Sustainable Biofuels : : An Ecological Assessment of the Future Energy / / ed. by Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Jiquan Chen, Terenzio Zenone.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Bar-Tal, Asher,; Bergante, Sara,; Bhardwaj, Ajay K.,; Chandra Pandey, Vimal,; Chen, Jiquan,; Facciotto, Gianni,; Fike, John H.,; Grelle, Achim,; Higher Education Press,; Ioannis, Dimitriou,; Izaurralde, R. César,; Liska, Adam J.,; Parrish, David J.,; Raghuvanshi, Nidhi,; Sharma, Dinesh K.,; Singh, Bajrang,; Singh, Gurbachan,; Singh, Kripal,; Singh, Pushpa,; Singh, Yashpal,; Solomon, Sushil,; Vaknin, Yiftach,; Yermiyahu, Uri,; Zenone, Terenzio,; Zhao, Kaiguang,
• HerausgeberIn: Bhardwaj, Ajay Kumar,; Chen, Jiquan,; Zenone, Terenzio,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Ecosystem Science and Applications ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)

With oil resources approaching their limits, biofuels have become increasingly attractive. This book provides a detailed description of the ecological implications of second and third generation biofuel feedstock production systems, beginning with an introduction to the importance of ecological sust...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• List of Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Preface
• Contents
• Part I. Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Sustainable Biofuels Paradigm
• Part II. Biofuel Crop Models
• Chapter 2 Switchgrass for Bioenergy: Agro-ecological Sustainability
• Chapter 3. Sugarcane as an Alternative Source of Sustainable Energy
• Chapter 4. Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) as a New Biofuel Feedstock for Semi-arid and Arid Regions and Its Agro-ecological Sustainability Issues
• Chapter 5. Environmental Aspects of Willow Cultivation for Bioenergy
• Part III. Biofuels and Biogeochemical Impacts
• Chapter 6. Short Rotation Forestry for Energy Production in Italy: Environmental Aspects and New Perspectives of Use in Biofuel Industry
• Chapter 7. Populus and Salix Grown in a Short-rotation Coppice for Bioenergy: Ecophysiology, Aboveground Productivity, and Stand-level Water Use Efficiency
• Part IV. Biofuels and Natural Resource Management
• Chapter 8. Afforestation of Salt-affected Marginal Lands with Indigenous Tree Species for Sustainable Biomass and Bioenergy Production
• Chapter 9. Bioenergy and Prospects for Phytoremediation
• Part V. Life Cycle Assessment Principles
• Chapter 10. Eight Principles of Uncertainty for Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuel Systems
• Chapter 11. Energy and GHG Emission Assessments of Biodiesel Production in Mato Grosso, Brazil
• Part V. Global Potential Assessments
• Chapter 12. Biomass Potential of Switchgrass and Miscanthus on the USA’s Marginal Lands
• Chapter 13. Global Agro-ecological Challenges in Commercial Biodiesel Production from Jatropha curcas: Seed Productivity to Disease Incidence
• Subject Index