The decoupling of terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles: Human influences on land cover and nitrogen supply are altering natural biogeochemical links in the biosphere

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 226-234

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a   Townsend, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0030936549     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313076     Document Type: Review

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