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mass ratio hypothesis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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mass ratio hypothesis

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 68 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on mass ratio hypothesis with 68 nodes and 158 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Barbey's Larkspur, Nuttall's Larkspur, Larkspurs.

Definition

Species with greater primary production exert the main controls for the functioning of ecosystems due to greater aboveground abundance of biomass or leaf area that promotes resource uptake

Publications (3)

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

Related Concepts (8)

specific leaf area

measurement3 shared papers

root weight fraction

metric3 shared papers

dominant species

theory2 shared papers

soil respiration

process1 shared paper

species evenness

metric1 shared paper

aboveground net primary productivity

measurement1 shared paper

functional traits

measurement1 shared paper

elevational gradients

framework1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Thalictrum

Ranunculaceae3 papers

Thalictrum fendleri

Ranunculaceae2 papers

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae2 papers

Fragaria virginiana

Rosaceae2 papers

Potentilla hippiana

Rosaceae2 papers

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae2 papers

Helianthella quinquenervis

Asteraceae2 papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae2 papers

Festuca thurberi

Poaceae2 papers

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae2 papers