Bioenergy in Australia: An improved approach for estimating spatial availability of biomass resources in the agricultural production zones

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2298-2305

  Herr, Alexander ^a   Dunlop, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Residues; Spatial analysis statistics; Straw; Stubble

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE; AUSTRALIA; BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS RESOURCES; FEEDSTOCK RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; LAND USE MAPS; RESIDUES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS/STATISTICS; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STUBBLE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOFUELS; CROPS; ESTIMATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; GREENHOUSE GAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRAW;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79953281835     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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