Concepts

The difference between observed streamflow and expected or baseline streamflow, representing water shortage

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

Use of 87Sr/86Sr ratios to trace sources of nutrients and water in ecological systems

Technique using overlapping images from different perspectives to construct 3D models of forest structure

Statistical methods for analyzing time-to-event data, here focused on summer survival probability

When clustered plants experience facilitative interactions that cause leaves to be cooler relative to surrounding soils

The rate at which temperature decreases with elevation, typically expressed as degrees Celsius per kilometer

Linear distance along stream between upper and lower boundaries of breeding territory

Spatial and temporal variation in water temperatures that can support diverse aquatic species and provide thermal refugia

Cycles of sea level rise and fall that control sediment deposition patterns in marine basins

Moving native plants from one location to establish them in a disturbed site as a revegetation technique

Behavioral activity of birds when captured in traps, measured as activity index from feeding to high distress behaviors

The sharing of liquid food resources between nestmates through specialized anatomical and behavioral adaptations

Ecological interactions between hoofed mammals and aspen trees including herbivory effects on tree health and forest composition

Extrapolation of species richness estimates from small plots to larger spatial scales using theoretical scaling relationships

Unsaturated zone above the water table where pore spaces contain both air and water

The physical arrangement and composition of vegetation including coverage of different plant types, heights, and density

Selection on body mass accounting for juvenile survival until reproduction but may weaken after recruitment

The number of generations produced per year, under both genetic and environmental control in insects

The integrated biogeochemical, hydrological, and ecological processes that control water, energy, and nutrient cycling within a watershed

The degree to which a watershed can rebound after perturbations to predicted increases in climate variability

An analytical approach where deviations from an individual's average behavior or phenotype are calculated to quantify and analyze how an individual's social phenotype may change over time.

Abundance, Size, Number, Energy framework that uses ecological state variables to predict ecosystem structure functions

Population density will be higher in more central populations compared to populations at the range margin