Concepts

Negative interactions between individuals of different species competing for limited resources

Alternative life history strategy where some individuals retain larval traits and become sexually mature in aquatic environment while others metamorphose to terrestrial adults

Predation behavior where individuals consume members of their own species, particularly common in A. m. nebulosum populations targeting first year hatchlings

The contribution of animals to ecosystem nutrient fluxes through excretion, with supply determined by animal biomass, excretion rates, and time spent in the ecosystem

Caddisfly larvae ability to construct protective cases from environmental debris using silk-like string

Selective consumption behavior of invertebrates feeding on different types of organic detritus

The flow of energy through ecological systems, measured as invertebrate biomass transfer from terrestrial to aquatic environments

Addition of new individuals to insect populations through successful reproduction and development

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

Mechanism where state and behavior mutually reinforce each other, measured as positive correlation between individual intercept and slope in random regression models.

Input of terrestrial invertebrates into aquatic food webs providing energy to aquatic predators

The increase in mortality with age, showing broad variation at the intraspecific level

Consumption of dead organic matter by organisms, particularly caddisfly larvae feeding on detritus

Functional guild of macroinvertebrates that break down dead organic material, contributing to nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems

Competition through depletion of shared resources without direct interaction

Asymmetric intraguild predation (IGP) between caddisflies where larger, faster-growing species prey on smaller competitors

The downstream transport and repeated cycling of nutrients through uptake and release in stream ecosystems