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de Oliveira Silva et al. reply —

Goulart et al. make some interesting observations about the context of our study, its modelling assumptions and data. We clarify these issues but refute that our study is unrealistic or misleading. Indeed, we have been conservative with some assumptions and it would be possible and plausible to accentuate the counterintuitive result we present.

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  • 06 October 2016

    In the Correspondence ‘Reply to ‘Emissions from cattle farming in Brazil’’ (Nat. Clim. Change 6, 894; 2016) there was a typographical error in the spelling of the name Goulart. This has now been corrected in the online versions after print 6 October 2016.

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  1. Research Division, SRUC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK

    R. de Oliveira Silva & D. Moran

  2. School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

    R. de Oliveira Silva

  3. Embrapa Agriculture Informatics, Campinas-SP, CEP 13083-886, Brazil

    L. G. Barioni

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de Oliveira Silva, R., Barioni, L. & Moran, D. Reply to 'Emissions from cattle farming in Brazil'. Nature Clim Change 6, 894 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3124

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