Concepts

Sharp redox gradients that favor the generation of ROS, created by mixing between waters with largely different chemical compositions

Non-majority spatially heterogeneous soil volumes possessing conditions differing from the bulk matrix, where internal oxygen consumption exceeds the rate of oxygen supply

High-resolution convection-permitting climate models suitable for multi-decadal timescales in complex terrain

Difference in genetic relatedness that workers have to brothers versus sisters due to haplodiploidy in Hymenoptera

The concept that quality of social relationships may be more important than number of relationships for stress reduction

An important factor for terrestrial amphibians due to their moist and permeable skin which allows for exchange of water, ions, and gasses in terrestrial habitats

A standardized measure of treatment effects calculated as (Vw - Vc)/(Vw + Vc) that is bounded and symmetrical around zero

An indicator of plumpness defined as 100 times the actual weight divided by the expected weight, suggesting the abundance of food available for each member of the population relative to the energy dem...

Non-vigilant behaviors including foraging, preening, walking, and singing

The evaluation of how consistently an individual's alarm calls are associated with actual predation risk

Process of comparing satellite-derived measurements against ground-based observations to assess accuracy

Undergraduate research programs conducted entirely or primarily at a distance using online technologies and virtual interactions

The normalized difference between a site observation and the network mean, quantifying how well a single measurement site represents larger area aerosol properties

Decomposition of total seed production into multiplicative components to identify sensitive life stages

Seasonal changes in ant colony composition between sexual and worker ant production phases

Study of plant reproductive strategies and their ecological consequences

The relative amount of available carbon that has been allocated to reproductive tissues, calculated as the ratio of carbon allocated to reproductive tissues versus total available carbon

Different stages of reproduction (gestation, lactation, post-reproduction) may predispose females to different levels of roadkill risk due to varying energy demands and foraging behavior

Maintaining institutional and individual ability to conduct scientific research through crisis periods

Average time organisms spend in a given stream reach before drifting, calculated as benthic abundance divided by drift rate

Remnant of previous day's mixed layer that persists aloft after surface cooling and formation of stable nocturnal boundary layer

Plant strategy emphasizing rapid resource capture and growth versus conservative resource use

The availability of food resources which may affect severity of ectoparasitic infestation, manipulated through food supplementation treatments

The requirement for specific nutrient ratios results in different limiting nutrients for each life-history trait

The ability of a species to monopolize resources, measured as percentage of baits discovered first or monopolized during experiments.

A flow of fixed energy between two different ecosystems, including both passive flows (leaf litter, terrestrial invertebrate inputs) and direct flows (energy that goes directly from source to consumer...

Individual differences in accessing and utilizing resources such as perches that provide enhanced visibility for predator detection

Theoretical framework contrasting bottom-up resource limitation versus top-down predator control of community structure

Theory predicting that species with traits conferring ability to most efficiently take up limiting soil resources will have highest abundance in a community

Experimental design varying relative densities of organisms to determine interaction dynamics

The author's written response addressing reviewer and editor comments on a manuscript

Studies that transplant lineages from across the range, using seeds collected before and after environmental change, to detect rapid evolution

A gene (rpfC) associated with transitions from dormant to active states and correlated with relative abundance of active microbes