Availability of grasses, weeds and leaves as energy resource

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Osadolor, Odia O ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Availability; Forest; Grasses; Renewable; Trees; Wood

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD;

ENERGY SOURCES; FOREST; GRASSES; INCREMENTAL; NIGERIA; RANGING; RENEWABLE; TREES; TURNOVER RATES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

GRASS; LEAF; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WEED;

ENERGY; FORESTS; GRASSES; PRODUCTIVITY; TREES; WEEDS; WOOD;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 54149110330     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.05.045     Document Type: Review

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