Miscanthus biomass production for energy in Europe and its potential contribution to decreasing fossil fuel carbon emissions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-518

  Clifton Brown, John C ^a   Stampfl, Paul F ^a   Jones, Michael B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon substitution; GIS; Miscanthus; Model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CROP; FOSSIL FUEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 6444220542     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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