Bioenergy Feedstocks at Low Risk for Invasion in the USA: a “White List” Approach

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 471-481

  Quinn, Lauren D ^a   Gordon, Doria R ^b   Glaser, Aviva ^c   Lieurance, Deah ^d   Flory, S Luke ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Energy crop; Invasive plant; Weed risk assessment; White list

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CROPS; FEEDSTOCKS; RISKS;

ENERGY CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; HIGH PROBABILITY; INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES; INVASIVE PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES; WHITE LIST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84929061570     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9503-z     Document Type: Review

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