Local control of resource allocation is sufficient to model optimal dynamics in syntrophic systems

• Published in: Theoretical ecology Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 481 - 501
• Main Authors: Ledder, Glenn, Russo, Sabrina E., Muller, Erik B., Peace, Angela, Nisbet, Roger M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Life Sciences; Organs; Original Paper; Plant growth; Plant Sciences; Resource allocation; Shoots; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics; Zoology; Obligate syntrophy; Optimal growth; Root:shoot allocation; Plant growth; Dynamic energy budgets; Resource partitioning

Syntrophic systems are common in nature and include forms of obligate mutualisms in which each participating organism or component of an organism obtains from the other an essential nutrient or metabolic product that it cannot provide for itself. Models of how these complementary resources are alloc...