Biofuel Crops and Greenhouse Gases

Biofuel Crop Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 383-405

  Hastings, A ^a   Yeluripati, J ^a   Hillier, J ^a   Smith, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuel crops; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Land use change; Life cycle analysis (LCA); Soil emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886349518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118635797.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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