Nitrogen deposition makes a minor contribution to carbon sequestration in temperate forests

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6723, 1999, Pages 145-148

  Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^a   Emmett, Bridget A ^b   Gundersen, Per ^c   Kjønaas, O Janne ^d   Koopmans, Chris J ^e   Schleppi, Patrick ^f   Tietema, Albert ^e   Wright, Richard F ^g  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NITROGEN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033545574     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18205     Document Type: Article

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