The Multidimensional Stoichiometric Niche
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1 Biology Department, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, United States, 2 Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 3 Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile, 4 The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States, 5 Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, 6 Department of Zoology, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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