Energy crops: Current status and future prospects

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2054-2076

  Sims, Ralph E H ^a   Hastings, Astley ^b   Schlamadinger, Bernhard ^c   Taylor, Gail ^d   Smith, Pete ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; Biotechnology; Climate change; Energy crops

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 33644852991     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01163.x     Document Type: Review

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