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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 30 nodes and 107 connections. Top connected: Asteraceae, Erigeron, Helianthella, herbaceous plants, Helianthella quinquenervis.

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)

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

2017Journal of Plant Ecologyframework

resource-ratio theory

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Definition

Publications (1)

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

Related Concepts (4)

species diversity

specific leaf area

resilience

functional convergence

Frequently Associated Species

Erigeron

Festuca

herbaceous plants

pocket gophers

Festuca thurberi

Elymus glaucus

Erigeron speciosus

Festuca thuriberi

Helianthella quinquenervis

F. thurberi