Multiple resource limitation theory applied to herbivorous consumers: Liebig’s minimum rule vs. interactive co-limitation
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Multiple resource limitation theory applied to herbivorous consumers: Liebig's minimum rule vs. interactive co-limitation.
There is growing consensus that the growth of herbivorous consumers is frequently limited by more than one nutrient simultaneously. This understanding, however, is based primarily on theoretical considerations and the applicability of existing concepts of co-limitation has rarely been tested experimentally. Here, we assessed the suitability of two contrasting concepts of resource limitation, i....
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1461-023X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01719.x