Predicting potential global distributions of two Miscanthus grasses: Implications for horticulture, biofuel production, and biological invasions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Hager, Heather A ^a   Sinasac, Sarah E ^a   Gedalof, Ze'ev ^a   Newman, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HABITAT; HEAT TOLERANCE; HORTICULTURE; HYBRID; MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SPECIES INVASION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOFUEL;

BIOFUELS; CLIMATE; INTERNATIONALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE;

EID: 84903388395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100032     Document Type: Article

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