Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4381265 | Acta Oecologica | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We investigate how resource availability affects the legume-rhizobia mutualism. ⺠In low nutrient, high light environments, rhizobia increased mean plant biomass. ⺠When plants were light-limited, the net growth benefits to plants were reduced. ⺠Light limitation also reduced rhizobia growth. ⺠Benefits to both mutualism partners depend on the availability of traded resources.
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Authors
Jennifer A. Lau, Evan James Bowling, Lowell E. Gentry, Paul A. Glasser, Elizabeth A. Monarch, Whitney M. Olesen, Jillian Waxmonsky, Ryan Thomas Young,