Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Expectations are high for energy crops. Government policies in the United States and
Europe are increasingly supporting biofuel and heat and power from cellulose, and biomass …

Core Ideas Dedicated bioenergy crops can enhance ecosystem services in marginal lands.
Ecosystem services vary with the type of marginal land. More field data are needed about …

This is the era of global warming with the associated climate change, and increase in the
frequency of extreme events. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution since circa 1750, the …

Indicators of the environmental sustainability of biofuel production, distribution, and use
should be selected, measured, and interpreted with respect to the context in which they are …

This study integrates a biophysical model with a county‐specific economic analysis of
breakeven prices of bioenergy crop production to assess the biophysical and economic …

Cellulosic biofuels are intended to improve future energy and climate security. Nitrogen (N)
fertilizer is commonly recommended to stimulate yields but can increase losses of the …

The expected profitability of six cellulosic feedstock crops is compared with two corn (Zea
mays L.)‐based systems under southern Great Lakes region conditions over a projected 10 …

The authors of this paper have been involved in contentious discussion of the EROI of
biomass-based ethanol. This contention has undermined, in the minds of some, the utility of …

Water science, water economics, and water policy issues continue to rise in importance
internationally as elevated population, income growth, and climate change magnify scarcity …