Some ecological and socio-economic considerations for biomass energy crop production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-242

  Paine, Laura K ^a   Todd L, Peterson ^b   Undersander, D J ^a   Rineer, Kenneth C ^c   Bartelt, Gerald A ^b   Temple, Stanley A ^a   Sample, David W ^b   Klemme, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Hill Farms State Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; environmental effects; herbaceous energy crops (HEC); rural economies; short rotation woody crops (SRWC); soil erosion; water quality; wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ENERGY; CROP BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDSTOCKS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS ENERGY CROP PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE; BIOMASS POWER PLANTS; HERBACEOUS ENERGY CROPS; MARGINAL AGRICULTURAL LAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 0030512116     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0961-9534(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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