Criteria for a sustainable bioenergy infrastructure and lifecycle

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2010, Pages 409-447

  Scheffran, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85031417307     PISSN: 0934943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13440-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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