Robust relationship between yields and nitrogen inputs indicates three ways to reduce nitrogen pollution

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon ^a,b,c   Müller, Christoph ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

agriculture; fertilizer; mitigation; nitrogen; nitrogen pollution; nitrogen use efficiency; yields

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; MITIGATION; NITROGEN POLLUTION; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL; YIELDS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84919684679     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/111005     Document Type: Review

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