Identification of potential areas for biomass production in China: Discussion of a recent approach and future challenges

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2268-2279

  Schweers, Wilko ^a   Bai, Zhanguo ^b   Campbell, Elliott ^c   Hennenberg, Klaus ^d   Fritsche, Uwe ^d   Mang, Heinz Peter ^e   Lucas, Mario ^e   Li, Zifu ^e   Scanlon, Andrew ^f   Chen, Haoran ^f   Zhihao, Qin ^a,g   Cai, Dianxiong ^a   Jin, Yunxiang ^a   Zhang, Jun ^g   Tu, Lili ^g   Gemmer, Marco ^h   Jiang, Tong ^h   Zhang, Nannan ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Institute of Applied Ecology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^f Jiuzhaigou National Park Administration   (China)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h China Meteorological Administration   (China)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy crops; China; Ground truth; Land suitability; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BOTTOM-UP ANALYSIS; CARBON STOCKS; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC STUDY; FUEL PRODUCTION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GROUND TRUTH; LAND COVER; LAND SUITABILITY; NATURE RESERVES; SPATIAL DATA; STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE; THREE-LAYER; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; CULTIVATION; REMOTE SENSING;

CROPS;

BIOENERGY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79953277134     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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