Carbon footprint of an olive tree grove

Applied Energy

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-124

  Proietti, Stefania ^a   Sdringola, Paolo ^a   Desideri, Umberto ^a   Zepparelli, Francesco ^a   Brunori, Antonio ^a   Ilarioni, Luana ^a   Nasini, Luigi ^a   Regni, Luca ^a   Proietti, Primo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon stock; Life Cycle Assessment; Olea europaea

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON STOCKS; DIFFERENT STAGES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT PROCESS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; OLEA EUROPAEA; REDUCING EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

ITALY;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84899871751     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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