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carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Ecology

the proposal that plant defence chemistry tracks the plant's carbon to nutrient supply, with carbon-based defences rising when growth is nutrient limited.

In ecology, carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis refers to the proposal that plant defence chemistry tracks the plant's carbon to nutrient supply, with carbon-based defences rising when growth is nutrient limited. This meaning comes from Bryant (1983) in Oikos.[1]

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Bryant, J. P., Chapin, F. S., & Klein, D. R. (1983). Carbon/Nutrient Balance of Boreal Plants in Relation to Vertebrate Herbivory. Oikos, 40(3), 357. https://doi.org/10.2307/3544308

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