Nitrogen in agriculture: balancing the cost of an essential resource

GP Robertson, PM Vitousek - Annual review of environment and …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Nitrogen (N) is central to living systems, and its addition to agricultural crop** systems is
an essential facet of modern crop management and one of the major reasons that crop …

Impacts and effects indicators of atmospheric deposition of major pollutants to various ecosystems-A review

LP Wright, L Zhang, I Cheng, J Aherne… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2018 - aaqr.org
In this paper, we review the current understanding on ecosystem and human health impacts
from the atmospheric deposition of acidifying pollutants, eutrophying nitrogen (N), polycyclic …

Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models

CF Randin, MB Ashcroft, J Bolliger… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning
and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and …

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

R Bobbink, K Hicks, J Galloway… - Ecological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition is a recognized threat to plant diversity in temperate
and northern parts of Europe and North America. This paper assesses evidence from field …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially explicit boundaries for agricultural nitrogen inputs in the European Union to meet air and water quality targets

W de Vries, L Schulte-Uebbing, H Kros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural production in the EU has increased strongly since the 1940s, partly driven by
increased nitrogen (N) fertiliser and manure inputs. Increased N inputs and associated …

Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States

LH Pardo, ME Fenn, CL Goodale… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity in the last century has led to a significant increase in nitrogen (N) emissions
and atmospheric deposition. This N deposition has reached a level that has caused or is …

Potential benefits of using Hermetia illucens frass as a soil amendment on food production and for environmental impact reduction

E Schmitt, W de Vries - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nutrients, water, and light are the basic ingredients for crops. However, soil and water
resources are under intense pressure, as the world's population increases and adopts …

Impacts of acid deposition, ozone exposure and weather conditions on forest ecosystems in Europe: an overview

W De Vries, MH Dobbertin, S Solberg, HF Van Dobben… - Plant and Soil, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In 1994, a “Pan-European Programme for Intensive and Continuous
Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems” started to contribute to a better understanding of the …

Forest floor vegetation response to nitrogen deposition in Europe

T Dirnböck, U Grandin… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic nitrogen (N) deposition is a threat to biodiversity that results from the eutrophication
of ecosystems. We studied long‐term monitoring data from 28 forest sites with a total of …

[PDF][PDF] Nitrogen as a threat to European terrestrial biodiversity

W de Vries, JW Erisman, T Spranger… - … : sources, effects and …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Together with habitat conversion and climate change, the atmospheric deposition of reactive
nitrogen (abbreviated Nr or N) has been recognised as one of the most important threats to …