Nitrogen in crop production: An account of global flows

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 647-662

  Smil, Vaclav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOFIXATION; DENITRIFICATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 0032749136     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999gb900015     Document Type: Article

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