Environmental sustainability of advanced biofuels

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 638-646

  Davis, Sarah C ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^b   Fazio, Simone ^c   Monti, Andrea ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Ecology; Ethanol; Feedstock; Second generation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BIOFUELS; BIO-ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SECOND GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84887822438     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1439     Document Type: Article

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