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Holly K Gibbs et al 2008 Environ. Res. Lett. 3 034001 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/3/034001
Carbon payback times for crop-based biofuel expansion in the tropics: the effects of changing yield and technology
Holly K Gibbs1, Matt Johnston1, Jonathan A Foley1, Tracey Holloway1, Chad Monfreda2, Navin Ramankutty3 and David Zaks1
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