Better living through biogeochemistry

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2402-2407

  Schlesinger, William H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeochemistry; Global cycles; Human impacts; Large scale experiments; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 5344257619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0242     Document Type: Review

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