Concepts

Way in which individuals distribute themselves across landscape, including movement patterns and spatial organization like home range size and overlap

Daily mass gain during critical post-emergence development period in juvenile mammals

Taxa that are significantly associated with particular habitat conditions and can be used to assess ecosystem state or restoration success

The nutritional value of algae as food for aquatic consumers, typically measured by nutrient content

Body size when organisms transition from growth to reproduction, with important consequences for lifetime reproductive success

The proportion of cells undergoing division within a population

Temporal variation in precipitation patterns expressed as coefficient of variation in monthly precipitation over 5 years

Use of passive integrated transponder tags for remote detection and tracking of individual animals without need for recapture

Organic matter particles larger than 1 mm, including intact leaves and larger detrital fragments

the rate of nutrient excretion per unit body mass of an organism

Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera orders used as indicators of aquatic ecosystem health

Standard measure of organic biomass determined by ashing samples to remove inorganic material

Organic material found in pond sediments that serves as nutrient storage compartment

Patterns of stream flow including magnitude, timing, and duration of high and low flow periods

The rate at which predators consume prey, measured as prey mortality per predator per unit time

The body size of mayflies when they emerge as adults from aquatic larval stage