Redefining marginal land for bioenergy crop production

Assessing the Returns to Land and Greenhouse Gas Savings from Producing Energy Crops on Conservation Reserve Program Land

(2021) Luoye Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Water Quality Effects of Economically Viable Land Use Change in the Mississippi River Basin under the Renewable Fuel Standard

(2021) Kelsie M. Ferin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The economic and environmental costs and benefits of the renewable fuel standard

(2021) Luoye Chen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The extent of soil loss across the US Corn Belt

(2021) Evan A. Thaler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accuracy, Bias, and Improvements in Mapping Crops and Cropland across the United States Using the USDA Cropland Data Layer

(2021) Tyler J. Lark et al.   Remote Sensing

Quantifying carbon budget, crop yields and their responses to environmental variability using the ecosys model for U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems

(2021) Wang Zhou et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Assessing Marginal Land Availability Based on Land Use Change Information in the Contiguous United States

(2021) Chongya Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatio-temporal remotely sensed indices identify hotspots of biodiversity conservation concern

(2021) Eduarda M.O. Silveira et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Nitrogen and phosphorus control carbon sequestration in agricultural ecosystems: modelling carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus balances at the Breton Plots with ecosys under historical and future climates

(2020) Robert Grant et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Shifting agricultural practices to produce sustainable, low carbon intensity feedstocks for biofuel production

(2020) Xinyu Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Unstable crop yields reveal opportunities for site-specific adaptations to climate variability

(2020) Rafael A. Martinez-Feria et al.   Scientific Reports

Machine learning based estimation of land productivity in the Contiguous US using biophysical predictors

(2020) Pan Yang et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

(2020) Allie Goldstein et al.   Nature Climate Change

Multifunctional perennial production systems for bioenergy: performance and progress

(2020) Oskar Englund et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Energy and Environment

Predicting soil carbon changes in switchgrass grown on marginal lands under climate change and adaptation strategies

(2020) Rafael Martinez‐Feria et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Environmental Externalities from Agriculture: Evidence from Water Quality in the United States

(2020) Jayash Paudel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Strategic switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) production within row cropping systems: Regional‐scale assessment of soil erosion loss and water runoff impacts

(2020) Enheng Wang et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

(2020) Delphis F. Levia et al.   Nature Geoscience

Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels

(2020) John L. Field et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cropland expansion in the United States produces marginal yields at high costs to wildlife

(2020) Tyler J. Lark et al.   Nature Communications

Maximizing US nitrate removal through wetland protection and restoration

(2020) F. Y. Cheng et al.   NATURE

A million kernels of truth: Insights into scalable satellite maize yield mapping and yield gap analysis from an extensive ground dataset in the US Corn Belt

(2020) Jillian M. Deines et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Satellite image texture captures vegetation heterogeneity and explains patterns of bird richness

(2020) Laura S. Farwell et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Carbon debt of field-scale Conservation Reserve Program grasslands converted to annual and perennial bioenergy crops

(2019) Michael Abraha et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios

(2019) Shruti K. Mishra et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Carbon emissions from cropland expansion in the United States

(2019) Seth Anders Spawn et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Adopting bioenergy crops: Does farmers’ attitude toward loss matter?

(2019) Mohit Anand et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Grassland disturbance increases monarch butterfly oviposition and decreases arthropod predator abundance

(2019) Nathan L. Haan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Towards valuation of biodiversity in agricultural soils: A case for earthworms

(2019) Elke Plaas et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Modeling spatial dependence and economic hotspots in landowners’ willingness to supply bioenergy crops in the northeastern United States

(2019) Wei Jiang et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Large scale prediction of groundwater nitrate concentrations from spatial data using machine learning

(2019) Lukas Knoll et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Importance of Shifting Disturbance Regimes in Monarch Butterfly Decline and Recovery

(2019) Nathan L. Haan et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Designing bioenergy landscapes to protect water quality

(2019) Jasmine A.F. Kreig et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Decline of the North American avifauna

(2019) Kenneth V. Rosenberg et al.   SCIENCE

Deficits of biodiversity and productivity linger a century after agricultural abandonment

(2019) Forest Isbell et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Management controls the net greenhouse gas outcomes of growing bioenergy feedstocks on marginally productive croplands

(2019) Virginia L. Jin et al.   Science Advances

Use of cover crop fields by migratory and resident birds

(2018) Cassandra A. Wilcoxen et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Economic assessment of landowners' willingness to supply energy crops on marginal lands in the northeastern of the United States

(2018) Wei Jiang et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Sorghum biomass and quality and soil nitrogen balance response to nitrogen rate on semiarid marginal land

(2018) Chaochen Tang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Predicting spatial patterns of within-field crop yield variability

(2018) Bernardo Maestrini et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Environmental limitation mapping of potential biomass resources across the conterminous United States

(2018) Christopher Daly et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

How do sociocultural factors shape rural landowner responses to the prospect of perennial bioenergy crops?

(2018) Weston M. Eaton et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

High-resolution techno–ecological modelling of a bioenergy landscape to identify climate mitigation opportunities in cellulosic ethanol production

(2018) John L. Field et al.   Nature Energy

Willingness to produce perennial bioenergy crops: A contingent supply approach

(2018) David J. Smith et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Crowdsourcing Methods for Data Collection in Geophysics: State of the Art, Issues, and Future Directions

(2018) Feifei Zheng et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Biochar, soil and land-use interactions that reduce nitrate leaching and N2O emissions: A meta-analysis

(2018) Nils Borchard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marginal land suitability for switchgrass, Miscanthus and hybrid poplar in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB)

(2017) Qingyu Feng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use

(2017) Jeanette Whitaker et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Targeted subfield switchgrass integration could improve the farm economy, water quality, and bioenergy feedstock production

(2017) Elke Brandes et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

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(2017) Budiman Minasny et al.   GEODERMA

Measuring land-use and land-cover change using the U.S. department of agriculture’s cropland data layer: Cautions and recommendations

(2017) Tyler J. Lark et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Does Spatial Dependence Affect the Intention to Make Land Available for Bioenergy Crops?

(2017) Theodoros Skevas et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands

(2017) Lisa A. Schulte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revisiting the social cost of carbon

(2017) William D. Nordhaus   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use

(2017) Jonathan Sanderman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identifying barriers and motivators for adoption of multifunctional perennial cropping systems by landowners in the Upper Sangamon River Watershed, Illinois

(2016) Chloe M. Mattia et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Farmers’ Preferences for Future Agricultural Land Use Under the Consideration of Climate Change

(2016) Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Subfield profitability analysis reveals an economic case for cropland diversification

(2016) E Brandes et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluating the Potential of Marginal Land for Cellulosic Feedstock Production and Carbon Sequestration in the United States

(2016) Isaac Emery et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mapping marginal croplands suitable for cellulosic feedstock crops in the Great Plains, United States

(2016) Yingxin Gu et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

How willing are landowners to supply land for bioenergy crops in the Northern Great Lakes Region?

(2016) Scott M. Swinton et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Landscape control of nitrous oxide emissions during the transition from conservation reserve program to perennial grasses for bioenergy

(2016) Debasish Saha et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Spatial evaluation of switchgrass productivity under historical and future climate scenarios in Michigan

(2016) Lin Liu et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Assessing renewable energy potential on United States marginal and contaminated sites

(2016) Briana Niblick et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Greenhouse gas emissions intensity of global croplands

(2016) Kimberly M. Carlson et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of a 32-billion-gallon bioenergy landscape on land and fossil fuel use in the US

(2016) Tara W. Hudiburg et al.   Nature Energy

The social costs of nitrogen

(2016) B. L. Keeler et al.   Science Advances

Capturing the complexity of biodiversity: A critical review of economic valuation studies of biological diversity

(2015) Bartosz Bartkowski et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Cost of reactive nitrogen release from human activities to the environment in the United States

(2015) Daniel J Sobota et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Cost of Abating Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Cellulosic Ethanol

(2015) Puneet Dwivedi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Soil carbon sequestration and land use change associated with biofuel production: empirical evidence

(2015) Zhangcai Qin et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Exploring the determinants of emerging bioenergy market participation

(2015) Christopher S. Galik   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality

(2015) Carlo Fezzi et al.   Nature Climate Change

Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems

(2015) N. M. Haddad et al.   Science Advances

Does no-till soybean farming provide any benefits for birds?

(2014) Kelly R. VanBeek et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Inelastic and Fragmented Farm Supply Response for Second-generation Bioenergy Feedstocks: Ex Ante Survey Evidence from Wisconsin

(2014) D. F. Mooney et al.   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Establishment and Short-term Productivity of Annual and Perennial Bioenergy Crops Across a Landscape Gradient

(2014) Danielle M. Wilson et al.   BioEnergy Research

Untapped Potential: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Bioenergy Production from Marginal Lands in the Northeast USA

(2014) Cathelijne R. Stoof et al.   BioEnergy Research

Reporting on Marginal Lands for Bioenergy Feedstock Production: a Modest Proposal

(2014) Brian K. Richards et al.   BioEnergy Research

What type of landowner would supply marginal land for energy crops?

(2014) Theodoros Skevas et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Key characteristics for tool choice in indicator-based sustainability assessment at farm level

(2014) Fleur Marchand et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Opportunities for Energy Crop Production Based on Subfield Scale Distribution of Profitability

(2014) Ian Bonner et al.   Energies

Productivity,15N dynamics and water use efficiency in low- and high-input switchgrass systems

(2014) Gabriel M. Pedroso et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Nutrient removal by prairie filter strips in agricultural landscapes

(2014) X. Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes

(2014) B. P. Werling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Managing a second-generation crop portfolio through sustainable intensification: Examples from the USA and the EU

(2013) Emily A. Heaton et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

“Marginal land” for energy crops: Exploring definitions and embedded assumptions

(2013) O.K. Shortall   ENERGY POLICY

Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen for Europe and Implications for Mitigation

(2013) Hans J. M. Van Grinsven et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Land availability and potential biomass production with poplar and willow short rotation coppices in Germany

(2013) Cisco Aust et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Management swing potential for bioenergy crops

(2013) Sarah C. Davis et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the US Midwest

(2013) Ilya Gelfand et al.   NATURE

Can control of soil erosion mitigate water pollution by sediments?

(2013) R.J. Rickson   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Multimetric spatial optimization of switchgrass plantings across a watershed

(2012) Esther S. Parish et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

The yield response of the energy crops switchgrass and reed canary grass to fertiliser applications when grown on a low productivity sandy soil

(2012) I.F. Shield et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Analysis of factors affecting willingness to produce switchgrass in the southeastern United States

(2012) D. Joshua Qualls et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Effects of soil type and landscape on yield and profit maximizing nitrogen rates for switchgrass production

(2012) Christopher N. Boyer et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Identifying potential areas for biofuel production and evaluating the environmental effects: a case study of the James River Basin in the Midwestern United States

(2012) Yiping Wu et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Yield potential of Miscanthus energy crops in the Loess Plateau of China

(2012) Wei Liu et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Spatial variability and distribution of N2O emissions from a tea field during the dry season in subtropical central China

(2012) Yong Li et al.   GEODERMA

Switching to Perennial Energy Crops Under Uncertainty and Costly Reversibility

(2011) F. Song et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Ecological economics of soil erosion: a review of the current state of knowledge

(2011) Bhim Adhikari et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Ecosystem services altered by human changes in the nitrogen cycle: a new perspective for US decision making

(2011) Jana E. Compton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Higher US crop prices trigger little area expansion so marginal land for biofuel crops is limited

(2011) Scott M. Swinton et al.   ENERGY POLICY

Climate change impacts on global agricultural land availability

(2011) Xiao Zhang et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A Novel Framework to Classify Marginal Land for Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production

(2011) Gayathri Gopalakrishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Land Availability for Biofuel Production

(2010) Ximing Cai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

An integrative modeling framework to evaluate the productivity and sustainability of biofuel crop production systems

(2010) X. ZHANG et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

An integrated biogeochemical and economic analysis of bioenergy crops in the Midwestern United States

(2010) ATUL K. JAIN et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Assessment of bioenergy potential on marginal land in China

(2010) Dafang Zhuang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Evaluation of effectiveness of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N2O and NO emissions from agricultural soils: meta-analysis

(2009) HIROKO AKIYAMA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Costs of producing miscanthus and switchgrass for bioenergy in Illinois

(2008) Madhu Khanna et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Designing payments for ecosystem services: Lessons from previous experience with incentive-based mechanisms

(2008) B. K. Jack et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomass energy: the scale of the potential resource

(2008) C FIELD et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Comparison of corn and switchgrass on marginal soils for bioenergy

(2007) G.E. Varvel et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY