Cellulosic ethanol production: Landscape scale net carbon strongly affected by forest decision making

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-41

  Brunner, Anna ^a   Currie, William S ^a   Miller, Shelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Cellulosic ethanol; Decision making; Life cycle analysis; Simulation model; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FUEL STORAGE; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; FOREST LANDOWNERS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTS; SIMULATION MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CELLULOSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ETHANOL; FOREST COVER; FOSSIL FUEL; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DECISION MAKING; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940658423     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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