Growing fuel: a sustainability assessment of willow biomass crops

By Timothy A. Volk, T. Verwijst, P. Tharakan, L. Abrahamson, E. White. 2004

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Yield and Woody Biomass Traits of Novel Shrub Willow Hybrids at Two Contrasting Sites (2012, unknown): “The environmental and rural developmental benefits associated with shrub willow make it an attractive option for the production of renewable energy and bioproducts [4].”
Establishment and two-year growth of a bio-energy plantation with fast-growing **Populus** trees in Flanders (Belgium) : effects of genotype and former land use (2012, background): “Moreover, SRC plantations generally have a higher biodiversity compared to traditional agriculture [15,16].”
A participatory systems approach to modeling social, economic, and ecological components of bioenergy (2007, background): “For instance, Volk et al. (2004) discussed several criteria related to sustainable short-rotation coppice production with willow.”
Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy (2012, background): “At least eight harvests can be obtained from a plantation over 25 years (Volk et al., 2004; Johnson et al., 2007; El Bassam, 2010).”