Concepts
5 concepts
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Schoener's index
A measure of niche overlap calculated as SI = 1 - (1/2) Σᵢ |pᵢₖ - pⱼₖ| where values approach 1 when resource use curves coincide perfectly and approach 0 when they don't overlap
methodology
Henry's Law equilibration
The proportionality relationship between partial pressure of a gas in air and its aqueous concentration used to measure dissolved CO2
measurement
PIT tag telemetry
Use of passive integrated transponder tags for remote detection and tracking of individual animals without need for recapture
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electivity index
A measure comparing the proportion of prey in predator diet to proportion in environment to detect selection or avoidance
model type
principal component analysis
Statistical method used to identify the structuring factors driving life-history variation and to detect slow-fast continuum patterns
