Concepts

Behavioral patterns acquired through experience rather than innate programming

A dating technique that uses the measured diameters of lichen thalli to estimate the age of rock surfaces

The complete sequence of developmental stages from germination through survival, growth, flowering, and reproduction in sessile plants

Behavior in which a female moves her litter to a new location

Species that are restricted to small geographic areas and found nowhere else

Evidence of marine or estuarine conditions during sediment deposition based on presence of marine taxa

The process by which female mammals that develop in male-biased litters show signs of masculinization because they are exposed to testosterone produced by their male siblings in utero

Mass displacement and sediment transport processes involving landslide material movement

Process controlling environmental tracer and groundwater age distributions in fractured rock systems through diffusive exchange between fractures and rock matrix

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

Floodplain regions that follow the meandering pattern of rivers and serve as scaling motifs for ecosystem modeling

The study of spatial distribution patterns of microorganisms and the factors controlling these patterns

The transport and distribution of microorganisms among different locations by animal vectors

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

Behavioral test using mirror exposure to gauge shy and bold behavior through observed interactions with reflection

Horizontal and vertical movement of atmospheric water vapor from oceanic sources to terrestrial precipitation regions

Plants that live for multiple years but flower only once before dying

Litters where offspring are sired by more than one male

The combining of information from multiple sensory modalities that influences decision-making

A capture-recapture model that accounts for transitions between different states (e.g., age classes) and estimates state-specific survival and detection probabilities

When any social group contains 2 or more males with neither male forced to leave the group because of conflict

Statistical method comparing species composition near target individuals to background composition to identify spatial associations

Multiple individuals of solitary nesting species choosing to nest in close proximity to one another

Parameters including recharge temperature, elevation, and excess-air conditions that control dissolved noble gas concentrations in groundwater

Increased noise levels produced by roads and motorized vehicles that alter the acoustic environment

Sampling methods that do not require capturing or handling animals, such as hair tube traps that collect hair samples