Changes in nitrogen budgets and nitrogen use efficiency in the agroecosystems of the Changjiang River basin between 1980 and 2000

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-37

  Liu, Chen ^a   Watanabe, Masataka ^b   Wang, Qinxue ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Changjiang (Yangtze) River basin; County level; N budget; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 37249092979     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9118-2     Document Type: Article

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