Recent trends of nitrogen flow of typical agro-ecosystems in China-major problems and potential solutions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1046-1053

  Liu, Chen ^a   Wang, Qinxue ^b   Yang, Yonghui ^c   Wang, Kelin ^d   Ouyang, Zhu ^e   Li, Yan ^f   Lei, Alin ^g   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^f XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^g CHANGJIANG WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION   (China)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Field investigation; Human activity; Nitrogen flow; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84858165835     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4725     Document Type: Article

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