Duncan N L Menge

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Dangerous nutrients: evolution of phytoplankton resource uptake subject to virus attack
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA
    J Theor Biol 257:104-15. 2009
  2. ncbi Emergence and maintenance of nutrient limitation over multiple timescales in terrestrial ecosystems
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 173:164-75. 2009
  3. ncbi Facultative versus obligate nitrogen fixation strategies and their ecosystem consequences
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 174:465-77. 2009
  4. ncbi Nitrogen fixation in different biogeochemical niches along a 120 000-year chronosequence in New Zealand
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Ecology 90:2190-201. 2009
  5. ncbi Phylogenetic constraints do not explain the rarity of nitrogen-fixing trees in late-successional temperate forests
    Duncan N L Menge
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e12056. 2010
  6. ncbi Declining foliar and litter ?¹?N diverge from soil, epiphyte and input ?¹?N along a 120,000 yr temperate rainforest chronosequence
    Duncan N L Menge
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    New Phytol 190:941-52. 2011
  7. ncbi Evolutionary tradeoffs can select against nitrogen fixation and thereby maintain nitrogen limitation
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1573-8. 2008
  8. ncbi Large losses of inorganic nitrogen from tropical rainforests suggest a lack of nitrogen limitation
    E N J Brookshire
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
    Ecol Lett 15:9-16. 2012
  9. ncbi Nutrient recycling affects autotroph and ecosystem stoichiometry
    Ford Ballantyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 171:511-23. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Dangerous nutrients: evolution of phytoplankton resource uptake subject to virus attack
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA
    J Theor Biol 257:104-15. 2009
    ..This result adds to the growing body of literature suggesting that co-limitation at equilibrium is a winning strategy...
  2. ncbi Emergence and maintenance of nutrient limitation over multiple timescales in terrestrial ecosystems
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 173:164-75. 2009
    ..These insights into processes controlling different timescales in terrestrial ecosystems can help guide empirical and experimental studies...
  3. ncbi Facultative versus obligate nitrogen fixation strategies and their ecosystem consequences
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 174:465-77. 2009
    ..Finally, we speculate on why the costs and lags may differ between temperate and tropical regions and thus whether they can explain patterns in both biomes simultaneously...
  4. ncbi Nitrogen fixation in different biogeochemical niches along a 120 000-year chronosequence in New Zealand
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Ecology 90:2190-201. 2009
    ..This apparent positive feedback could produce N-rich conditions...
  5. ncbi Phylogenetic constraints do not explain the rarity of nitrogen-fixing trees in late-successional temperate forests
    Duncan N L Menge
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e12056. 2010
    ..Conversely, the 'selective constraints hypothesis' states that such taxa are present, but N-fixing symbioses would lower their fitness. Here we test the phylogenetic constraints hypothesis...
  6. ncbi Declining foliar and litter ?¹?N diverge from soil, epiphyte and input ?¹?N along a 120,000 yr temperate rainforest chronosequence
    Duncan N L Menge
    National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    New Phytol 190:941-52. 2011
    ..These trends are consistent with some combination of increasing fractionation during plant N uptake, mycorrhizal transfer, within-plant processing, and soil decomposition as soils age...
  7. ncbi Evolutionary tradeoffs can select against nitrogen fixation and thereby maintain nitrogen limitation
    Duncan N L Menge
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1573-8. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi Large losses of inorganic nitrogen from tropical rainforests suggest a lack of nitrogen limitation
    E N J Brookshire
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
    Ecol Lett 15:9-16. 2012
    ..Instead, they are consistent with the notion that many tropical rainforests exist in a state of N saturation...
  9. ncbi Nutrient recycling affects autotroph and ecosystem stoichiometry
    Ford Ballantyne
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am Nat 171:511-23. 2008
    ..Preferential P recycling, in conjunction with greater relative P retention at the organismal and ecosystem levels, presents a strong case for the importance of P to biomass production across ecosystems...