Stoichiometry: Linking elements to biochemicals

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1193-1202

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Boersma, Maarten ^b,c   Raubenheimer, David ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amino acids; C:N ratios in food; Growth limitation; Nitrogen limitation; Nutrient cycling; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342329977     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0252     Document Type: Article

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