Global biogeography of autotroph chemistry: Is insolation a driving force?

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Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1121-1130

  Borer, Elizabeth T ^a   Bracken, Matthew E S ^b   Seabloom, Eric W ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^c   Cebrian, Just ^d   Cleland, Elsa E ^c   Elser, James J ^e   Fagan, William F ^f   Gruner, Daniel S ^f   Harpole, W Stanley ^g   Hillebrand, Helmut ^h   Kerkhoff, Andrew J ⁱ   Ngai, Jacqueline T ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880507299     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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