Remote sensing of nitrogen and carbon isotope compositions in terrestrial ecosystems

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 51-70

  Wang, Lixin ^a,c   Okin, Gregory S ^b   MacKo, Stephen A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 84892318506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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