Comment on "Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity grassland biomass"

Science. 2007 Jun 15;316(5831):1567; author reply 1567. doi: 10.1126/science.1139388.

Abstract

Tilman et al. (Reports, 8 December 2006, p. 1598) argued that low-input high-diversity grasslands can provide a substantial proportion of global energy needs. We contend that their conclusions are not substantiated by their experimental protocol. The authors understated the management inputs required to establish prairies, extrapolated globally from site-specific results, and presented potentially misleading energy accounting.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture
  • Biomass*
  • Carbon* / analysis
  • Climate
  • Ecosystem
  • Energy-Generating Resources*
  • Fabaceae / growth & development
  • Fabaceae / metabolism
  • Plant Development
  • Plants* / metabolism
  • Poaceae* / growth & development
  • Poaceae* / metabolism
  • Soil

Substances

  • Soil
  • Carbon