Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2609-2614

  Liu, Xin ^a   Sheng, Hu ^a   Jiang, Songyan ^a   Yuan, Zengwei ^a   Zhang, Chaosheng ^b   Elser, James J ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Food production; Industrial ecology; Phosphorus cycling; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BRAZIL; CHINA; CHINESE; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84960945089     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519554113     Document Type: Article

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