Bioenergy sustainability at the regional scale

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Dale, Virginia H ^a   Lowrance, Richard ^b   Mulholland, Patrick ^a   Robertson, G Phillip ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crops; Ecosystem services; Landscape; Management

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78651512181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03725-150423     Document Type: Article

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