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Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
- P. Vitousek, H. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, J. Melillo
- Environmental Science
- 25 July 1997
Human alteration of Earth is substantial and growing. Between one-third and one-half of the land surface has been transformed by human action; the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has…
HUMAN ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES
- P. Vitousek, J. Aber, D. Tilman
- Environmental Science
- 1 August 1997
Nitrogen is a key element controlling the species composition, diversity, dynamics, and functioning of many terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. Many of the original plant species living…
Terrestrial ecosystem production: A process model based on global satellite and surface data
- C. Potter, J. Randerson, S. Klooster
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 1993
This paper presents a modeling approach aimed at seasonal resolution of global climatic and edaphic controls on patterns of terrestrial ecosystem production and soil microbial respiration. We use…
Biological invasions by exotic grasses, the grass/fire cycle, and global change
- C. D’Antonio, P. Vitousek
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 1992
Biological invasions into wholly new regions are a consequence of a far reaching but underappreciated component of global environmental change, the human-caused breakdown of biogeographic barriers to…
Significant Acidification in Major Chinese Croplands
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Consequences of changing biodiversity
- F. Chapin, E. Zavaleta, S. Díaz
- Environmental Science, GeographyNature
- 11 May 2000
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Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China
- Xuejun Liu, Ying Zhang, Fusuo Zhang
- Environmental ScienceNature
- 28 February 2013
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Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen-phosphorus interactions.
- P. Vitousek, S. Porder, B. Houlton, O. Chadwick
- Environmental ScienceEcological applications : a publication of the…
- 2010
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Nitrogen limitation on land and in the sea: How can it occur?
- P. Vitousek, R. Howarth
- Environmental Science
- 1991
AbstractThe widespread occurrence of nitrogen limitation to net primary production in terrestrial and marine ecosystems is something of a puzzle; it would seem that nitrogen fixers should have a…
Nutrient Cycling and Nutrient Use Efficiency
- P. Vitousek
- Environmental ScienceThe American Naturalist
- 1 April 1982
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