Biomass yield potential of paulownia trees in a semi-arid mediterranean environment (s Spain)

International Journal of Renewable Energy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 789-793

  Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Durán ^a   Bocanegra, Juan Antonio Jiménez ^b   Torres, Francisco Perea ^a   Pleguezuelo, Carmen Rocío Rodríguez ^a   Martínez, José Ramón Francia ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b Sociedad Andaluza de Valorización de la Biomasa ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Andalusia; Carbon biomass; Short rotation plantation; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891085983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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