Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1403-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1403-2017
Research article
 | 
26 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 26 Mar 2017

Forage quality declines with rising temperatures, with implications for livestock production and methane emissions

Mark A. Lee, Aaron P. Davis, Mizeck G. G. Chagunda, and Pete Manning

Viewed

Total article views: 8,947 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
5,585 3,053 309 8,947 287 145 214
  • HTML: 5,585
  • PDF: 3,053
  • XML: 309
  • Total: 8,947
  • Supplement: 287
  • BibTeX: 145
  • EndNote: 214
Views and downloads (calculated since 22 Sep 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 22 Sep 2016)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 8,947 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 8,655 with geography defined and 292 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Discussed (final revised paper)

Latest update: 06 Dec 2024
Download
Short summary
We gathered data from published sources to assess the effects of growing conditions on the nutritive quality of grasses which feed livestock. Nutritive quality is important for livestock productivity and methane production. We found that forage nutritive quality was reduced at higher temperatures. We estimate that cattle methane production may increase in future due to temperature-driven reductions in forage quality. This is a positive climate feedback that further increases global temperatures.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint