Bio-energy retains its mitigation potential under elevated CO2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Liberloo, Marion ^a   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^b   Bellassen, Valentin ^b   Djomo, Sylvestre Njakou ^a   Lukac, Martin ^c   Calfapietra, Carlo ^d   Janssens, Ivan A ^a   Hoosbeek, Marcel R ^e   Viovy, Nicolas ^b   Churkina, Galina ^f   Scarascia Mugnozza, Giuseppe ^d   Ceulemans, Reinhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPICE; CROP MANAGEMENT; ENERGY COST; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; TREE GROWTH; WOOD; BIOMASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; PLANTS;

EID: 77955345510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011648     Document Type: Article

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