Biodiversity impacts of bioenergy crop production: A state-of-the-art review

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-209

  Immerzeel, Desirée J ^a   Verweij, Pita A ^a   van der Hilst, Floor ^a   Faaij, André P C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Biomass; Impacts; Land use change; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REVIEWS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; IMPACTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MITIGATING MEASURES; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 84898404774     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12067     Document Type: Article

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