Nitrogen Deposition and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 519-536

  Clark, Christopher M ^a   Bai, Yongfei ^b   Bowman, William D ^c   Cowles, Jane M ^d   Fenn, Mark E ^e   Gilliam, Frank S ^f   Phoenix, Gareth K ^g   Siddique, Ilyas ^h   Stevens, Carly J ^i,j   Sverdrup, Harald U ^k   Throop, Heather L ^l  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

ⁱ OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acidification; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Conservation; Critical load; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Fossil Fuels; Nitrogen; Nitrogen deposition; Plant; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975695527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00366-X     Document Type: Chapter

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