Consequences of nitrogen deposition on biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems: An ecosystems ecology approach;Consecuencias de la deposición de nitrógeno sobre la biodiversidad y el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas terrestres: Una aproximación general desde la ecología de ecosistemas

Ecosistemas

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 25-36

  Ochoa Hueso, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Ecological interactions; Ecosystem functioning; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018282765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2017.26-1.05     Document Type: Review

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