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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 15 nodes and 42 connections. Top connected: species diversity, specific leaf area, quadrat sampling method, soil respiration measurement, Specific Leaf Area (SLA).

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

Related Concepts (4)

species diversity

metric2 shared papers

specific leaf area

measurement1 shared paper

resilience

framework1 shared paper

functional convergence

process1 shared paper