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New Perspectives on Nitrogen Cycling in the Temperate and Tropical Americas
Alan R. . Ed(S): Townsend
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Description for New Perspectives on Nitrogen Cycling in the Temperate and Tropical Americas
Hardback. Presents 12 manuscripts which help advance our understanding of nitrogen dynamics in the Americas, and also of how the global nitrogen cycle responds to the pronounced and continued effects of human activity. Editor(s): Townsend, Alan R. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; PSB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 675.
Inputs of nitrogen to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have increased several-fold over the last one hundred and fifty years, with the steepest increases during the last four decades. The expansion of fertilizer manu facture and use, the increase in fossil fuel combustion, the intensification of animal husbandry, and widespread cultivation of N2 fixing crops have all contributed to the dramatic increase in N inputs. The increase has been most rapid in Northern Hemisphere (NH) temperate ecosystems, but presently subtropical and tropical regions of Asia are also experiencing an explosive increase in N inputs to terrestrial ecosystems (W. Chameides, pers. comm. ... Read more
Inputs of nitrogen to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have increased several-fold over the last one hundred and fifty years, with the steepest increases during the last four decades. The expansion of fertilizer manu facture and use, the increase in fossil fuel combustion, the intensification of animal husbandry, and widespread cultivation of N2 fixing crops have all contributed to the dramatic increase in N inputs. The increase has been most rapid in Northern Hemisphere (NH) temperate ecosystems, but presently subtropical and tropical regions of Asia are also experiencing an explosive increase in N inputs to terrestrial ecosystems (W. Chameides, pers. comm. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792357049
SKU
V9780792357049
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