Concepts

Ecological and life history traits that determine a bird species response to extreme meteorological events and vary with elevation

Statistical method to decompose genetic effects in crosses between populations or species into additive, dominance, and epistatic components

A two-stage approach that marginalizes uncertainty from record linkage into downstream modeling tasks by sampling from the posterior linkage structure

Using machine learning algorithms to optimize observation locations by identifying key controls and spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem responses

Combination of multiple regression approaches (MLR, random forest, ANN) to model spatial patterns in snow density

Mathematical descriptions that provide a palette for visualizing and quantifying emergent dynamics of systems

A theoretical framework that derives universal SAR formulae from information theory principles

A mode of filmmaking that uses setting to externalize the inner states of characters, focusing on psychological realism and emotional expression

Framework suggesting that more labile plant material may be easier for soil microbes to assimilate and transform into microbial necromass, which can become more physically or chemically protected thro...

Specialized landscapes of military training and mountain battle-zones that exist as both material concept and memories for navigation of physical and social landscapes

Hierarchical spatial relationships to represent data across scales from molecular to regional

Spatial arrangement and characteristics of conspecific individuals within pollination range affecting reproductive success

A technique to compare ecological networks by pairing up species that play similar structural roles across communities

Controlled studies that alter nutrient availability to test ecological responses

Comparison of animal-driven nutrient inputs versus ecosystem uptake capacity to determine if nutrients are in surplus or deficit

A framework to investigate how organisms optimize nutrient acquisition in complex environments by targeting specific nutrient compositions

Population dynamics in systems characterized by high levels of dispersal and recruitment from external sources

An experimental design using matched watershed pairs to isolate treatment effects while controlling for natural variation

Treatment systems designed to operate with minimal human intervention using natural processes and renewable energy

The ecological system comprising a pathogen, its host, and their environment

The pattern where top predators in wetland foodwebs change along permanence gradients, affecting invertebrate community composition

The sequence of steps predators must complete: encounter prey, identify them as suitable, approach and attack, prevent escape, and consume

Framework that analyzes perception by measuring changes in behavior with changes in stimulation to understand cognitive processes

Pest management approach that repels pests from desired resources while attracting them to manageable locations

An approach that treats species as analogous to quantum particles, representing species distributions as wave functions

Systematic approaches for tracking populations of uncommon or threatened species over time

A cognitive mechanism that allows animals to discriminate between predator and non-predator sounds based on learned or innate acoustic features rather than general novelty

The process of identifying coreferent records both between and within files in the absence of a unique identifiable attribute