Global spatially explicit CO2 emission metrics for forest bioenergy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cherubini, Francesco ^a   Huijbregts, Mark ^b,c   Kindermann, Georg ^d   Van Zelm, Rosalie ^b   Van Der Velde, Marijn ^e   Stadler, Konstantin ^a   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 84957543705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20186     Document Type: Article

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