Biological stoichiometry from genes to ecosystems

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 540-550

  Elser, J J ^a,b,c,d,e   Sterner, R W ^a,b,c,d,e   Gorokhova, E ^a,b,c,d,e   Fagan, W F ^a,b,c,d,e   Markow, T A ^a,b,c,d,e   Cotner, J B ^a,b,c,d,e   Harrison, J F ^a,b,c,d,e   Hobbie, S E ^a,b,c,d,e   Odell, G M ^a,b,c,d,e   Weider, L W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Growth rate; Herbivores; Life history evolution; Phosphorus; rDNA; RNA; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0033729069     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00185.x     Document Type: Review

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