Table 2.

Resource- consumer model notation summary

Symbol	Description
Ni	Population size of the i-th consumer
A	Concentration of non-opine nitrogen sources at the site of competition
O	Concentration of opine nitrogen sources at the site of competition
Dj	Rate that j-th resource flows away from the site of competition
A0	Concentration at which non-opine nitrogen sources flow into the site of competition
O0	Concentration at which opine nitrogen sources flow into the site of competition
$e_i^j$	Probability of the i-th strain encountering and accepting a unit of the j-th resource
$u_i^j$	Utilization efficiency of the i-th strain for the j-th resource
$h_i^j$	Handling time of the i-th strain for the j-th resource
mi	Per capita mortality rate of the i-th strain