Alternative U.S. biofuel mandates and global GHG emissions: The role of land use change, crop management and yield growth

Energy Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 602-614

  Mosnier, A ^a,b   Havlik P ^a,c   Valin, H ^a   Baker, J ^d   Murray, B ^e   Feng, S ^f   Obersteiner, M ^a   McCarl, B A ^f   Rose, S K ^g   Schneider, U A ^h  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Land use change; U.S. renewable fuel standard (RFS2)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; BIOFUEL POLICIES; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; LAND CONVERSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE FUELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE;

BIOFUELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; CROP YIELD; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE CHANGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876301871     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.02.035     Document Type: Article

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