SPECIAL FEATURE – STANDARD PAPER WHETHER IN LIFE OR IN DEATH: FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON HOW PLANTS AFFECT BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING Food-web composition and plant diversity control foliar nutrient content and stoichiometry
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Elizabeth T. Borer*, Eric M. Lind, Eric J. Ogdahl, Eric W. Seabloom, David Tilman, Rebecca A. Montgomery and Linda L. Kinkel Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, Suite 100, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA; Natural Resources Science and Management, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA; and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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