Concepts

Differential selection of plant materials for storage based on nutritional quality rather than random sampling of available vegetation

Quantitative measure comparing the ratio of cached to available vegetation quality, calculated as I = (δC/δA) - 1

A thing is self-similar if it does not vary over spatial scales

Insects with extended parental behavior intermediate between extremely social and extremely asocial species

Autonomous configuration and calibration of sensor networks without manual intervention

Innate sensory responses that form a foundation for higher-level cognitive functioning in animals

Strategy for imputing missing data across multiple wells by following sequence based on missing data fraction percentages

Theoretical framework predicting optimal investment in male versus female offspring based on relatedness asymmetries in social insects

Bees controlling the sex of their offspring via haplodiploid sex determination, with fertilized eggs becoming females and unfertilized eggs developing into males

Differential responses between sexes to environmental variation potentially creating imbalance in the frequency of males and females

Differential effects of male versus female neighbors on focal individual fitness due to varying resource needs or allocation patterns

Marked differences between sexes in immune response, with males often having smaller spleens and higher testosterone levels linked to immunosuppression

Any situation in which one sex function directly decreases the success of the other sex function

State of being ready for reproduction, measured by cloacal swelling in this study

Behavioral axis ranging from shy (less interactive, avoidant) to bold (more interactive, approaching) behavioral responses

The dissolution process of iron carbonate mineral (FeCO3) under varying geochemical conditions

Framework in which prey receives maximum average payoff when it sets a threshold that assumes the prey receives a stimulus with magnitude

Automated methods for detecting and classifying acoustic signals

Temporal coordination of different signal components within multimodal displays

The negative feedback system where increased atmospheric CO2 enhances silicate weathering rates, which removes CO2 from the atmosphere through carbonate precipitation

The art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable ...

The concept that alarm calls can be situationally variable, encoding information about events and stimuli external to callers

The most commonly used method for aging amphibians that utilizes stained cross-sections of toe bone to allow visualization of lines of arrested growth (LAG)

Assemblage of small mammalian species including rodents that serve as prey for larger predators

Unmanned aerial vehicles used for remote sensing applications at spatial scales between ground-based and satellite observations

Networks with a combination of highly clustered subgroups and short average path lengths, efficient for communication

Spatial fragmentation of snow cover, referring to patchiness conditions