The carbon and water impacts of pasture conversion to sugarcane in Southeastern US
The carbon and water impacts of pasture conversion to sugarcane in Southeastern US
Elena Blanc-Betes1,2, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas3,4, Caitlin Moore5, Elizabeth Boughton6, Carl Bernacchi7, Taylor L Pederson8, Wendy H Yang9, Haoyu Li6, Amartya K Saha6 and Evan H DeLucia1,2, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Department, Vernon, TX, United States, (4)Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center, Vernon, TX, United States, (5)The University of Western Australia, School of Agriculture and Environment, Perth, Australia, (6)Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, United States, (7)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Urbana, United States, (8)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Plant Biology, Urbana, United States, (9)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Departments of Plant Biology and Geology, Urbana, IL, United States