Gridded livestock of the world, 2007
By: William Wint and Timothy Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Timothy P.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9789251057919
Subjects: Livestock -- Geographical distribution -- Statistical methods.; Animal industry -- Statistical methods.; Livestock -- Geographical distribution -- Maps.; Animal industry -- Maps.; Zoogeography.; Animal diversity -- Statistics.
Genres: Maps.; Statistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Why map livestock?; value: Livestock diversity; value: Which features to map?; value: Disaggregating population data; value: Data prediction and extrapolation; value: Subnational livestock statistics; value: Agricultural census methods; value: Under-representation; value: Data suppression; value: FAO global livestock information system; value: Data archive structure and processing; value: Supplementary and missing data; value: Masking land suitable for livestock; value: Modelling livestock distribution; value: A worked example: Africa; value: Standardizing predicted distributions; value: Predictor variable; value: Results; value: Distribution of Bovine species; value: Distribution of Small Ruminant species; value: Distribution of Pig species; value: Distribution of Poultry species; value: Applications; value: Livestock biomass; value: Livestock projections; value: Livestock production estimates; value: Livestock production balance; value: Livestock movement; value: Livestock disease assessment; value: Livestock disease risk mapping; value: Environmental impact analysis; value: Spatial targeting of interventions; value: Challenges and future directions.