Nitrogen Pollution Is Linked to US Listed Species Declines

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 213-222

  Hernández, Daniel L ^a   Vallano, Dena M ^b   Zavaleta, Erika S ^b   Tzankova, Zdravka ^b   Pasari, Jae R ^c   Weiss, Stuart ^d   Selmants, Paul C ^e   Morozumi, Corinne ^b  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley City College   (United States)

^d Creekside Center for Earth Observation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; endangered species; eutrophication; nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961615335     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw003     Document Type: Review

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