Greenhouse Gas Potentials of Shrub Willow Biomass Crops Based on Below- and Aboveground Biomass Inventory Along a 19-Year Chronosequence

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 252-262

  Pacaldo, Renato S ^a,b   Volk, Timothy A ^a   Briggs, Russell D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Above and belowground stool; Carbon sequestration; Carbon nitrogen ratio; Coarse roots; Fine roots; Foliar biomass; Root shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOPRODUCTS; CARBON; CROPS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND STOOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE ROOTS; FINE ROOTS; FOLIAR BIOMASS; ROOT/SHOOT RATIO;

BIOMASS;

SALIX;

EID: 84873738445     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9250-y     Document Type: Article

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