Species Trials of Short Rotation Woody Crops on Two Wastewater Application Sites in North Carolina, USA

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-173

  Shifflett, Shawn Dayson ^a   Hazel, Dennis W ^a   Frederick, Douglas J ^a   Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Marginal and degraded lands; Municipal wastewater; Native trees; Populus

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NATIVE TREES; POPULUS; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS; WASTEWATER APPLICATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

BIOMASS; CLONING; GROUNDWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; POPULUS; TREES;

EUCALYPTUS; POPULUS; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84896704374     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-013-9351-2     Document Type: Article

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