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| O3 | Effects of CO2 and O3 enrichment on microbial metabolism of 13C-labeled compounds in forest soils. PLFA, O3 , CO2 , soils |
| O3 | Indications of increasing soil C storage under elevated CO2 and O3. CO2, O3, C, soil |
| OAK REGENERATION | Edge effects in a forest mosaic: forest structure and composition in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Tropical Cloud Montane Forest, Edge structure, Oak Regeneration |
| OAK RIDGE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PARK | Identifying the habitat characteristics of the non-native, invasive grass, Microstegium vimineum. Microstegium vimineum, non-native plants, Japanese grass, Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park |
| OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK | Seasonal changes in exposure of pool-breeding amphibians to UVR in sub-alpine ponds. ultraviolet radiation, amphibian, dissolved organic matter, Olympic National Park |
| ONTOGENETIC DIET SHIFTS | Ontogenetic diet shifts of walleye: predicting consumption. Ontogenetic diet shifts, growth, walleye, Stizostedion |
| ONTOGENY | Environmental and ontogenetic controls over transpiration of Pinus flexilis and P. ponderosa in northern Arizona. Transpiration, Sap-Flux, Conductance, Ontogeny |
| OPEN-TOP CHAMBERS | The impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the responses of a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem to the 1998 drought. Elevated CO2, Drought, Ecosystem processes, Open-top chambers |
| OPERATIONALIZING | Application of research in South African parks. Partnership, Knowledge management, Institutionalizing, Operationalizing |
| OREGON COAST | 61 Relationships between land use, geology and in-stream physical habitat in small northern Oregon coastal streams. land use, physical habitat, streams, Oregon coast |
| ORGANIC NITROGEN | The fate and retention of organic and inorganic nitrogen in a western Oregon coniferous forest . Organic Nitrogen, Retention, Forest Soil, Lobaria oregana |
| ORGANIC AGRICULTURE | 12 Effects of synthetic and organic soil fertility amendments on the incidence of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii , and the abundance of soil microbial and nematode communities in conventional and organic agroecosystems. Organic agriculture, soil microbial communities, plant disease |
| ORTHOPTERA | 74 The effects of emergence date on the performance in the grasshopper Sphenarium purpurascens (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) in Central Mexico . Life history, emergence date, Sphenarium purpurascens, Orthoptera |
| OVENBIRD (SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS) | 12 Beyond composition: Incorporating landscape pattern into gap analysis distribution models. Gap Analysis, distribution models, Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) |
| OVIPOSITION | Oviposition site selection along a predator gradient. Oviposition, Predation, Habitat selection |
| OWL SURVEY | 153 Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) distribution and habitat selection in the Nicolet National Forest, WI, USA. <Aegolius acadicus>, Landscape , Habitat Selection, Owl survey |
| O3 | Aphid individual, population and natural enemy responses to elevated CO2 or O3. aphids, natural enemies, co2, o3 |
| OAK | 33 Tree species composition and conservation of a remnant New Jersey Pinelands community. new jersey pinelands, oak, pine, community |
| OAK | Using hyperdocuments for knowledge management: An intelligent encyclopedia of southern Appalachian oak forests. southern Appalachians, knowledge management, decision support tools, oak |
| OAK | 140 Invertebrate population dynamics after oak community disturbance by burning in California, USA, and Portugal, South Europe. invertebrates, fire, oak, disturbance |
| OAK REGENERATION | How differently do seedlings of Quercus alba, Q. prinus and Q. rubra respond to low light intensities created by shading? oak regeneration |
| OAK REGENERATION | 143 Growth and leaf nitrogen responses of oak and red maple seedlings to canopy gap fraction following prescribed fires. oak regeneration, prescribed fire, red maple, hemispherical photography |
| OAK SAVANNA | Response of a butterfly community to habitat structure along a continuum of degraded savanna sites. oak savanna, butterfly community, fire frequency, indicator species |
| OAK SAVANNA | Experimental groundlayer restorations support description of Wisconsin oak savanna as "forb-lands," not "grass-lands.". oak savanna, gradients, forbs, experimental restoration |
| OAK WOODLAND | Validation of a conceptual hierarchical model with data in an oak woodland/annual grassland system: Figuring out where the parts fit. scale dependency, hierarchical models, oak woodland, classification and regression trees |
| OAK-HICKORY CONVERSION | Threshold time of conversion from oak-hickory to mesophytic forest in the Illinois Ozark Hills. oak-hickory conversion, quercus-carya conversion, community ecology, Illinois Ozark Hills |
| OAK-HICKORY FORESTS | 77 The Impact of invasive plant species on eastern oak-hickory forests. invasive plant species, oak-hickory forests |
| OBJECTIVES HIERARCHY | Basic Research- its place in and Contribution to National Parks. objectives hierarchy, strategic adaptive management, science-management relationship |
| OBLIGATE MUTUALISM | 5 Impact of a third trophic level on the dynamics of an obligate mutualism. obligate mutualism, tritrophic interactions, insect natural enemies, yucca |
| OBSERVER | Dissipation versus degradation: a helpful distinction in understanding human historical and non-human ecology of resource use. thermodynamics, resources, hierarchy, observer |
| OCEANOGRAPHY | Rocky intertidal community dynamics across a major oceanographic discontinuity: precipitous changes in recruitment and growth . upwelling, recruitment, rocky intertidal, oceanography |
| ODONATES | 80 Are 'sinkholes' aptly named? Larval odonate ecology and adult species diversity in southeastern New Mexico. odonates, exuviae, larvae, biodiversity |
| OLD GROWTH | Seventy-two years of change in the herbaceous vegetation layer of Heart's Content Scenic Area, Warren County, PA. herbaceous plants, old growth, white-tailed deer, long-term change |
| OLD GROWTH | Disturbance regimes of old-growth and second-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in Adirondack Park. disturbance, hemlock-hardwood, old growth, Adirondack Park |
| OLD GROWTH TEMPERATE FOREST | Non-linear nitrogen retention in an unpolluted old-growth temperate forest receiving a geometric range of experimental 15N additions . nitrogen saturation, nutrient cycling, old growth temperate forest, Chile |
| OLD-FIELD | Controls on early rates of succession in a Virginia Piedmont old-field. succession, leaf area index (LAI), old-field, Virginia |
| OLD-GROWTH | Reproductive role of remnant old-growth trees in mature Douglas-fir forests, southern Washington Cascade Range. ecological succession , old-growth, biological legacies, seed source |
| OLD-GROWTH | Preserving an old-growth pine remnant: do two "wrongs" make a "right"? old-growth, restoration ecology, salvage harvesting, CWD |
| OLD-GROWTH | 125 Temporal and spatial variability of air and soil temperatures within an old-growth mixed conifer. temperature, variability, old-growth, mixed conifer |
| OLD-GROWTH | Tree cavities of Midwestern old-growth forests. old-growth, forest, cavities, midwest |
| OLD-GROWTH | Effects of multiple human-induced disturbances of forest composition and nitrogen dynamics in northern hardwood forests. disturbance, old-growth, second-growth, beech bark disease |
| OLD-GROWTH | Coherent spatial relationships of species distribution and production in an old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forest. spatial pattern analysis, old-growth, biomass, Ripley's K statistic |
| OLD-GROWTH | 21 Distribution, composition, and age structure of black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) swamps in New Hampshire. Nyssa sylvatica, black gum, old-growth, New Hampshire |
| OLD-GROWTH | 35 Response of overstory and understory conifers to gap size and resource levels. canopy gaps, growth, mortality, old-growth |
| OLD-GROWTH FOREST | Evolution and ecology of diversity in a community of forest sedges. carex, diversity, old-growth forest, phylogeny |
| OLD-GROWTH FOREST | 38 Assessing the impact of the ice storm of 1998 on an old-growth forest. disturbance, ice storm, old-growth forest, canopy |
| OLD-GROWTH FOREST | Understanding old-growth forests using stand-level processes. old-growth forest, gap dynamics, age-specific mortality rates, falling rates |
| OLD-GROWTH FORESTS | 30 A quarter century of change in old-growth forests. treefall gaps, old-growth forests, canopy turnover, mortality |
| ONCORHYNCUS CLARKI | 18 Population thresholds as a mechanism to lessen extinction risk in a stochastic environment. population modeling, cutthroat trout, territoriality, oncorhyncus clarki |
| ONTARIO | Evidence of fire suppression impacts on fire size and frequency in the boreal forest of Ontario. boreal, fire, ontario, suppression |
| ONTOGENETIC DIET SHIFT | Foraging capacity and resource synchronisation in an ontogenetic diet switcher, pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca). ontogenetic diet shift, size-structure, piscivory, planktivory |
| ONTOGENETIC HABITAT SHIFT | Post-settlement use of lagoon habitats as off-reef nurseries for coral reef fishes. coral reef fish, nursery habitats, ontogenetic habitat shift, post-settlement |
| ONTOGENETIC VARIATION | 113 Ontogenetic variation in the effects of crayfish in a warmwater stream benthic community. ontogenetic variation, predation, bioturbation, Decapoda |
| ONTOGENY | Phenotypic plasticity in frogs: pre-and post-metamorphic environments determine the final frog phenotype. phenotypic plasticity, ontogeny, terrestrial performance, Hyla versicolor |
| ONTOGENY | Ontogenetic development of sun and shade leaves in tropical tree species. leaf mass per area, ontogeny, tropical trees, Los Tuxtlas |
| OPEN TOP CHAMBERS | The effect of pressure, temperature, and wind on ecosystem gas exchange measurements determined using large open top chambers for exposing plants to elevated atmospheric CO2 in Florida scrub oak. elevated CO2 , net ecosystem CO2 exchange, open top chambers, florida scrub oak |
| OPEN-TOP CHAMBERS | Elevated CO2 increases net ecosystem CO2 uptake in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem . elevated co2, net ecosystem co2 exchange, open-top chambers, fire |
| OPTIMAL FORAGING | 115 Selective foraging behavior in pikeperch. predation, piscivory, prey choice, optimal foraging |
| OPTIMAL GROUP SIZE | Optimal group size and Northern Bobwhite coveys. bobwhite quail, optimal group size, Allee Effect |
| OPTIMAL VASCULAR SYSTEM | Do plants obey Murray's law? Murray's law, optimal vascular system, xylem |
| OPTIMISATION | Captive breeding: Should we bother? optimisation, conservation, captive breeding |
| OPTIMIZATION | Adaptive foraging under predation hazard: testing optimization theory with stream fish. optimization, fish, predator, experiment |
| OPTIMIZATION | How to manage a metapopulation. optimization, metapopulation, conservation, space |
| ORB-WEAVING SPIDERS | 51 The effects of habitat structure on the distribution of the orb-weaving spider Leucauge regnyi in a Puerto Rican rain forest. orb-weaving spiders, habitat structure |
| ORDINATION | Climatic interpretation of 20th-century tree-ring patterns in high-elevation conifers. climate, tree-rings, ordination, Sierra |
| OREGON | Human impacts change parasite dynamics through host reservoirs and the role of abiotic factors. disease, forestry, amphibian, oregon |
| ORGANIC N | The role of organic N in the nitrogen economy of floodplain balsam poplar stands in interior Alaska. organic N, Populus balsamifera, Alaska, 15N |
| ORGANIC CARBON | Specific UV absorbance as an Indicator of DOC source. organic carbon, lakes |
| ORGANIC MATTER | 65 Litterfall production in forested wetlands with contrasting hydrologic regimes. wetland, litterfall, organic matter |
| ORGANIC MATTER | 120 The ecological importance of passive deposition of organic matter into burrows of crabs. Chasmagnathus granulata, organic matter, burrowing |
| ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATION | 98 Latitudinal variability of litter fall and decay in pine forest ecosystems: transect studies along 52N parallel . ecosystem response to climate change, organic matter accumulation, pine ecosystem, litterfall/decomposition budget |
| ORGANIC NITROGEN | 30 Does clearcutting alter the abundance of soluble organic nitrogen in forest soils? organic nitrogen, amino acids, clearcutting, forest soils |
| ORGANIC NITROGEN | Species effects on soil properties across the landscape II: Carbon, nitrogen and microbial dynamics. nitrogen, nitrogen mineralization, organic nitrogen, species effects |
| ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS | The effect of drawdown on P flux from soils in the Everglades Nutrient Removal Project wetland. organic phosphorus, water quality, biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling |
| ORGANOCHORINES AND MERCURY | Contaminants in fish of Illinois inland lakes, 1974-1998. fish contaminants, long-term trend analysis, organochorines and mercury, sampling and risk assessment |
| OTOLITH | Using natural strontium signatures to track the movements and migrations of salmon. salmon, strontium, migration, otolith |
| OUTCROSSING RATE | 113 Spatial and temporal variation in the mating system of Delphinium nuttallianum. mating system, phenology, outcrossing rate, Delphinium |
| OVENBIRD (SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS) | Landscape composition modulates the effects of forest fragmentation: consequences for breeding Ovenbirds. landscape composition, forest fragmentation, neotropical migrant songbirds, ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) |
| OVERYIELDING | Relative controls of resource availability and species diversity on ecosystem productivity: local vs. regional processes. species diversity, overyielding, ecosystem productivity, resource availability |
| OVIPOSITION HABITAT SELECTION | Oviposition site selection by the mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata, in response to chemical detection of a predator, Notonecta maculata. oviposition habitat selection, risk of predation, temporary pools |
| OVIPOSITIONAL PREFERENCE | Ovipositional preferences of a seed eating moth reared on parental and hybrid cattails. cattails, hybrids, ovipositional preference, Typha |
| OVULE ABORTION | 146 Differences in ovule abortion between sprouting and non-sprouting species of California chaparral. Ceanothus, chaparral, ovule abortion |
| OWLS | 156 Habitat composition determines breeding success of Tengalm's owls under fluctuating food conditions. owls, breeding, habitat |
| OXYGEN DIFFUSION | Oxygen fluxes in constructed wetlands. constructed wetlands, nitrification, oxygen diffusion, nitrogen removal |
| OZONE | 104 Simulation of ozone effects on eight tree species at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA. ozone, assessment, modeling |
| OZONE | 12 Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 on tree-insect-parasitoid interactions. carbon dioxide, ozone, tritrophic interactions, forests |
| OZONE | 66 Ozone and low light effects on allocation and partitioning of recently-assimilated carbon in sugar maple. sugar maple, ozone, carbon transport, low light |
| OZONE | 52 Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone on canopy insect biodiversity . insect biodiversity, carbon dioxide, ozone, free-air carbon dioxide enrichment |
| OZONE | 22 Dynamics of defoliator activity along an urban to rural gradient in the Middle Rio Grande riparian corridor. Chrysomela scripta, Populus deltoides, ozone, greenfall |
| OZONE DEPLETION | 29 Biodiversity of microfauna and fungal communities in a Sphagnum bog under two levels of solar UV-B. ozone depletion, long term ecosystem study, peat bog, biodiversity |