Carbon exchange by establishing biofuel crops in Central Illinois

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 319-329

  Zeri, Marcelo ^a,b   Anderson Teixeira, Kristina ^b   Hickman, George ^b   Masters, Michael ^b   DeLucia, Evan ^b   Bernacchi, Carl J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbon balance; Eddy covariance; Maize; Miscanthus; Prairie; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRAIRIE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOYBEAN;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053896675     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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