EAN: 9783110554663

ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS SUSTAINABL...

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 sustainability alongside economic viability. The book is divided into
sections describing theoretical foundation and benefits of various biofuel cropping systems 
and providing a description of practical ecological limitations to achieve those fundamental
benefits. The book covers such critical issues as greenhouse gas emissions  carbon balance 
water cycle components  other biogeochemical and socioeconomic interactions alongside life
cycle analysis principals for achieving sustainability. These are some of the most important
sustainability  environmental and economic issues which biofuel industry and scientific
community is seeking answers to.

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