Perennial species mixtures for multifunctional production of biomass on marginal land

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 191-201

  Carlsson, Georg ^a   Mårtensson, Linda Maria ^a   Prade, Thomas ^a,b   Svensson, Sven Erik ^a   Jensen, Erik S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biodiversity; bioenergy; biogas; ecosystem services; fertilization; grasses; greenhouse gas mitigation; legumes; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGAS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; SOILS;

BIO-ENERGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FERTILIZATION; GRASSES; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; LEGUMES;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT;

EID: 85006106898     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12373     Document Type: Article

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