Switchgrass procurement strategies for managing yield variability: Estimating the cost-efficient D (downtime cost) L (land to lease) frontier
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomass and Bioenergy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0961-9534
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.03.024