Assessment of abandoned agricultural land resource for bio-energy production in Estonia

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Kukk, Liia ^a   Astover, Alar ^a   Muiste, Peeter ^a   Noormets, Merrit ^a   Roostalu, Hugo ^a   Sepp, Kalev ^a   Suuster, Elsa ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abandoned fields; Biomass energy potential; GIS; Location specific analysis; Soil crop suitability

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GALEGA; GALEGA ORIENTALIS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 71149111481     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710902798311     Document Type: Article

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