72 concepts
Activity of enzymes secreted by soil microorganisms that catalyze decomposition of organic matter and provide assimilable carbon and nitrogen compounds
Species with greater primary production exert the main controls for the functioning of ecosystems due to greater aboveground abundance of biomass or leaf area that promotes resource uptake
Total amount of living microbial tissue in soil measured as carbon and nitrogen content
Rate of nonsynonymous substitutions per nonsynonymous site normalized by synonymous substitutions per synonymous site (dN/dS)
A relationship between plumage coloration and climate variation, predicting that darker coloration due to pigmentation occurred in warmer, more humid tropical regions while lighter colors occurred in ...
Underground ecosystem components crucial for sustaining ecosystem function but often remain unseen
Predicts that dominant species may be more specialized on particular resources than subordinates, allowing subordinate species to coexist by better capitalizing on unused resources.
Biogeochemical model that accounts for moisture-dependent activation and dormancy of distinct microbial communities at different effective saturations
Remote sensing technique using wavelengths from 400-1000 nanometers to capture spectral signatures