Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 852-862

  Harpole, W Stanley ^a   Ngai, Jacqueline T ^b   Cleland, Elsa E ^c   Seabloom, Eric W ^d   Borer, Elizabeth T ^d   Bracken, Matthew E S ^e   Elser, James J ^f   Gruner, Daniel S ^g   Hillebrand, Helmut ^h   Shurin, Jonathan B ^c   Smith, Jennifer E ⁱ  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Bldg 142   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotroph; Co limitation; Meta analysis; Multiple nutrient limitation; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant biomass; Plant community; Stoichiometry; Von Liebig

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

AUTOTROPHY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNERGISM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SEAWATER; SOIL;

EID: 79961166527     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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