A cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 740-755

  Gruner, Daniel S ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^b   Seabloom, Eric W ^c   Sandin, Stuart A ^d   Ngai, Jacqueline T ^e   Hillebrand, Helmut ^f   Harpole, W Stanley ^g   Elser, James J ^h   Cleland, Elsa E ^b   Bracken, Matthew E S ⁱ   Borer, Elizabeth T ^c   Bolker, Benjamin M ^j  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Consumer resource theory; Factorial meta analysis; Fertilization; Freshwater; Herbivore exclusion; Marine and terrestrial ecosystems; Plant community; Primary production; Top down and bottom up control

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SYNERGISM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649169148     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01192.x     Document Type: Review

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