Mapping the yields of lignocellulosic bioenergy crops from observations at the global scale

This package contains the gridded yield data for lignocellulosic bioenergy crops developed from a global yield observation dataset using a random forest algorithm based on climatic and soil conditions. The data are global yield maps of five important lignocellulosic bioenergy crops (eucalypt, Miscanthus, poplar, switchgrass and willow) under current technology, climate and atmospheric CO₂ conditions at a 0.5° × 0.5° spatial resolution. A combined “best bioenergy crop” yield map is also provided by selecting the one of the five crop types with the highest yield in each of the grid cell. The yield unit is “ton DM ha^-1 yr^-1”. Please see more details in the associated paper on ESSD.