Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity grassland biomass

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5805, 2006, Pages 1598-1600

  Tilman, David ^a   Hill, Jason ^a   Lehman, Clarence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

DEGRADED LANDS; FOOD PRODUCTION; MONOCULTURE;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; GRASSLAND; PERENNIAL PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FABACEAE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845407241     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133306     Document Type: Article

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