Concepts

Universal probe set targeting 353 gene regions for phylogenomic and metabarcoding studies of flowering plants

Predicts that species can persist beyond some threshold of abiotic stress due to reduced competition, making range margins determined by species interactions rather than abiotic constraints

A standardized measure of synchrony that ranges between 0 and 1, quantifying overlap of activity duration for each individual relative to the population

Branched Chain Methionine Allocation gene that controls ratios of glucosinolate types in Boechera stricta

Normalizing reaction rates to specific surface area measured by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller gas sorption method

Bayesian method to identify loci where genetic differentiation associates with environmental variables while controlling for demographic effects

Statistical method for assigning individuals to groups based on genetic similarity

Physical law relating absorbance to the molar absorption coefficient, path length, and concentration, used here to constrain functional group abundances

Statistical method to extract individual behavioral profiles accounting for random effects structure

A transient pulse of CO₂ followed by a decrease to lower, steady state values when soils are rewet after a prolonged period of dry conditions

Different photosynthetic pathways in plants that produce distinct carbon isotope signatures

Transport of nutrients from coarse particulate organic matter to fine particulate organic matter via shredding organisms

A gene-editing technology that allows precise modification of DNA sequences

Method for identifying host-pathogen relationships through sequence identity between CRISPR spacers and target genomes

Adaptive immune systems in prokaryotes that provide resistance against mobile genetic elements

Bacteria from phyla lacking isolated representatives that consistently increase in abundance with depth

Theory suggesting that forests with low species diversity and even-aged stands tend to undergo periods of widespread dieback

A physically-based model that simulates the hydro-thermal dynamics from the top of the canopy to the bedrock

Method relating electromagnetic wave speed in snowpack to dry snow density using known wave speeds of constituent materials

Semi-parametric survival analysis that allows mortality hazard to fluctuate with time while measuring effects of covariates on survival probability

Theoretical lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators, providing performance benchmark

A method for modeling species' geographical ranges using fossil data that incorporates diversification and extinction processes

Species with larger ecological breadth have greater phenotypic variation due to exposure to diverse environmental conditions