A proposal for using process-based soil models for land use Life cycle impact assessment: Application to Alentejo, Portugal

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 192, Issue , 2018, Pages 864-876

  Morais, Tiago G ^a   Silva, Cláudia ^a   Jebari, Asma ^b   Álvaro Fuentes, Jorge ^b   Domingos, Tiago ^a   Teixeira, Ricardo F M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotic production potential; Ecological modelling; Life cycle assessment; Regionalization; RothC; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

BIOTIC PRODUCTION POTENTIAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REGIONALIZATION; ROTHC; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85046831301     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.061     Document Type: Article

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