The logic of carbon and nitrogen interactions in terrestrial ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 723-744

  Tateno, M ^a,b   Chapin III, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0030616894     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286017     Document Type: Article

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