The imprint of crop choice on global nutrient needs

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Jobbágy, Esteban G ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; PROTEINS; SOILS;

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; COMPOSITION SHIFTS; FERTILIZATION RATES; FERTILIZER USE; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; MONETARY VALUE; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HARVESTING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84928964360     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084014     Document Type: Article

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