A high-resolution assessment on global nitrogen flows in cropland

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8035-8040

  Liu, Junguo ^a,b   You, Liangzhi ^c   Amini, Manouchehr ^d   Obersteiner, Michael ^b   Herrero, Mario ^e   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^f   Yang, Hong ^d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f Alberta Water Research Institute AWRI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global nitrogen cycle; Malnutrition; Nitrogen scarcity; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT RESIDUE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL FERTILITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL;

EID: 77952331734     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913658107     Document Type: Article

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