Life-cycle assessment of net greenhouse-gas flux for bioenergy cropping systems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 675-691

  Adler, Paul R ^a   Del Grosso, Stephen J ^b,c   Parton, William J ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Life cycle assessment; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILLET; PHALARIS; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM; PHALARIS; POPULUS; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247216178     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-2018     Document Type: Article

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