Assessing the impact of within crop heterogeneity ('patchiness') in young Miscanthus × giganteus fields on economic feasibility and soil carbon sequestration

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 566-576

  Zimmermann, Jesko ^a   Styles, David ^b   Hastings, Astley ^c   Dauber, Jens ^d   Jones, Michael B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Crop patchiness; Ecosystem services; Gross margins; Miscanthus; Net present value; Soil carbon sequestration; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SOILS;

BIO-ENERGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROSS MARGIN; MISCANTHUS; NET PRESENT VALUE; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84905408429     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12084     Document Type: Article

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