Large-scale biomass for energy, with considerations and cautions: An editorial comment

Climatic Change

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 335-342

  Marland, Gregg ^a,b   Obersteiner, Michael ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 41149097011     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9386-5     Document Type: Editorial

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