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The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. / Baron, Jill S.; Stevens, Carly Joanne.
Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Nitrogen Initiative Workshop, Linking Experts of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ed. / Mark A. Sutton; Kate E. Mason; Lucy J. Sheppard; Harald Sverdrup; Richard Haeuber; W. Kevin HIcks. Springer, 2014. p. 465-480.

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Baron, JS & Stevens, CJ 2014, The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. in MA Sutton, KE Mason, LJ Sheppard, H Sverdrup, R Haeuber & WK HIcks (eds), Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Nitrogen Initiative Workshop, Linking Experts of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Springer, pp. 465-480. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7939-6_49

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Baron, J. S., & Stevens, C. J. (2014). The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. In M. A. Sutton, K. E. Mason, L. J. Sheppard, H. Sverdrup, R. Haeuber, & W. K. HIcks (Eds.), Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Nitrogen Initiative Workshop, Linking Experts of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Convention on Biological Diversity (pp. 465-480). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7939-6_49

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Baron JS, Stevens CJ. The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. In Sutton MA, Mason KE, Sheppard LJ, Sverdrup H, Haeuber R, HIcks WK, editors, Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Nitrogen Initiative Workshop, Linking Experts of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Springer. 2014. p. 465-480 doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7939-6_49

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Baron, Jill S. ; Stevens, Carly Joanne. / The effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Nitrogen Initiative Workshop, Linking Experts of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and the Convention on Biological Diversity. editor / Mark A. Sutton ; Kate E. Mason ; Lucy J. Sheppard ; Harald Sverdrup ; Richard Haeuber ; W. Kevin HIcks. Springer, 2014. pp. 465-480

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