Why not harvest existing invaders for bioethanol?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1559-1566

  Quinn, Lauren D ^a   Endres, A Bryan ^a   Voigt, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; Biomass; Biorefinery; Ethanol; Invasive; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGNIN; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 84903513674     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0591-z     Document Type: Article

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