Assessment of interactions between land use change and carbon and nutrient fluxes in Ecuador

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 269-279

  Priess, J A ^a   De Koning, G H J ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Land use change; Modelling concepts; Nutrient and carbon balance; Spatial and temporal scales

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0035010867     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00193-1     Document Type: Article

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