Land-use change to bioenergy production in Europe: Implications for the greenhouse gas balance and soil carbon

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-391

  Don, Axel ^a   Osborne, Bruce ^b   Hastings, Astley ^c   Skiba, Ute ^d   Carter, Mette S ^e   Drewer, Julia ^d   Flessa, Heinz ^a   Freibauer, Annette ^a   Hyvönen, Niina ^f   Jones, Mike B ^g   Lanigan, Gary J ^h   Mander, Ülo ⁱ   Monti, Andrea ^j   Djomo, Sylvestre Njakou ^k   Valentine, John ^l   Walter, Katja ^a   Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^j   Zenone, Terenzio ^m  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h TEAGASC   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^l ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biofuel; Carbon debt; Carbon footprint; Land management; Methane; Miscanthus; Nitrous oxide; Short rotation coppice; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

LAND MANAGEMENTS; MISCANTHUS; NITROUS OXIDE; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

CROPS;

MISCANTHUS; POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 84865537582     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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