Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: The potential of Miscanthus

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2000-2014

  Heaton, Emily A ^a   Dohleman, Frank G ^a   Long, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ethanol; Feedstock; Perennial; Petroleum; Production; Switchgrass; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; OIL PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48849097974     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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