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mass ratio hypothesis

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Definition

Species with greater primary production exert the main controls for the functioning of ecosystems due to greater aboveground abundance of biomass or leaf area that promotes resource uptake

Publications (3)

article

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

2018PeerJframework
student_paper

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

2015tested
student_paper

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

2014tested

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specific leaf area

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root weight fraction

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keystone species

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soil respiration

process1 shared paper

species diversity

metric1 shared paper

aboveground primary productivity

measurement1 shared paper

functional traits

measurement1 shared paper

elevational gradients

framework1 shared paper