Grasslands for bioenergy production. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Ceotto, Enrico ^a  

^a SOP di Modena   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Effective land use; Grassland; Proteins vs. biofuel; Reactive nitrogen emissions

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CEREAL; CROP RESIDUE; FOOD QUALITY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; MEAT; MILK PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRAIRIE; PROTEIN;

EID: 40049099412     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2007034     Document Type: Review

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