Scientific basis for sustainable management of Eucalyptus and populus as short-rotation woody crops in the U.S.

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 901-918

  Vance, Eric D ^a   Loehle, Craig ^a   Wigley, T Bently ^a   Weatherford, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Biomass; Certification; Eucalypts; Exotic; Invasiveness; Plantations; Poplar; Water

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CROPS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

BIO-ENERGY; CERTIFICATION; EUCALYPTS; EXOTIC; INVASIVENESS; PLANTATIONS; POPLAR;

FORESTRY;

ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CROP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; INTERCEPTION; INVASIVENESS; LAND USE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPIRATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; POPULUS;

EID: 84902523807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5050901     Document Type: Article

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