Critical review on energy balance of agricultural systems

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-446

  Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^a   Matteucci, Dario ^a   Monti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Energy input; Energy output; Fossil fuel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; BIOENERGY; BOUNDARY SYSTEMS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY INPUT; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY USE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SOUND ENERGY;

BIOFUELS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

ENERGY BALANCE;

EID: 77955482452     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.227     Document Type: Review

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