Biotechnology and industrial ecology: New challenges for a changing global environment

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 694-701

  Ogunseitan, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biofuels; Biotechnology; Climate change; Desertification; Energy; Genetic engineering; Industrial ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 3042663093     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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