Concepts
7 concepts
trophic synchrony
Temporal alignment between consumer energy requirements and food source availability across trophic levels
recreational trail impacts
Effects of human recreational activities on wildlife communities through habitat alteration, disturbance, and behavioral changes
extrafloral nectaries
Nectar-secreting organs located on leaf laminae, petioles, rachis, bracts, stipules, pedicels, or fruit that attract arthropods
sexual dimorphism in plant-insect interactions
How male and female plants of dioecious species differ in their interactions with insects
abiotic factors
Non-living environmental factors such as climate, light, and temperature that influence organism performance
chemical cues
Chemical signals that organisms use to obtain information about their environment
spatial clustering
When plants are found adjacent to one another with less than two finger-widths between them or when one plant surrounds another
