Carbon mitigation by the energy crop, Miscanthus

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2296-2307

  Clifton brown, John C ^a,b   Breuer, Jöern ^c   Jones, Michael B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon mitigation; Carbon sequestration; Energy crops; Miscanthus; Natural abundance of 13C; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT; POTASSIUM; RHIZOME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 35348878791     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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