Stoichiometric constraints on resource use, competitive interactions, and elemental cycling in microbial decomposers

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-724

  Cherif, Mehdi ^a,b   Loreau, Michel ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Immobilization; Mineralization; Resource ratio theory; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECOMPOSITION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ELEMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; FUNGUS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELEMENTS; FORECASTING; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 34248387364     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516844     Document Type: Article

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