Effects of nitrogen deposition on greenhouse-gas fluxes for forests and grasslands of North America

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 547-553

  Templer, Pamela H ^a   Pinder, Robert W ^b   Goodale, Christine L ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GAS FLOW; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870398016     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120055     Document Type: Review

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