Concepts

Locations within landscapes that have disproportionate influence on ecosystem processes relative to their spatial extent

Theories that should be built on, as much as possible, on first principles, be quantitative, law-like postulates about processes underlying a given class of phenomena in the natural world with well-es...

Complex patterns or behaviors that arise from simple individual-level interactions and rules, such as social network structure emerging from behavioral mechanisms guiding social interaction decisions

The living together of two dissimilar organisms in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.

When multiple cues reduce uncertainty by providing supplemental information, resulting in increased response compared to single components

The relationship between abiotic environmental features and patterns of individual social behavior and network position

A latent variable representing overall environmental suitability that affects multiple demographic processes simultaneously

Mathematical relationship among state variables that describes the system independent of how those values were achieved

Ensuring that fieldwork safety accommodates different identities and experiences, and that safety cannot be promoted except through explicit consideration of power dynamics and workers' identities

The physiological water loss and evaporative water loss response in amphibians as changing climatic conditions are linked to increased thermal and hydric stress

Year following incursion when virus may overwinter and resurge with slightly different climatological conditions

Industrial operations focused on removing natural resources, particularly whaling and guano mining in oceanic environments

The behavioral initiation of flight activity in response to environmental conditions, particularly temperature

Metrics that sum up accumulated change over time, reducing historical processes to single data points

Rate of forest growth and biomass accumulation, often measured through tree ring widths or forest inventory data

Power law exponent y' related to fractal box counting dimension indicating degree of self-similarity

The process by which individuals migrate to and establish communities in previously unsettled or sparsely populated regions

The study of how morphological structures relate to their function, in this case how syrphid pile density affects pollen capture

Species characteristics including body mass, nest location, and overwintering stage that influence phenological responses

Process of developing and testing conceptual geological hypotheses against geophysical data to understand subsurface processes

Rules defining how a scientific discipline governs research on landform origins and development

Fundamental differences between woody and herbaceous plants in resource acquisition and environmental adaptation

Physiological stress response in animals caused by capture, handling, and confinement during experimental procedures

Using heart rate measurements as an indirect indicator of metabolic rate and energy expenditure in free-ranging animals

Plant behavior of tracking the sun to warm flowers and attract pollinators

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

Years when VS cases are seen in states just a few months prior to outbreaks being recognized