Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research

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Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 178-193

  Shibata, Hideaki ^a   Branquinho, Cristina ^b   McDowell, William H ^c   Mitchell, Myron J ^d   Monteith, Don T ^e   Tang, Jianwu ^f   Arvola, Lauri ^g   Cruz, Cristina ^b   Cusack, Daniela F ^h   Halada, Lubos ⁱ   Kopáček, Jiří ^j   Máguas, Cristina ^k   Sajidu, Samson ^l   Schubert, Hendrik ^m   Tokuchi, Naoko ⁿ   Záhora, Jaroslav ^o  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS   (Slovakia)

^j Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^k Centre for Environmental Biology   (Portugal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

ⁿ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Biogeochemistry; N2O; Nitrogen leaching; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE;

EID: 84939872010     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0545-4     Document Type: Review

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