Growth and Development of Short-Rotation Woody Crops for Rural and Urban Applications

Abstract

Woody biomass from short-rotation woody crops (SRWCs) plays a substantial role in feedstock production for alternative energy sources throughout the world, thus helping to mitigate climate change driven by excessive use of fossil fuels [...]

Fast-Growing Trees Species—Opportunities and Risks for Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Land Use Systems

“…Thus, a large number of publications by researchers worldwide can currently be found in addition Special Issues on fast-growing tree species have also published by several journals. I would particularly like to highlight the Special Issue in the BioEnergy Research journal on the subject of "Sustainable Biomass Value Chains Based on Poplar Plantations in European Rural Areas" [1] and the Special Issue that followed shortly thereafter in the Forests journal, entitled "Growth and Development of Short Rotation Woody Crops for Rural and Urban Applications" [2].…”