Woody biomass feedstock availability, production costs and implications for bioenergy conversion in Mississippi

Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 261-280

  Grebner, Donald L ^a   Perez Verdin, Gustavo ^a   Sun, Changyou ^a   Munn, Ian A ^a   Schultz, Emily B ^a   Matney, Thomas G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909579658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888421     Document Type: Chapter

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