Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: Sources and consequences

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 737-750

  Vitousek, Peter M ^a   Aber, John D ^b   Howarth, Robert W ^c   Likens, Gene E ^d   Matson, Pamela A ^e   Schindler, David W ^f   Schlesinger, William H ^g   Tilman, David G ^h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture and the global N cycle; Anthropogenic global change; Biological diversity and the nitrogen cycle; Control by N; Ecosystem functioning; Eutrophication of estuaries; Global; Global N cycle alteration; Nitrogen and land water interactions; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen deposition and nitrogen loss; Nitrogen containing trace gases; Scientific consensus on

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN IMPACT; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 0030612951     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0737:HAOTGN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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