A mechanistic study of plant and microbial controls over R* for nitrogen in an annual grassland.

Differences in species' abilities to capture resources can drive competitive hierarchies, successional dynamics, community diversity, and invasions. To investigate mechanisms of resource competition within a nitrogen (N) limited California grassland community, we established a manipulative expe...

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Main Authors: Stephanie G Yelenik, Benjamin P Colman, Jonathan M Levine, Janneke HilleRisLambers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149492?pdf=render