Prospective evidence for independent nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis) growth in a tallgrass prairie

Madison Rode; Nathan P. Lemoine; Melinda D. Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177754

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Prospective evidence for independent nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis) growth in a tallgrass prairie

Madison Rode,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Nathan P. Lemoine ,

* E-mail: Nate.Lemoine@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-7196

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Melinda D. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Prospective evidence for independent nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis) growth in a tallgrass prairie

Madison Rode,
Nathan P. Lemoine,
Melinda D. Smith

Published: May 16, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177754

About the Authors

Madison Rode

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Nathan P. Lemoine

* E-mail: Nate.Lemoine@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-7196

Melinda D. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NPL MDS. Data curation: MR NPL. Formal analysis: NPL. Funding acquisition: NPL MDS. Investigation: MR. Methodology: NPL MR. Project administration: NPL. Resources: NPL. Visualization: NPL. Writing – original draft: MR. Writing – review & editing: NPL.

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