Concepts

Condition where all suitable habitat patches are occupied, forcing individuals to remain in natal territories

The hypothesis that ageing is suspended during hibernation, whereby species engaging in torpor periodically suspend ageing and thus live longer than predicted based on body size alone

The hypothesis that observed declines in excretion rates over time are due to cessation of feeding rather than other factors

The hypothesis that recent D. geminata blooms are caused by introductions of the species to new geographic areas

The proposal that ferric-ferrous iron redox shifts sequester additional phosphorus needed to stimulate nuisance D. geminata blooms in oligotrophic streams

The hypothesis that larger male body size confers fitness advantages in mating success, commonly observed in insects where large size increases competitive ability

Hypothesis that social relationships provide direct emotional and behavioral aid that encourages healthy lifestyle changes

Individuals kill unrelated young to avoid wasting energy on parental care that does not benefit their own offspring

The hypothesis that parent-offspring conflicts can arise when host plants that maximize larval performance differ from plants that increase adult longevity and egg production

Predicts functional and phylogenetic overdispersion in communities where closely related species will compete more strongly than distantly related species, leading to traits being more widely disperse...

The hypothesis that there is an optimal egg cluster size that maximizes fitness by balancing benefits and costs of aggregation

Hypothesis proposing that individuals vary in life-history strategies covarying with suites of morphological, physiological and behavioural characteristics, where fast-growing individuals should be mo...

Relationships between egg and juvenile densities are strongest for species where eggs are protected from predation, parasitism, or physical factors that cause mortality or by female or male behavior t...

The tendency to disperse is associated with boldness, sociability, and/or aggressiveness behavioral traits

The concept that quality of social relationships may be more important than number of relationships for stress reduction

Different stages of reproduction (gestation, lactation, post-reproduction) may predispose females to different levels of roadkill risk due to varying energy demands and foraging behavior

Hypothesis that human activity displaces predators creating areas with reduced predation risk for prey species

Early flowering plant species will display greater resistance to frost than species that flower later

Janzen's hypothesis that tropical mountain ranges act as more effective physiological barriers to dispersal than temperate ones due to reduced seasonal temperature variation in the tropics

high density population reduces dispersal because immigration of new individuals will increase negative encounters

Hypothesis that dominant individuals can force subordinates to leave natal territory through aggression or control over resources

Hypothesis stating that differences in body condition, size or energy reserves cause and maintain variation in personality, where individuals in better condition take more risks and those in poorer co...

The hypothesis that there is a 1:1 anatomical relationship between stigma lobe and ovule in Geranium richardsonii

The hypothesis that habitats with larger surface area provide more niches for arthropods, resulting in greater species richness

The principle that macroecological patterns should be independent of the taxonomic choices used to define assemblages

Changes in trait allocation that occur specifically in the last year or period before death

Theory that host susceptibility to pathogens increases as environmental conditions become less favorable for the host

Periods during which plant defenses are relatively reduced, allowing specialized herbivores to exploit host plants behaviorally