Energy Potential of Biomass from Conservation Grasslands in Minnesota, USA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jungers, Jacob M ^a   Fargione, Joseph E ^b   Sheaffer, Craig C ^a   Wyse, Donald L ^a   Lehman, Clarence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NITROGEN;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRASSLAND; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT TISSUE; PRECIPITATION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHANOL; MINNESOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOIL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD STORAGE; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

BIO-ENERGY SYSTEMS; BIOENERGY CROPS; BIOENERGY POTENTIAL; BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LAND USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION SCALE;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84875919897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061209     Document Type: Article

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