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threshold elemental ratios — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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threshold elemental ratios

Scope: biogeochemistry

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 61 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on threshold elemental ratios with 61 nodes and 124 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Pekania pennanti, Bacteria, East River.

Definition

The hypothesis that disposing of excess dietary nutrients imposes a growth cost on organisms, creating hump-shaped relationships with diet stoichiometry

Related Terms (2)

TERelemental imbalance

Publications (2)

Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)

2021Freshwater Science

Using ecological stoichiometry to understand and predict infectious diseases

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attached algae

resource1 shared paper

larval growth rate

process1 shared paper

animal-driven nutrient cycling

process1 shared paper

digestive efficiency

measurement1 shared paper

resource allocation

framework1 shared paper

ecological stoichiometry

framework1 shared paper

stoichiometric homeostasis

process1 shared paper

growth rate hypothesis

theory1 shared paper

detritivory

process1 shared paper

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Bacteria

aquatic invertebrates

insects

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Cyperaceae1 paper

Alnus rubra

Betulaceae1 paper

Anabolia bimaculata

Limnephilidae1 paper

Tapinoma sessile

Formicidae1 paper

Gammarus

Gammaridae1 paper