The past, present and future of nitrogenous compounds in the atmosphere, and their interactions with plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 205-219

  Raven, J A ^a   Yin, Z H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Atmosphere; Biogeochemistry; Evolution; Nitric acid; Nitrogen oxides; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EVOLUTION; NITROGEN METABOLISM;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; GLOBAL ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; PLANT EVOLUTION;

EID: 2642646223     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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