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Angiosperms353

Universal probe set targeting 353 gene regions for phylogenomic and metabarcoding studies of flowering plants

molecular1 paper

Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS)

methodological1 paper

Aobs

general ecology1 paper

Apparent Climate Exclusion

general ecology1 paper

Apparent Climatic Exclusion

Predicts that species can persist beyond some threshold of abiotic stress due to reduced competition, making range margins determined by species interactions rather than abiotic constraints

community ecology1 paper

Asian Pb fraction

biogeochemistry1 paper

Atoka Series

general ecology1 paper

Augspurger's Index

A standardized measure of synchrony that ranges between 0 and 1, quantifying overlap of activity duration for each individual relative to the population

methodological1 paper

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BC export

biogeochemistry1 paper

BCMA gene

Branched Chain Methionine Allocation gene that controls ratios of glucosinolate types in Boechera stricta

molecular1 paper

BET surface area normalization

Normalizing reaction rates to specific surface area measured by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller gas sorption method

biogeochemistry1 paper

BNPP

general ecology1 paper

Bandwagon effect

general ecology1 paper

BayScEnv analysis

Bayesian method to identify loci where genetic differentiation associates with environmental variables while controlling for demographic effects

methodological1 paper

Bayesian clustering

Statistical method for assigning individuals to groups based on genetic similarity

methodological1 paper

Beer-Lambert Law

Physical law relating absorbance to the molar absorption coefficient, path length, and concentration, used here to constrain functional group abundances

methodological1 paper

Best Linear Unbiased Predictor

Statistical method to extract individual behavioral profiles accounting for random effects structure

methodological1 paper

Birch effect

A transient pulse of CO₂ followed by a decrease to lower, steady state values when soils are rewet after a prolonged period of dry conditions

biogeochemistry1 paper

Buchnera

community ecology1 paper

Budyko curve

hydrology1 paper

Budyko equation

hydrology1 paper

Budyko formulation

hydrology1 paper

C fixation

biogeochemistry1 paper

C-Q response

hydrology1 paper

C3/C4 photosynthesis

Different photosynthetic pathways in plants that produce distinct carbon isotope signatures

biogeochemistry1 paper

CBH

CCN

COOH to C=C ratio

biogeochemistry1 paper

COVID-19 epidemics

population ecology1 paper

CPOM shredder-FPOM collector pathway

Transport of nutrients from coarse particulate organic matter to fine particulate organic matter via shredding organisms

community ecology1 paper

CRISPR gene editing

A gene-editing technology that allows precise modification of DNA sequences

molecular1 paper

CRISPR targeting

Method for identifying host-pathogen relationships through sequence identity between CRISPR spacers and target genomes

molecular1 paper

CRISPR-Cas systems

Adaptive immune systems in prokaryotes that provide resistance against mobile genetic elements

molecular1 paper

Caddisfly survival

population ecology1 paper

Candidate Phyla Radiation

Bacteria from phyla lacking isolated representatives that consistently increase in abundance with depth

molecular1 paper

Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR)

molecular1 paper

Cohort Senescence Hypothesis

Theory suggesting that forests with low species diversity and even-aged stands tend to undergo periods of widespread dieback

population ecology1 paper

Community Land Model

A physically-based model that simulates the hydro-thermal dynamics from the top of the canopy to the bedrock

hydrology1 paper

Complex Refractive Index Method

Method relating electromagnetic wave speed in snowpack to dry snow density using known wave speeds of constituent materials

methodological1 paper

Consumer consumption behaviors

methodological1 paper

Cox proportional hazard model

Semi-parametric survival analysis that allows mortality hazard to fluctuate with time while measuring effects of covariates on survival probability

methodological1 paper

Cramér-Rao Bound

Theoretical lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators, providing performance benchmark

methodological1 paper

Cytoplasmic male sterility

evolution1 paper

DAMOCLES

A method for modeling species' geographical ranges using fossil data that incorporates diversification and extinction processes

evolution1 paper

DNAmGran

molecular1 paper

DNRA

biogeochemistry1 paper

DNRA pathways

biogeochemistry1 paper

DPANN group

molecular1 paper

Darwin's hypothesis

Species with larger ecological breadth have greater phenotypic variation due to exposure to diverse environmental conditions

evolution1 paper

Data Synthesis Layer

methodological1 paper