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Nitrogen deposition and forest carbon

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Human activity, such as agricultural fertilizer use, has increased the amount of nitrogen deposited onto forests from the atmosphere. The photosynthetic response to this in evergreen needleleaf forests has been quantified globally.

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  1. Beverly Law is in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.,

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