Sustainability challenges of phosphorus and food: Solutions from closing the human phosphorus cycle

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Childers, Daniel L ^a   Corman, Jessica ^b   Edwards, Mark ^c   Elser, James J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food security; human phosphorus cycle; phosphorus; phosphorus limitation; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951570876     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.6     Document Type: Article

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