How necessary and feasible are reductions of methane emissions from livestock to support stringent temperature goals?

Andy Reisinger, Harry Clark, Annette L Cowie, Jeremy Emmet-Booth, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Mario Herrero, Mark Howden, Sinead Leahy

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Article in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Andy ReisingerAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6631-7188
Harry ClarkNew Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Annette L CowieNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries/University of New England, Armidale, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3858-959X
Jeremy Emmet-BoothNew Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Carlos Gonzalez FischerNew Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-4140-7152
Mario HerreroDepartment of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Cornell Atkinson Centre for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7741-5090
Mark HowdenAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0386-9671
Sinead LeahyNew Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-5461-6738

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agriculture is the largest single source of global anthropogenic methane (CH

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agricultureland usemarginal warmingmethaneParis Agreementsequestration

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PMID34565223
PMCPMC8480228

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