Biomass yield from planted mixtures and monocultures of native prairie vegetation across a heterogeneous farm landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-159

  Zilverberg, Cody J ^a   Johnson, W Carter ^a   Owens, Vance ^a   Boe, Arvid ^a   Schumacher, Tom ^a   Reitsma, Kurt ^a   Hong, Chang Oh ^b   Novotny, Craig ^c   Volke, Malia ^a   Werner, Brett ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c EcoSun Prairie Farms   (United States)

^d CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Conservation; Diversity; Energy; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MONOCULTURE; PRAIRIE; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84896857882     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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