Losses of ammonia and nitrate from agriculture and their effect on nitrogen recovery in the European Union and the United States between 1900 and 2050

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-367

  Van Grinsven, Hans J M ^a   Bouwman, Lex ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^b   Van Es, Harold M ^c   McCrackin, Michelle L ^d   Beusen, Arthur H W ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUDGET CONTROL; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZERS; LOADING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; LONG-TERM POLICIES; NITROGEN RECOVERY; REGULATION-DRIVEN CHANGES; STATISTICAL DATAS;

AGRICULTURE;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; HARVEST; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PASTURE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84925457684     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.03.0102     Document Type: Article

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