Soil quality response to land-use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil
Globally, increasing demands for biofuels have intensified the rate of land-use change (LUC) for expansion of bioenergy crops. In Brazil, the world\'s largest sugarcane-ethanol producer, sugarcane area has expanded by 35% (3.2 Mha) in the last decade. Sugarcane expansion has resulted in ext...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-16062016-160123/ |