Supply pre-emption, not concentration reduction, is the mechanism of competition for nutrients

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 933-940

  Craine, Joseph M ^a   Fargione, Joseph ^b   Sugita, Shinya ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration reduction; Nitrate; Resource competition; SERMUN; Supply pre emption

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL THEORY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 19344377049     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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