Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems

1989/06/01 by John D. Aber, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul Steudler +2 · 2,388 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Environmental Science · #Archaeology #Biology #Biosphere #Chemistry #Computer science #Ecology #Ecosystem #History #Library science #Nitrogen #Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology #Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics #Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

paper · doi:10.2307/1311067

published in BioScience 39(6), 378-386 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

John D. Aber, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul Steudler, Jerry M. Melillo; Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems: Excess nitrogen from fossil fuel co

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