Characterizing the spatial patterns of global fertilizer application and manure production

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Potter, Philip ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^a   Bennett, Elena M ^b   Donner, Simon D ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilizer Application; Global dataset; Manure production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; MANURES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; GLOBAL DATASET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPATIAL DISAGGREGATION; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 77956933581     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009EI288.1     Document Type: Article

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