Concepts

The rate of energy expenditure for basic physiological maintenance processes, measured as CO₂ emission rate.

The color patterns and hues on butterfly wings produced by interaction of light with pigments on the wing scales

Framework predicting that larger islands have more species at equilibrium since extinction rates decline and colonization rates increase with increased area, and islands at greater distance from mainl...

Color-based visual contrast as perceived by animal visual systems

The relationship between a host organism and its associated microbial community, including costs and benefits to host fitness

Chromosomes that determine sex, including different haplotypes in the sex-determining region

Females should choose nesting sites that best protect them and their offspring from severe or unpredictable weather events, such as extreme temperatures or high wind

Genetic variation maintained in populations by natural selection where different alleles are favored under different conditions

Nutritional limitation during larval development that affects adult phenotype

Temperature dependence of larval feeding rate, characterized by maximum feeding rate, optimal temperature, and thermal sensitivity parameters

Measures of early-life performance that may predict later survival and reproductive success

Study of how organisms obtain and use nutrients and how nutrition affects fitness

Constancy index that distinguishes between complete constancy, random transitions, and complete inconstancy

Tools implemented to accurately predict an organism's physiological response to attributes of interest such as water loss and body temperature

The degree to which novel resources resemble historical resources in their chemical or physical cues

Genes that show significantly different expression levels between treatment conditions

The total volume of CO₂ emitted during flight trials, which reflects overall flight performance including endurance.

Molecular chaperones that help cells cope with protein folding stress under adverse conditions

The relative difficulty of movement through different types of non-habitat matrix surrounding habitat patches

Genetic change in a trait if there is heritable variation, selection, and heritability

Peak metabolic rate and total energy expenditure during forced flight as measures of dispersal ability