A remote sensing methodology to assess the costs of preparing abandoned farmland for energy crop cultivation in northern Sweden

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Larsson, Sylvia ^a   Nilsson, Calle ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abandoned arable land; Energy crops; Orthophoto interpretation; Preparation cost; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BIOENERGY PRODUCTION; FARMLANDS; LANDSCAPE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COSTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY;

REMOTE SENSING;

ABANDONED LAND; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY CROP; REMOTE SENSING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 7444249010     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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