Slow expansion and low yields of willow short rotation coppice in Sweden; implications for future strategies

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4613-4618

  Dimitriou, I ^a   Rosenqvist, H ^a   Berndes, G ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Div of Physical Resource Theory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Energy crop; Salix; SRC

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS YIELD; ENERGY CROPS; FUTURE STRATEGY; LOW-YIELD; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT; SALIX; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SRC;

CROPS; FORECASTING; ROTATION;

BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FUTURE PROSPECT;

SWEDEN;

SALIX;

EID: 81555204347     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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