Balancing birds and biofuels: Grasslands support more species than cornfields
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 14:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In Wisconsin, bioenergy is for the birds. Really. In a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) scientists examined whether corn and perennial grassland fields in southern Wisconsin could provide both biomass for bioenergy production and bountiful bird habitat.