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The Biological System of Elements

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By the Biological System of Elements, originally (Markert 1996) an array of chemical elements was denoted describing their distribution in green plants and abundance correlation among plant species, irrespective of biochemical “roles” (e.g., essentiality as a component of enzymes) and functions. Later on, the present author went to give a causal account which draws on different physicochemical features and necessities of biochemistry – including effects of elements other than C, N, S, O, H and P – and extending the scope of interest to other living beings and their interactions in ecosystems, that is, to stoichiometric ecology.

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Fränzle, S. (2010). The Biological System of Elements. In: Chemical Elements in Plant and Soil: Parameters Controlling Essentiality. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2752-8_1

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