Impacts of biogenic CO2 emissions on human health and terrestrial ecosystems: The case of increased wood extraction for bioenergy production on a global scale

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 608-617

  van Zelm, Rosalie ^a   Muchada, Patience A N ^a   van der Velde, Marijn ^b   Kindermann, Georg ^b   Obersteiner, Michael ^b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Characterization factor; Ecosystems quality; Forestry rotation time; Global scale modelling; Human health impact; Life cycle impact assessment; Spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE; WOOD;

CARBON BALANCE; CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; GLOBAL SCALE; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ROTATION TIME; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; FORESTRY; HEAT PRODUCTION; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WOOD;

EID: 84931560166     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12153     Document Type: Article

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