Using nitrogen isotope ratios to assess terrestrial ecosystems at regional and global scales

Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 221-249

  Pardo, Linda H ^a   Nadelhoffer, Knute J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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