A conceptual framework for ecosystem stoichiometry: Balancing resource supply and demand

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-51

  Schade, John D ^a   Espeleta, Javier F ^b   Klausmeier, Christopher A ^c   McGroddy, Megan E ^d   Thomas, Steven A ^e   Zhang, Lixia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 17144384799     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14050.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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