Gridded livestock of the world, 2007/
William Wint and Timothy Robinson.
- Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007.
- 131 p. : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
includes bibliographical references.
Why map livestock? -- Livestock diversity -- Which features to map? -- Disaggregating population data -- Data prediction and extrapolation -- Subnational livestock statistics -- Agricultural census methods -- Under-representation -- Data suppression -- FAO global livestock information system -- Data archive structure and processing --Supplementary and missing -- data -- Masking land suitable for livestock -- Modelling livestock distribution -- A worked example: Africa -- Standardizing predicted distributions -- Predictor variable -- Results -- Distribution of Bovine species -- Distribution of Small Ruminant species -- Distribution of Pig species -- Distribution of Poultry species -- Applications -- Livestock biomass -- Livestock projections -- Livestock production estimates -- Livestock production balance -- Livestock movement -- Livestock disease assessment -- Livestock disease risk mapping -- Environmental impact analysis -- Spatial targeting of interventions -- Challenges and future directions.