Concepts

Ability of organisms to compensate for poor early-life conditions through increased feeding or altered resource allocation later in life

The process of managing or assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed as a means of sustaining ecosystem resilience and conserving biodiversity

Physiological shifts that allow plants to adjust their rates of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance to compensate for changes in temperature

The formation of predictive relationships between contingent stimuli in the environment

Process of bringing rocks from depth to the surface through erosional unroofing

Behavioral and physiological mechanisms whereby group-living animals share body heat to reduce thermoregulatory costs

Mechanisms used by individuals to convey different cues to others, including color, vocal cues, body language, and biofluorescence

Internal biological timing system that maintains rhythmicity in a wide range of behavioral, physiological, and metabolic processes

Physiological and behavioral adaptations to minimize energy expenditure

Physiological responses of the immune system to pathogens, trauma, stress and inflammation

An individual's development from egg to adult

The ability of bumble bees to regulate internal body temperature through muscle contraction

Requirement for extended cold treatment to trigger flowering in some plant species

A brief but generalized sickness syndrome triggered by bacterial infections and LPS injection

The ability to devise a novel solution to a novel or existing problem, measured as successful opening of puzzle box

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

Reduction in photosynthetic efficiency due to excess light exposure

The production of organic compounds by autotrophic organisms, measured here through chlorophyll-a concentration

Sound production in insects by rubbing body parts together, in burying beetles occurs when plectrum on elytra rubs against par stridens on abdomen

Disease transmission cycle involving mosquito vectors, bird hosts, and potential infection of mammals including humans

Three dimensional air movement patterns within forest stands affected by tree density and canopy structure