Indirect carbon dioxide emissions from producing bioenergy from forest harvest residues

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Repo, Anna ^a   Tuomi, Mikko ^a,b   Liski, Jari ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Forest harvest residue; Indirect emissions; Land use; Soil carbon; Yasso07

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; LAND USE;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; FOREST HARVEST; HARVEST RESIDUES; SOIL CARBON; YASSO07;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84867677308     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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