Large-scale bioenergy from additional harvest of forest biomass is neither sustainable nor greenhouse gas neutral

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 611-616

  Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a   Körner, Christian ^b   Law, Beverly E ^c   Haberl, Helmut ^d   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Ecosystem function; Forestry; Greenhouse gas emission; Human appropriation of net primary production

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS HARVEST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SOIL FERTILITY;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84867345719     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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