Concepts

A series of sites of different ages since disturbance used to infer temporal changes in ecological processes

Spatial classification of areas based on climatic characteristics and water balance parameters

Temperature below which a thermochronological system retains daughter products, ~70°C for apatite He system

Study of how cognitive mechanisms govern decision-making by floral visitors and shape pollination and plant fitness

Approach where multiple distributed sensors work together to achieve better performance than individual sensors

Transport of nano- to microscale particles through porous media and across environmental interfaces

The evolutionary processes leading to the development of multiple distinct call types in animal communication systems

Approach to compare genome features across multiple species to identify conserved and variable elements.

Competition between fungal groups for limited plant photosynthate allocation

Mountainous regions with significant topographic variability that influences weather and climate processes

The concept that signal production and structure depend on an individual's health status and condition

Scientific discipline focused on protecting and preserving species and ecosystems

The number of flowering individuals of the same species in the local area during an individual's peak bloom

The balance between costs and benefits that determines whether species interactions are mutualistic or antagonistic

Statistical model allowing phenotypic correlations between traits to vary continuously with environmental predictors

Upper temperature limit where organisms lose fitness and performance ability

When prior infection by one natural enemy affects the plant's resistance or susceptibility to attack by a different natural enemy

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

Number of social ties that if cut will result in two or more separate networks, measuring group fragmentation

The practice of making research data publicly available for verification and reuse

Population response where decreases in fitness due to other factors are offset by increases in another demographic parameter

The idea that individuals of different age-sex categories contribute differently to social structure and cohesion

Physical separation method to isolate soil organic matter pools with different physicochemical protection mechanisms

Population estimation method using repeated sampling to remove individuals and estimate total abundance from decline curve

The probability of detecting a species given that it is present at a site