Can we meet targets for biofuels and renewable energy in transport given the constraints imposed by policy in agriculture and energy?

Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt

Joseph Fargione, Jason Hill, David Tilman et al. · Science · 2008 · 3.9K citations

Management, Environmental Sciences, Forestry +17

Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-Input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass

David Tilman, Jason Hill, Clarence Lehman · Science · 2006 · 1.8K citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Soil Sciences +17

Ethanol Production Using Corn, Switchgrass, and Wood; Biodiesel Production Using Soybean and Sunflower

David Pimentel, Tadeusz W. Patzek · Natural Resources Research · 2005 · 1.4K citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop Sciences +13

Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon

Douglas C. Morton, Ruth S. DeFries, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.1K citations

Planning, Forestry, Cropping Systems +12

Biofuels: Environment, technology and food security

José C. Escobar, Electo Eduardo Silva Lora, Osvaldo José Venturini et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2008 · 719 citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Sustainable Agriculture +12