Wood energy in America

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5920, 2009, Pages 1432-1433

  Richter Jr , Daniel De B ^a   Jenkins, Dylan H ^b   Karakash, John T ^c   Knight, Josiah ^d   McCreery, Lew R ^e   Nemestothy, Kasimir P ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Resource Professionals Group   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FUEL;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; WOOD QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMBUSTION; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TREE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; EUROPE; TREES; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

EID: 62449296511     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166214     Document Type: Short Survey

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