Is energy cropping in Europe compatible with biodiversity? - Opportunities and threats to biodiversity from land-based production of biomass for bioenergy purposes

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-86

  Pedroli, Bas ^a   Elbersen, Berien ^a   Frederiksen, Pia ^b   Grandin, Ulf ^c   Heikkilä, Raimo ^d   Krogh, Paul Henning ^b   Izakovičová, Zita ^e   Johansen, Anders ^b   Meiresonne, Linda ^f   Spijker, Joop ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Biomass; Conversion; EU

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS POTENTIAL; FOREST RESIDUE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PERENNIAL CROPS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; WOOD RESIDUES;

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; EUROPIUM; FORESTRY; SHIP CONVERSION;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ENERGY CROP; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND DEGRADATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84879365118     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.09.054     Document Type: Article

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