The water "shoesize" vs. footprint of bioenergy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 35, 2009, Pages

  Pfister, Stephan ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; PALM OIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CASSAVA; ENERGY CROP; FLUID INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROPOWER; LAND USE; LETTER; MAIZE; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUGAR BEET; VEGETATION; WATER STRESS; WATERSHED;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANT OILS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 70349281517     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908069106     Document Type: Letter

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