The contribution of switchgrass in reducing GHG emissions

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-434

  Monti, Andrea ^a   Barbanti, Lorenzo ^a   Zatta, Alessandro ^a   Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; Carbon; Climate change; Global warming; Land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CARBON ASSIMILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL CARBON STORAGE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84866489475     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01142.x     Document Type: Review

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