Land availability for biofuel production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 334-339

  Cai, Ximing ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Wang, Dingbao ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AS-SOILS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; ENERGY CROPS; LAND AVAILABILITY; LAND-USE SCENARIO; LOW QUALITIES; PASTURE LANDS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SECOND GENERATION; SHRUBLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIOFUELS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE;

PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOFUEL;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFUEL; ENERGY CROP; PASTURE; SAVANNA; SHRUBLAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BRAZIL; CHINESE; CLIMATE; CROPLAND; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY YIELD; EUROPE; GRASSLAND; INDIA; LAND USE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SAVANNA; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EUROPE; INDIA; PUBLIC POLICY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRAZIL; CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650693380     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103338e     Document Type: Article

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