Nitrogen leaching from agricultural land in Sweden: Model calculated effects of measures to reduce leaching loads

Ambio

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-73

  Hoffmann, Markus ^a   Johnsson, Holger ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LEACHING; MODELING; NITROGEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0034059648     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-29.2.67     Document Type: Article

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34. This work was financially supported by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
35. First submitted 18 Dec. 1998. Accepted for publication after revision 7 Dec. 1999.