Recent land use change to agriculture in the U.S. Lake States: Impacts on cellulosic biomass potential and natural lands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Mladenoff, David J ^a   Sahajpal, Ritvik ^a,c   Johnson, Christopher P ^a   Rothstein, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; BIOFUEL; CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; LAND USE; MAIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; PROCEDURES; WISCONSIN;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL FUELS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; SOYBEANS; WISCONSIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84959418911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148566     Document Type: Article

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