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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maurício Roberto Cherubin
Other Authors: Carlos Clemente Cerri
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11140/tde-16062016-160123/