Cheaters, diffusion and nutrients constrain decomposition by microbial enzymes in spatially structured environments

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 626-635

  Allison, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Competition; Extracellular enzyme; Microbe; Mineralization; Model; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

EID: 20444418677     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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