An empirical analysis of the industrial bioeconomy: Implications for renewable resources and the environment

BioResources

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 4411-4440

  Morrison, Brandon ^a   Golden, Jay S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Industrial biotechnology; Life cycle analysis; Renewable resources; Sustainable systems

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FEEDSTOCKS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LIFE CYCLE; TIMBER;

BIOECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84938832409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.10.3.4411-4440     Document Type: Article

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