Concepts

Framework for discussing how landslide processes contribute to geomorphological development of different types of terrain

Framework comprising reconnaissance, recognition and classification; monitoring and characterization; and hazard and risk assessment

The hypothesis that larger male body size confers fitness advantages in mating success, commonly observed in insects where large size increases competitive ability

Statistical method using unobserved variables to capture partially unobserved drivers of seasonal population dynamics and environmental effects

Density of fresh pika scat piles used as an index of relative population density

Regulation essential for photosynthesis, respiration, and water retention that impacts plant energy balance

Intricate networks of veins built from lignified xylem and phloem tissue that serve multiple functions including transport of water and sugars, mechanical support, and herbivory resistance

Traditional breeding display ground used by sage-grouse where males gather to perform courtship displays

A measure of the number of recessive alleles in the genome that would cause death when homozygous

Discrete developmental periods in marmots separated by annual hibernation: pups (<1 year), yearlings (1 year), and adults (≥2 years)

Ecological and life history traits that determine a bird species response to extreme meteorological events and vary with elevation

The minimal PAR required by the plant to absorb more carbon dioxide than it is releasing, found at the x intercept of the PI curve

Statistical method to decompose genetic effects in crosses between populations or species into additive, dominance, and epistatic components

Clear, visible in bone such as phalanges that correspond to annual resting growth periods

A two-stage approach that marginalizes uncertainty from record linkage into downstream modeling tasks by sampling from the posterior linkage structure

Social learning mechanism where individuals are attracted to a location simply by others being present, rather than learning specific manipulative tasks

Communication between plant tissues over distances that affects reproductive processes, such as between pollen tubes and ovarian tissues

Survival and performance of transplanted vegetation measured years after initial establishment

Models that describe the relationship between environmental tracer concentrations and residence time distributions using convolution integrals

Changes in animal foraging activity and risk-taking behavior in response to different moon phases and associated predation risk

Viral replication strategy resulting in immediate host cell lysis and viral progeny release

A nutrient-sensing pathway where mTOR kinase can be activated by amino acids and regulates cellular processes at the lysosome

Using machine learning algorithms to optimize observation locations by identifying key controls and spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem responses

Combination of multiple regression approaches (MLR, random forest, ANN) to model spatial patterns in snow density

The process by which macroinvertebrates establish populations on new substrate