Tweak, adapt, or transform: Policy scenarios in response to emerging bioenergy markets in the U.S. Corn Belt

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Atwell, Ryan C ^a   Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Westphal, Lynne M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Complexity; Ecosystem services; Iowa; Participatory; Perennials; Resilience; Scale; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

CORN BELT; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954519415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03854-160110     Document Type: Article

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