Effects of climate change and management on net climate impacts of production and utilization of energy biomass in Norway spruce with stable age-class distribution

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 419-427

  Torssonen, Piritta ^a   Kilpeläinen, Antti ^a   Strandman, Harri ^a   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a   Jylhä, Kirsti ^b   Asikainen, Antti ^c   Peltola, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impact; Energy biomass; Forest management; Radiative forcing; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE IMPACTS; ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING;

FINLAND;

EID: 84958523634     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12258     Document Type: Article

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