Can biochar reduce soil greenhouse gas emissions from a Miscanthus bioenergy crop?

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-89

  Case, Sean D C ^a,b   Mcnamara, Niall P ^a   Reay, David S ^b   Whitaker, Jeanette ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon dioxide; Charcoal; Climate change; Miscanthus; Nitrous oxide; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS;

BIO CHARS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON USE EFFICIENCIES; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LIMITS; MISCANTHUS; NITROUS OXIDE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84889647065     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12052     Document Type: Article

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