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resource-ratio theory

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on resource-ratio theory with 38 nodes and 123 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Asteraceae, Erigeron speciosus, Erigeron.

Definition

Theory predicting that species with traits conferring ability to most efficiently take up limiting soil resources will have highest abundance in a community

Publications (1)

article

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

2017Journal of Plant Ecology

resource-ratio theory

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 38 entities)

Definition

Publications (1)

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

Related Concepts (5)

specific leaf area

species evenness

biodiversity-ecosystem function

community structure

functional convergence

Frequently Associated Species

Helianthella quinquenervis

Heliomeris

Festuca thurberi

Poa pratensis

Erigeron speciosus

Heliomeris multiflora

Asteraceae

Bromus inermis

Elymus glaucus

Thomomys talpoides