Concepts

Animals which feed on both plant and prey sources, allowing them to effect multiple trophic levels within a food web

Population dynamics in systems characterized by high levels of dispersal and recruitment from external sources

Term used to represent each morphospecies of culturable fungi in lieu of species name as species has not currently been established by means of sequencing

Cost of remaining in refuge measured as lost foraging opportunities or other beneficial activities

Theory predicting that parents should allocate investment amongst their progeny according to an optimum at which their own (i.e., the parents') fitness is maximized

The hypothesis that there is an optimal egg cluster size that maximizes fitness by balancing benefits and costs of aggregation

Transcription factor gene controlling scale development and coloration in butterflies

Climate changes driven by variations in Earth's orbital parameters affecting incoming solar radiation distribution

A regression approach that allows for multiple ordered response categories and provides more specific interpretation of exact probability of socioeconomic characteristics on constraints

Local concentrations of ore minerals within veins

Measure of genome annotation quality based on similarity of predicted proteins to reference orthologs

Barriers that can be impediments to individuals participating in outdoor recreational activities, often reflected in sociocultural issues

Statistical identification of observations that deviate significantly from expected patterns in meteorological data

Reproductive strategy where females delay egg development and deposit eggs in terrestrial habitats during autumn after entering diapause

A measure of the degree to which two phenological distributions overlap in time, calculated by integrating the area under both probability density curves

Population density exceeding the carrying capacity of available resources, leading to reduced individual condition

Diffusion-limited organic-rich deposits that result from river meanders with fine-grained nature producing near-zero rate of water flow

Atmospheric absorption of solar radiation by molecular oxygen around 760nm wavelength used for pressure level determination

Neuropeptide hormone often called 'love drug' or 'cuddle hormone' that mediates a suite of behavioral traits ranging from ultrasocial to antisocial

Hypothesis proposing that individuals vary in life-history strategies covarying with suites of morphological, physiological and behavioural characteristics, where fast-growing individuals should be mo...

Correlations between boldness and an individual's willingness to face risk for food, linked to growth rate

Hypothesis positing that a series of behavioural and physiological axes of variation correlates with the individual slow-fast continuum

An experimental design using matched watershed pairs to isolate treatment effects while controlling for natural variation

The acceptability of food items based on taste, texture, and chemical composition

An ancient valley system that may have influenced past patterns of erosion and exhumation

Analysis of directional sedimentary structures to determine ancient flow directions

Reconstruction of past glacier extents and ice thickness using geomorphic evidence and numerical modeling

Determination of ancient water salinity conditions using geochemical and paleontological indicators

The differential attraction of insects to certain colored traps, potentially leading to non-representative samples of the true community

Large-scale moving or stationary paintings designed to create immersive visual experiences for 19th-century audiences

The sequence of mineral formation and deposition in ore deposits

Geometric correction for apparent horizontal displacement of cloud location due to satellite viewing angle

Non-random distribution of parasites among hosts with most hosts having few parasites

The influence of parasites on sexually selected traits and mate choice decisions

Attack by parasitoid species that use lycaenid larvae as hosts for their development

The conflicting pressures parent birds face between maintaining optimal nest conditions and foraging to meet metabolic needs

Theoretical framework predicting when parents will abandon offspring based on costs and benefits of continued care versus seeking additional mating opportunities

Life cycle strategy where organisms take more than one year to complete development

Age-structured demographic model where fertility is approximated by an average fertility parameter and age-specific survival from α until death