Concepts

Large-scale atmospheric weather patterns that influence regional temperature and precipitation distributions

Chemical compounds emitted by plants as signals to other organisms, interrelated with atmospheric chemistry and climate change

The age at which females first reproduce, an important component of vertebrate life histories with effects on individual fitness and population dynamics

asexual reproduction via seeds

Quantitative collection methods for invertebrates living on or in stream bottom substrates

Burying beetle reproductive strategy where pairs bury small carrion for breeding and larval development

The equilibrium population size at which population growth rate equals zero

Process where cations in solution exchange with cations adsorbed on mineral surfaces

Concentration-discharge pattern where solute concentrations remain relatively constant across flow conditions, indicated by C-Q slope near zero

Color-based visual contrast as perceived by animal visual systems

How changing weather patterns and climate conditions influence animal behavioral strategies

Process of using large-scale climate model outputs to generate local or regional scale climate projections

Effects of climate variables on organism fitness that operate through changes in resource availability rather than direct physiological impacts

Measure of cloud opacity to solar radiation, related to cloud droplet concentration and size distribution

Classification of cloud particles as liquid water droplets, ice crystals, or mixed phase

Small-scale disruptions to ecological systems that can create ripple effects throughout the entire community

Ability of organisms to compensate for poor early-life conditions through increased feeding or altered resource allocation later in life

Hypothesis that parasitism of dominant plant species reduces their competitive ability, allowing less competitive species to increase in abundance

Alteration of rocks by pressure and temperature conditions related to igneous intrusions that changes rock pore structure and mineralogy

Speed of water flow in streams, affecting nutrient movement and algal composition

The process of managing or assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed as a means of sustaining ecosystem resilience and conserving biodiversity

Areas of transition between adjacent, distinct ecosystems with unique species assemblages at the fringes of mature stands

Statistical approach to quantify proportional contributions of different water sources to mixed samples using tracer concentrations

Internal aboveground symbionts living within plant tissues that can produce alkaloids for plant defense

Nectar-secreting organs located on leaf laminae, petioles, rachis, bracts, stipules, pedicels, or fruit that attract arthropods