Concepts

Percentage of nest area hidden from predators when viewed from directly above, measured using gridded circle

When animals prefer to associate with certain individuals over others within a group

The number of weeks during a growing season when both pollinators and their floral resources are active and available

The production of reproductives (males and new queens) by bumble bee colonies, measured as abundance of males in late season

Classification of female reproductive phase as gestation/lactation or post-reproductive/pre-hibernation

Successful production of larvae that develop to feeding stage on buried carcasses

The body size of mayflies when they emerge as adults from aquatic larval stage

Statistical methods for analyzing time-to-event data, here focused on summer survival probability

Linear distance along stream between upper and lower boundaries of breeding territory

Behavioral activity of birds when captured in traps, measured as activity index from feeding to high distress behaviors

Number of alleles present in a population, standardized for sample size

proportion of successful behaviors when interacting with apparatus

The weight of an individual animal, used as an indicator of survival and fecundity

Measures of brood fitness including larval number, weight, and production efficiency

Number of butterflies observed during a given time period, used as a measure of behavioral activity influenced by environmental conditions

The range of worker sizes within colonies, also called worker polymorphism

The number of elapsed days from the estimated starting date to ending date of a developmental cohort

When animals work together to take over existing social groups and oust the dominant males, as seen in banded mongooses

The rate at which empty sites are reoccupied by dispersing individuals

A correlate of condition and strong social signal in mountain white-crowned sparrows, measured as stripe width to crown width ratio

The speed at which organisms progress through life stages, influenced by temperature and other environmental factors

Patterns of fly abundance and biomass across the growing season

The ability of a host organism to resist infection or reduce disease severity when exposed to pathogens

The number of related breeding females (coefficient of relatedness >0.125) using the same locality as the focal female