Search Results - "Elser, J. J."

Biological stoichiometry of plant production: metabolism, scaling and ecological response to global change by Elser, J. J., Fagan, W. F., Kerkhoff, A. J., Swenson, N. G., Enquist, B. J.

“…Biological stoichiometry theory considers the balance of multiple chemical elements in living systems, whereas metabolic scaling theory considers how size…”
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Water Depth Underpins the Relative Roles and Fates of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Lakes by Qin, Boqiang, Zhou, Jian, Elser, James J, Gardner, Wayne S, Deng, Jianming, Brookes, Justin D

“…Eutrophication mitigation is an ongoing priority for aquatic ecosystems. However, the current eutrophication control strategies (phosphorus (P) and/or nitrogen…”
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Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s by Liu, Xin, Sheng, Hu, Jiang, Songyan, Yuan, Zengwei, Zhang, Chaosheng, Elser, James J.

“…Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for living systems with emerging sustainability challenges related to supply uncertainty and aquatic eutrophication…”
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Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model: Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession by Sommer, Ulrich, Adrian, Rita, De Senerpont Domis, Lisette, Elser, James J, Gaedke, Ursula, Ibelings, Bas, Jeppesen, Erik, Lürling, Miquel, Molinero, Juan Carlos, Mooij, Wolf M, van Donk, Ellen, Winder, Monika

“…The seasonal succession of plankton is an annually repeated process of community assembly during which all major external factors and internal interactions…”
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origins of the Redfield nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio are in a homoeostatic protein-to-rRNA ratio by Loladze, Irakli, Elser, James J

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 244-250 ABSTRACT: One of the most intriguing patterns in the biosphere is the similarity of the atomic nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio…”
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Soil acidity, ecological stoichiometry and allometric scaling in grassland food webs by MULDER, CHRISTIAN, ELSER, JAMES J

“…The factors regulating the structure of food webs are a central focus of community and ecosystem ecology, as trophic interactions among species have important…”
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HOXA3 accelerates wound healing in diabetic and aged non-diabetic mammals by Parella, K., Moody, K., Wortel, D., Colegrove, H., Elser, J. A.

“…Chronic wounds are characterized by a persistent, hyper-inflammatory environment that prevents progression to regenerative wound closure. Such chronic wounds…”
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Regime shift in fertilizer commodities indicates more turbulence ahead for food security by Elser, James J, Elser, Timothy J, Carpenter, Stephen R, Brock, William A

“…Recent human population increase has been enabled by a massive expansion of global agricultural production. A key component of this "Green Revolution" has been…”
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Phylogenetic and Growth Form Variation in the Scaling of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Seed Plants by Kerkhoff, Andrew J., Fagan, William F., Elser, James J., Enquist, Brian J.

“…Plant biomass and nutrient allocation explicitly links the evolved strategies of plant species to the material and energy cycles of ecosystems. Allocation of…”
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Response of the abundance of key soil microbial nitrogen-cycling genes to multi-factorial global changes by Zhang, Ximei, Liu, Wei, Schloter, Michael, Zhang, Guangming, Chen, Quansheng, Huang, Jianhui, Li, Linghao, Elser, James J, Han, Xingguo

“…Multiple co-occurring environmental changes are affecting soil nitrogen cycling processes, which are mainly mediated by microbes. While it is likely that…”
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Growth rate-stoichiometry couplings in diverse biota by Elser, J. J., Acharya, K., Kyle, M., Cotner, J., Makino, W., Markow, T., Watts, T., Hobbie, S., Fagan, W., Schade, J., Hood, J., Sterner, R. W.

“…Biological stoichiometry provides a mechanistic theory linking cellular and biochemical features of co‐evolving biota with constraints imposed by ecosystem…”
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Shifts in Lake N:P Stoichiometry and Nutrient Limitation Driven by Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition by Elser, James J, Andersen, Tom, Baron, Jill S, Bergström, Ann-Kristin, Jansson, Mats, Kyle, Marcia, Nydick, Koren R, Steger, Laura, Hessen, Dag O

“…Human activities have more than doubled the amount of nitrogen (N) circulating in the biosphere. One major pathway of this anthropogenic N input into…”
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Phosphorus accumulates faster than nitrogen globally in freshwater ecosystems under anthropogenic impacts by Yan, Zhengbing, Han, Wenxuan, Peñuelas, Josep, Sardans, Jordi, Elser, James J., Du, Enzai, Reich, Peter B., Fang, Jingyun

“…Combined effects of cumulative nutrient inputs and biogeochemical processes that occur in freshwater under anthropogenic eutrophication could lead to myriad…”
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Are Bacteria More Like Plants or Animals? Growth Rate and Resource Dependence of Bacterial C: N: P Stoichiometry by Makino, W., Cotner, J. B., Sterner, R. W., Elser, J. J.

“…1. We examined the relative importance of resource composition (carbon: phosphorus molar ratios which varied between 9 and 933) and growth rate$(0\cdot…”
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Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins by Powers, Stephen M., Bruulsema, Thomas W., Burt, Tim P., Chan, Neng Iong, Elser, James J., Haygarth, Philip M., Howden, Nicholas J. K., Jarvie, Helen P., Lyu, Yang, Peterson, Heidi M., Sharpley, Andrew N., Shen, Jianbo, Worrall, Fred, Zhang, Fusuo

“…Phosphorus fertilizer use has roughly quadrupled in the past century. Budgets constructed from historical data show that phosphorus rapidly accumulates in…”
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Nutrient co-limitation of primary producer communities by Harpole, W. Stanley, Ngai, Jacqueline T., Cleland, Elsa E., Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bracken, Matthew E.S., Elser, James J., Gruner, Daniel S., Hillebrand, Helmut, Shurin, Jonathan B., Smith, Jennifer E.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 852–862 Synergistic interactions between multiple limiting resources are common, highlighting the importance of co‐limitation as a…”
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Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry by Nie, Yonggang, Zhang, Zejun, Raubenheimer, David, Elser, James J., Wei, Wei, Wei, Fuwen

“…Summary Herbivores face various nutritional challenges in their life cycles, challenges that may become increasingly acute under ongoing environmental changes…”
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Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland by Yu, Qiang, Elser, James J., He, Nianpeng, Wu, Honghui, Chen, Quansheng, Zhang, Guangming, Han, Xingguo

“…Stoichiometric homeostasis, the degree to which an organism maintains its C:N:P ratios around a given species- or stage-specific value despite variation in the…”
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Ecological Nitrogen Limitation Shapes the DNA Composition of Plant Genomes by Acquisti, Claudia, Elser, James J., Kumar, Sudhir

“…Phenotypes and behaviors respond to resource constraints via adaptation, but the influence of ecological limitations on the composition of eukaryotic genomes…”
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Ingestion and egestion of polyethylene microplastics by goldfish (Carassius auratus): influence of color and morphological features by Xiong, Xiong, Tu, Yenan, Chen, Xianchuan, Jiang, Xiaoming, Shi, Huahong, Wu, Chenxi, Elser, James J.

“…It is vital to understand processes of microplastic ingestion and egestion by aquatic organisms in order to evaluate the potential effects and impacts of…”
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