Yield and composition of herbaceous biomass harvested from naturalized grassland in southern Iowa

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 522-528

  Florine, Sara E ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^a   Fales, Steven L ^a   White, Todd A ^a   Lee Burras, C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash; Biofuel quality; Cofiring; Energy; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; HARVESTING; SOILS; SULFUR;

ASH; BIOFUEL QUALITY; COFIRING; ENERGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; HARVESTING; SOILS; SULFUR;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CHLORIN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PASTURE;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; HARVESTING; METEOROLOGY; SOIL; SULFUR;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 33646359952     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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