Case study for evaluating campus sustainability: Nitrogen balance for the University of Minnesota

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-137

  Savanick, Suzanne ^a,b   Baker, Lawrence ^a   Perry, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus ecology; Campus sustainability; Nitrogen budget; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247249330     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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