Assessing Environmental Impacts of Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) Expansion: Model Definition and Preliminary Results

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-635

  Langeveld, Hans ^a   Quist Wessel, Foluke ^a   Dimitriou, Ioannis ^b   Aronsson, Pär ^b   Baum, Christel ^c   Schulz, Ulrich ^d   Bolte, Andreas ^e,f   Baum, Sarah ^e,f   Köhn, Jörg ^g   Weih, Martin ^b   Gruss, Holger ^d   Leinweber, Peter ^c   Lamersdorf, Norbert ^f   Schmidt Walter, Paul ^f   Berndes, Göran ^h  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

^e THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g Beckmann Institute for Bio Based Product Lines (BIOP)   (Germany)

^h CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Short rotation coppice; Soil quality; Sustainability indicators; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARABLE CROPS; ARABLE LAND; BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY SUPPLIES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE POLICY; DATA REQUIREMENTS; DRY AREAS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; GERMANY; GHG EMISSION; HABITAT STRUCTURES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT; REDUCED SOILS; SCENARIO-BASED ANALYSIS; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPIDER DIAGRAMS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER QUALITY;

SOILS;

ARANEAE; AVES;

EID: 84865568215     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9235-x     Document Type: Article

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