Spatial and temporal patterns in terrestrial carbon storage due to deposition of fossil fuel nitrogen

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 806-814

  Townsend, A R ^a,d   Braswell, B H ^b   Holland, E A ^a   Penner, J E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Biological Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Cultivation; Forest carbon; Global carbon cycle; N limitation; NOy deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001525959     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269486     Document Type: Article

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