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context dependency — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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context dependency

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 6 | Mentions: 6

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Knowledge graph centered on context dependency with 71 nodes and 148 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Hummingbird, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Ipomopsis aggregata.

Definition

Variation in the strength or direction of ecological effects depending on environmental conditions or organism characteristics

Related Terms (5)

environmental dependencecontext dependent effectsenvironmental contextcontext-dependentecological context effects

Publications (6)

Is the propensity to alarm-call heritable and related across multiple contexts?

2025Animal Behaviourtested

Detecting context dependence in the expression of life history trade-offs

2024Journal of Animal Ecologycentral

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023Oikostested

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematicsframework

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

2018Journal of Ecologycentral

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015Evolutioncentral

Related Concepts (10)

heritability

metric3 shared papers

interspecific competition

process2 shared papers

vital rates

measurement2 shared papers

keystone species

theory2 shared papers

thermal performance

process1 shared paper

floral volatile organic compounds

measurement1 shared paper

quantitative genetics

framework1 shared paper

North Atlantic Oscillation

measurement1 shared paper

early-life trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

covariance reaction norm

framework1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Poa stenantha

Poaceae2 papers

Senecio

Asteraceae2 papers

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woody stems

Agoseris glauca

Asteraceae2 papers

Ivesia gordonii

Rosaceae2 papers

Lupinus

Fabaceae2 papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

Penstemon

Plantaginaceae2 papers

Viola praemorsa

Violaceae2 papers