Abstract
N research effort has undergone major changes over recent decades with changing emphasis because of environmental problems and issues. This driving force, coupled with a universal desire to improve N-use efficiency, appreciation of the importance of maintaining soil resource quality and a need to provide integrated landscape managements, will continue to prompt new research areas and issues for study. Already, much information has been provided and new approaches and needs defined. It will be essential in future research to take full note of the many interactions that occur and to provide a mechanistic basis so that scaling of effects can be undertaken with the appropriate simplification without being superficial. Examples of interactions, as well as fundamental gaps in the basic processes are discussed and needs for future research identified.
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Jarvis, S.C. Future trends in nitrogen research. Plant Soil 181, 47–56 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011291
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