The Effect of Nutrient Recycling on Ecosystem Stability Rochelle Sturtevant

摘要

The relationship between nutrient cycling characteristics and the stability of natural ecosystems is not well understood. Although nutrient cycling characteristics have frequently been cited as causative factors for ecosystem stability (Odum 1963, Ganf and Viner 1973) studies of the nature of this relationship have been few and generally incomplete. Steady state analyses are quite common (e.g. McIntire 1968, Rosensweig 1971, deAngelis et al 1989), but generally look only at a single nutrient, missing the potential for interactions between nutrient cycles influencing the behavior of the system.