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| P LIMITATION | P limitation in boreal forests: effects of Al and Fe in the humus layer. P limitation, boreal forest, P sorption, plant availabilty |
| P SORPTION | P limitation in boreal forests: effects of Al and Fe in the humus layer. P limitation, boreal forest, P sorption, plant availabilty |
| PARENTAL CARE | Central place foraging for eating versus feeding the young: Alternative patch-use by parents. Nectarinia osea, PARENTAL CARE, LIFE HISTORY, PROVISIONING |
| PCB 153 | The impact of PCB 153 on male advertisement calling in Rana pipiens. Rana pipiens, behavior, reproduction, PCB 153 |
| PLAI | 147 Downed woody material, projected leaf area index, and satellite index relationships in Chihuahuan Desert vegetation. fuels, satellite, cover, PLAI |
| PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS | Top-down limitation of herbivorous insects in neotropical forest canopies. PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS, HERBIVORY, AVIAN INSECTIVORY |
| PLFA | Effects of CO2 and O3 enrichment on microbial metabolism of 13C-labeled compounds in forest soils. PLFA, O3 , CO2 , soils |
| PLFA | The effect of plant community composition on soil microbial community composition. microbes, plants, PLFA, T-RFLP |
| POLLEN | The influence of Mimulus ringens floral display size on patterns of pollinator visitation. POLLINATOR, MATING SYSTEM, SCROPHULARIACEAE, POLLEN |
| POLLEN | The influence of floral display size on mating patterns in Mimulus ringens. MATING SYSTEM, SCROPHULARIACEAE, SELF-POLLINATION, POLLEN |
| POLLINATOR | The influence of Mimulus ringens floral display size on patterns of pollinator visitation. POLLINATOR, MATING SYSTEM, SCROPHULARIACEAE, POLLEN |
| PRESCRIBED FIRE | 69 Invertebrate responses to the effects of prescribed fire in a mediterranean shrub land of Portugal. ARTHROPOD, PRESCRIBED FIRE, CARABID, MEDITERRANEAN |
| PROVISIONING | Central place foraging for eating versus feeding the young: Alternative patch-use by parents. Nectarinia osea, PARENTAL CARE, LIFE HISTORY, PROVISIONING |
| PVA | Using logistic regression to analyze sensitivity of PVA models: comparing sensitivity methods using African wild dogs. Modeling, PVA, Elasticity, Lycoan pictus |
| PACIFIC | Spread of an invasive plant in pacific estuaries: A quantitative analysis of Spartina alterniflora in Willapa Bay, WA. Spartina alterniflora, Pacific, estuarine, invasions |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 79 Impact of European-American colonization on Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois. Taxodium distichum, Horseshoe Lake, Illinois, Paleoecology |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 27 Peatland Development in North-Central Wisconsin. Paleoecology, Central Wisconsin, Peatland, Tsuga |
| PAMLICO SOUND | Ecological effects of the hurricanes of 1999: Spatial and temporal responses of the Pamlico Sound fish community. fish, hurricane, Pamlico Sound, estuary |
| PANAMA | Photosynthetic capacity and associated leaf traits along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest. photosynthesis, rainfall gradient, tropical forest, Panama |
| PANAMA | 33 Effects of rainfall regime on seedlings planted into tropical gap and understory microsites. Panama, seedlings, treefall gaps, soil moisture |
| PARAMETER SENSITIVITY | 2 Parameter sensitivity of a land surface model using Monte Carlo analysis and eddy-covariance measurements at the WLEF-TV tower site, Wisconsin. Land Surface Model, Parameter Sensitivity, Land Surface Fluxes, Wisconsin |
| PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS | Quantifying variation in the spatial spread of raccoon rabies. Spatial Ecology, Parasite-Host Interactions, Rabies |
| PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER | Trophic cascades in the detrital web of tropical headwater streams: Effects of omnivorous decapods. Puerto Rico, Decapods, Particulate organic matter, stream ecology |
| PARTNERSHIP | Application of research in South African parks. Partnership, Knowledge management, Institutionalizing, Operationalizing |
| PARTNERSHIPS | 10 Students as researchers: sea turtle research partnerships in Costa Rica. Dermochelys coriacea, Partnerships, Conservation, Education |
| PATAGONIA | Decomposition along a precipitation gradient in Patagonia: species-rainfall interactions. decomposition, Patagonia, precipitation gradient, species characteristics |
| PATCH | 101 Quantification of spatial patterns using geostatistics - a simulation approach . Spatial patterns, Geostatistics, Patch, Simulation |
| PEATLAND | 27 Peatland Development in North-Central Wisconsin. Paleoecology, Central Wisconsin, Peatland, Tsuga |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 115 Do forest canopy gaps enhance the stem diameter growth of adjacent overstory trees? forest stand dynamics, Pennsylvania, red oak - mixed hardwood forest, tree ring width |
| PHORIDAE | Linked interaction modifications in ant - phorid fly interactions: a role in determining ant assemblage structure? indirect effects, competition, Formicidae, Phoridae |
| PHOSPHOROUS | 44 ENSO effects on litter phosphorus dynamics across three edaphic types in wet tropical forests of northeastern Costa Rica. Tropical, Edaphic, Phosphorous, ENSO |
| PHOSPHORUS | Spatio-temporal patterns of available N and P after whole-tree harvest and girdling. Spatio-temporal Patterns, Nitrogen, Phosphorus , Disturbance |
| PHOSPHORUS | 68 The geochemistry of phosphorus in the histosols of a semi-arid ecosystem, Israel. wetland, semi-arid, Phosphorus, Histosols |
| PHOSPHORUS | Stoichiometric equilibration of N and P losses over four million years of tropical forest development. Forested ecosystems, Tropical forests, Nutrient losses, Nitrogen, Phosphorus |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 96 The effect of elevated CO2 on Chamise chaparral photosynthesis using FACE technology. Elevated CO2, Photosynthesis, WUE, Chaparral |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 69 Light and CO2 photosynthetic responses of 4 south American grasses grown under different levels of soil nitrogen availability. Apparent quantum yeild, Nitrogen, Photosynthesis |
| PHRAGMITES | Invasion and impact of Phragmites australis in tidal freshwater marsh ecosystems. Phragmites, invasive, biomass, decomposition |
| PHYSIOLOGY | How climate and vegetation affect animal functional groups . Climate, Energetics, Landscape ecology, Physiology |
| PINE | 157 Seasonal dynamics of photosynthesis under contrasting light regimes for three Mediterranean pine species. Pine, Mediterranean, gas exchange, light acclimation |
| PINUS PALUSTRIS | 141 Longleaf pine gap dynamics on a North Carolina flatwoods site. Pinus palustris, regeneration, North Carolina, fire |
| PISCIVORE STOCKING | Multiple trophic level responses to a planktivore die-off and sustained piscivore stocking in eutrophic Lake Mendota. Lake Mendota, Piscivore stocking, Trophic cascade |
| PLANT GROWTH | Three years of shrub productivity under natural wet and dry cycles at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Elevated CO2 , Plant Growth, Mojave Desert, FACE |
| PLANT CHEMICALS | Effects of prey diet, temperature and prey abundance on consumption, weight gain and survival of a lady beetle predator. Plant chemicals, Lady beetles, temperature, prey abundance |
| PLANT MORPHOLOGY | Comparative morphology, demography, and ecophysiology between two populations of Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus at two different altitudes in the White Mountains, CA. Altitudinal gradients, Alpine plants, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus, Plant morphology |
| PLANT REPRODUCTION | 141 Effects of simulated herbivory and light on growth and reproductive allocation in Dirca palustris L. (Eastern leatherwood, Thymelaeaceae) in selectively managed forests of the Northwoods. Dirca palustris, Herbivory, Resource allocation, Plant reproduction |
| PLANTS | The effects of a light gradient on seedling establishment in an oak savanna restoration. Restoration, Plants, Savanna, Light |
| PLEISTOCENE | Physiological responses of trees from the Rancho La Brea tar pits throughout glacial/inter-glacial cycles. low carbon dioxide, La Brea tar pits, stable carbon isotopes, Pleistocene |
| POACEAE | 6 Competition of Cenchrus ciliaris plants grown in pots. Cenchrus ciliaris, Poaceae, competition, weed |
| POINT-CENTERED-QUARTER | Fixed area plot vs. point-centered-quarter methods in forest community analysis. Fixed-area plots, Point-centered-quarter, Measurement bias, Community structure |
| POLLEN ANALYSIS | The postglacial history of three Picea species in New England, USA. CART, Classification tree, Forest history, Pollen analysis |
| POLLINATION | Effect of Lupinus perennis population size and local density on pollinator behavior. Pollination, Lupinus perennis, Bombus, Density Effects |
| PONDEROSA PINE | 11 Insect population and tree resistance responses to restoration thinning treatments in Ponderosa pine forests. bark beetle, folivores, tree physiology, Ponderosa pine |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Incorporating observational error in density dependence population models. State Space Models, Population Dynamics, Bayesian Analysis, Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) |
| POPULATION STABILITY | The Stabilizing Role of Prey Defense in a Pelagic Food Web. Population Stability, Antipredator Defense, Daphnia Vulnerability, Energy Flow |
| POPULATION | 123 Demographic variations of a barnacle, Tetraclita japonica, from two islands in Korea. Demography, Barnacle, Intertidal, Population |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Fitness and population consequences of a seed dispersal mutualism. Seed dispersal , Invasions, Mutualism, Population dynamics |
| PRAIRIE | A Regional analysis of the effects of grassland fragmentation on nesting success of breeding birds. Fragmentation, Prairie, Birds |
| PRAIRIE | 122 Prairie species diversity along a connectivity gradient. Fragmentation, Restoration, Prairie, Connectivity |
| PREDATION | Interacting color and behavior responses to predation risk and ultraviolet radiation in the salamander species Ambystoma barbouri and Ambystoma texanum. Ambystoma, Predation , Ultraviolet, color |
| PREDATION | Effect of risk of predation on two temporary pool species (Bufo viridis and Culiseta longiareolata). Predation, Bufo viridis, Culiseta longiareolata, Anax imperator |
| PREDATION | Oviposition site selection along a predator gradient. Oviposition, Predation, Habitat selection |
| PREDATOR-PREY | Mixing, noise, predators and prey: Predicting individual based simulations from equations. Spatial , Models, Differential Equations, Predator-Prey |
| PREDICTION | Ecological forecasting: An organizing theme for ecological sciences. Forecasting, CENR, Prediction, Ecosystems |
| PRIMARY PRODUCTION | Functions of submersed vegetation in the Hudson River. Submerged macrophytes, Vallisneria americana, Primary production, Habitat |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Relationships between aspects of biodiversity, biomass, and productivity in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Biodiversity, Productivity, Biomass, Unimodal |
| PUERTO RICO | Trophic cascades in the detrital web of tropical headwater streams: Effects of omnivorous decapods. Puerto Rico, Decapods, Particulate organic matter, stream ecology |
| PUGET SOUND | Vegetation and soil characteristics of intertidal habitats colonized by Spartina anglicain Padilla Bay, WA, USA. Spartina anglica, invasion, Puget Sound |
| PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE | 114 Ecosystem effects of Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) invasion in a restored freshwater wetland. Purple loosestrife, Cattail |
| PACKRAT | 74 Synthesizing a mixed assemblage of packrat midden research on the Colorado Plateau. packrat, midden, database, Colorado Plateau |
| PALEOCLIMATE | Biosphere-climate interactions and global palaeoecology. dust, albedo, CO2, paleoclimate |
| PALEOCLIMATE | A high-resolution record of late Holocene surface-moisture changes from a Michigan raised bog. testate amoebae, paleoecology, paleoclimate, Great Lakes |
| PALEOCLIMATE | 81 Holocene vegetation and climate change in Upper Michigan and paleohydrology of the western Great Lakes. paleoecology, paleoclimate, paleohydrology, western Great Lakes |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Holocene paleoenvironments of the southern Arabian highlands reconstructed using fossil hyrax middens. Yemen, paleoecology, Procavia capensis, Hyrax midden |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 81 Holocene vegetation and climate change in Upper Michigan and paleohydrology of the western Great Lakes. paleoecology, paleoclimate, paleohydrology, western Great Lakes |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Diatom life history and interannual variation in diatom community composition. paleoecology, paleolimnology, diatom, varve |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 73 Identifying disturbance signatures in small-hollow sediments: the potential for long-term, high-resolution forest history records. paleoecology, disturbance ecology, sediment records, charcoal |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 80 Effects of sample mass and type on radiocarbon dating of arctic lake sediments. Arctic, paleoecology, radiocarbon dating |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Effects of a rapid expansion of Sphagnum in Hawaiian wet forest ecosystems. Sphagnum, Hawaii, species effects on ecosystems, paleoecology |
| PALEOECOLOGY | The role of extreme dispersal in plant migration: estimation and prediction. migration, dispersal, chloroplast DNA, paleoecology |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Holocene lake-level changes and their relationship to vegetational change at two sites in the Midwest. lake-level change, paleoecology, vegetation response, climatic variability |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Time capsules: dormant eggs that carry histories of grazer-algal interactions in lakes . egg bank, environmental change, paleoecology, zooplankton |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Time will tell: Paleoecology and the hidden impacts of variability on ecosystem experiments. paleoecology, ecosystem, lake, experiment |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Long-term changes in vegetation and fire on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in relation to human impact. paleoecology, human impacts, pitch pine-oak vegetation, Cape Cod |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Long-term perspectives on ecological questions. An Overview. paleoecology, margaret b. davis, long-term ecological change, vegetation dynamics |
| PALEOECOLOGY | 11 Long-term perspectives on environmental variability: An introductory laboratory exercise in wetland paleoecology. paleoecology, education |
| PALEOECOLOGY | Climatic triggers for non-linear and threshold responses of rangelands. paleoecology, rangelands, climate, thresholds |
| PALEOECOLOGY | A high-resolution record of late Holocene surface-moisture changes from a Michigan raised bog. testate amoebae, paleoecology, paleoclimate, Great Lakes |
| PALEOHYDROLOGY | 81 Holocene vegetation and climate change in Upper Michigan and paleohydrology of the western Great Lakes. paleoecology, paleoclimate, paleohydrology, western Great Lakes |
| PALEOLIMNOLOGY | A Diatom and pollen record from Catfish Pond, Illinois. paleolimnology, diatoms, pollen, soil development |
| PALEOLIMNOLOGY | Using subfossil Chironomidae (Diptera) to determine past and present lake conditions in the Northern Niagara Escarpment Region, Ontario, Canada. subfossil chironomids, paleolimnology, shallow lakes, lake management |
| PALEOLIMNOLOGY | Diatom life history and interannual variation in diatom community composition. paleoecology, paleolimnology, diatom, varve |
| PALEOVEGETATION AND PALEOLIMNOLOGY | Can regional landscape evolution be determined by the study of one lake? kettle pond development, Cape Cod National Seashore, recent water quality changes, paleovegetation and paleolimnology |
| PALM COMMUNITY | Long term edge effects on old forest fragments in Coastal Ecuador. edge effects, palm community, light, undergrowth cover |
| PALM ECOLOGY | The effect of topography and microhabitat on the density and population structure of the harvested palm, Chamaedorea radicalis, in northeastern Mexico. non-timber forest product, plant demography, palm ecology, Mexico |
| PALMS | 71 Regeneration in Amazonian floodplain forest. regeneration, floodplains, Amazonia, palms |
| PALUDIFICATION | 26 Development and lateral expansion of forested peatlands in central New England. peatland development, terrestrialization, paludification |
| PALYNOLOGY | 82 A Holocene record of climate change in the Chesapeake Bay. chesapeake bay, holocene, palynology, climate change |
| PANTANAL | Successional development of Cambarazal (Vochysia divergens Pohl)-dominated forests in the northern Pantanal of Brazil. Vochysia divergens, cambarazal, succession, pantanal |
| PAPER BIRCH | 29 Effects of harvest intensity and forest cover type on white spruce and paper birch seed fall and regeneration in northwestern Alberta, Canada . white spruce, paper birch, seed fall, germination |
| PAR INTERCEPTION | Inversion of eddy covariance CO2 flux measurements for the estimation of canopy structure. par interception, canopy structure, co2 flux, inversion |
| PARASITE | Spatial and temporal dynamics of an emerging pathogen in an introduced host: mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches. parasite, ecology, disease |
| PARASITE | Multi-host systems and the role played by parasites in threatening the recovery of conserved species. parasite, host, disease |
| PARASITE | 23 Host plant inbreeding alters interactions with herbivores and pathogens. inbreeding, herbivory, parasite, Mimulus guttatus |
| PARASITE | 41 Effects of environmental cues on transmission of the estuarine trematode parasite Himasthla rhigedana. parasite, larval transport, environmental cues, infection transmission |
| PARASITE COMMUNITIES | 112 Parasite communities of frogs: relationships to landscape and habitat features. Rana pipiens, parasite communities, landscape ecology |
| PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS | Patterns, processes, and mechanisms of mistletoe distributions: a multiscale approach. mistletoe, seed dispersal, spatial scales, parasite-host interactions |
| PARASITE-INDUCED MORTALITY | Host condition affects prevalence of parasitism. prevalence, susceptibility, parasite-induced mortality, Potamopyrgus antipodarum |
| PARASITISM | Parasitic symbiosis: commonality between microbial, plant and animal symbionts and their impacts on their hosts. parasitism, host-parasite interactions, ecophysiology |
| PARASITISM | Variation among host plants in preference and parasitism of the insect herbivore, Lygus hesperus. Lygus hesperus, Anaphes iole, parasitism, tritrophic interactions |
| PARASITISM | Monotrope mycorrhizal cheaters: extreme specificity, germination, and interactions within the ectomycorrhizal community. mycorrhizae, fungi, parasitism, specialization |
| PARASITOID | The effects of parasitoid competition on coexistence and host suppression in a gall-forming midge. Rhopalomyia californica, Baccharis pilularis, parasitoid, biological control |
| PARASITOID | The effects of host-plant genotype and condition on a gall-forming midge and its parasitoids. Baccharis pilularis, Rhopalomyia californica, parasitoid, insect gall |
| PARASITOID BEHAVIOR | Importance of host morphology, behavior, and ecology in the parasitism of larval macrolepidoptera. parasitoids, host selection, parasitoid behavior |
| PARASITOIDS | 10 Influence of agricultural landscape structure on parasitoid abundance: a longer-term perspective. agroecosystems, conservation biological control, parasitoids, landscape complexity |
| PARASITOIDS | Are specialist natural enemies more effective biocontrol agents than generalists? generalist predators, parasitoids, population dynamics, intraguild predation |
| PARASITOIDS | Importance of host morphology, behavior, and ecology in the parasitism of larval macrolepidoptera. parasitoids, host selection, parasitoid behavior |
| PARENT MATERIAL | Parent material controls on ecosystem carbon stocks and nutrient cycling. tropical forest, parent material, carbon, nutrients |
| PARENTAL CARE | Crime does pay: kleptoparasitic roseate terns are high-quality parents. chick growth, kleptoparasitism, parental care, parental quality |
| PARENTAL QUALITY | Crime does pay: kleptoparasitic roseate terns are high-quality parents. chick growth, kleptoparasitism, parental care, parental quality |
| PARK | 106 How does "science" help resource management at Denali National Park and Preserve? management, resources, park, Denali |
| PARKS | Avian species diversity is correlated with neighborhood socioeconomic status in urban parks. parks, biodiversity, socioeconomic, birds |
| PARR | Effects of habitat alteration on Great Lakes steelhead parr: an individual-based modeling analysis. salmonid, individual based model, parr, habitat alteration |
| PARTICIPATION | Divergent vs. convergent conservation problems: Seeking a mix of science and wisdom . conservation, sustainable development, participation |
| PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER | Species and management effects on soil carbon dynamics in experimental tropical ecosystems. soil organic matter dynamics, particulate organic matter, tropical carbon cycling, species effects |
| PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER | Soil carbon dynamics in a forest under free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE). soil carbon, FACE experiment, stable isotopes, particulate organic matter |
| PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER | The effects of compost and crop rotations on carbon turnover in particulate organic matter. particulate organic matter, 13C natural abundance, compost, carbon sequestration |
| PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER | 3 Fate of root-derived carbon in annual cropping systems. carbon cycling, root-derived carbon , particulate organic matter, microbial biomass |
| PASSERINE | Are they really myrtle warblers? Relationship of wax myrtle fruit numbers on yellow-rumped warbler abundance. frugivory, passerine, habitat selection |
| PASTORALISM | 31 Long-term influence of Maasai settlement sites on plant nitrogen and carbon isotopes. pastoralism, nutrient hotspots, dung, east african savanna |
| PASTORALIST | 114 Ecological effects upon Maasai pastoral settlement patterns and cattle migration distances. land-use, pastoralist, cattle, gis |
| PASTURE | A practical technique for relating land use and land cover data: a case study in the Amazon basin. land use, pasture, regression tree, Amazon |
| PASTURE | Species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forest fragments and adjacent pastures. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, tropical forest, pasture, fungal diversity |
| PASTURES | Productivity and stability relationships in clipped pasture communities of varying diversity. pastures, diversity, production, stability |
| PATCH | Landscape pattern and process of an urban ecosystem: an integrated field inventory approach. urban, inventory, patch, gradient |
| PATCH CHOICE | Feeding patch dynamics in Arabian babblers: effects of social structure and patch distribution. Arabian babbler, Turdoides squamiceps, patch choice, dominance |
| PATCH DEPARTURE | The predator-prey shell game: an individual-based model of predator-prey interactions on a large spatial scale. predator-prey, patch departure, spatial game, anti-predator behavior |
| PATCH DYNAMICS | 56 Evidence for the role of canopy disturbance in the spatial distribution of eastern leatherwood (Dirca palustris). Dirca palustis, patch dynamics, spatial pattern, light gaps |
| PATCH DYNAMICS | 70 Role of soil seed banks in patch dynamics of Iris lacustris Nutt. Iris lacustris, patch dynamics, seed germination, soil seed bank |
| PATCH DYNAMICS | Soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in ancient grazing lands. nutrient cycling, patch dynamics, grazing, soil quality |
| PATCH MAINTENANCE | 114 Sugar Maple and Eastern Hemlock forest dynamics at the seed and seedling stage. Acer saccharum , Tsuga canadensis , patch maintenance, seedling emergence and survival |
| PATCH SIZE | Implications of habitat loss on the biodiversity and trophic structure of an assemblage of arthropods . habitat fragmentation, planthoppers, predator-prey interactions, patch size |
| PATCH SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | An evaluation of neutral and non-neutral landscape models using patch size distributions and semivariograms. neutral landscape models, cellular automata, patch size distributions, semivariograms |
| PATCH TEMPLATE | 115 Definition of current patch structure drivers from historic land records. land records, patch template, Baltimore, MD, urban-rural continuum |
| PATCHINESS | Plurispecific better than monospecific grazing as a management tool in natural wetlands (Marais Poitevin, France). plant diversity, grasslands, plurispecific grazing, patchiness |
| PATCHY LANDSCAPES | Spatial dynamics of bird communities in a "resource-mosaic" landscape . birds, spatial dynamics, patchy landscapes, resource distribution |
| PATERNAL INVESTMENT | Foxes make good fathers: high paternal investment in the kit fox, Vulpes macrotis. cost of reproduction, paternal investment, locomotion, canid |
| PATH ANALYSIS | Linking plant traits to interspecific interactions using path analysis. plant traits, interspecific interactions, path analysis, comparative approach |
| PATHOGEN | The dilution effect in disease ecology: the search for host X. Lyme disease, tick population, dilution effect, pathogen |
| PATHOGEN | Ecological consequences of plant viruses in natural and agricultural systems. disease, pathogen, agriculture, diversity |
| PATHOGENS | Induced response of fertilized and irrigated pines to wounding and inoculation. defense, induced resistance, herbivores, pathogens |
| PATHOGENS | 1 Ecological database of the world's insect pathogens. database, host range, pathogens, insects |
| PATTERN | From continua to patches: A new approach to examine environmental gradients. environmental gradient, pattern, multivariate approach, community structure |
| PATTERN | Pattern and scale: The behavior of landscape metrics. pattern, scale, landscape analysis, landscape metrics |
| PATTERN | 118 Spatial pattern analysis of temperate piedmont forests. forest, pattern, competition, spatial statistics |
| PATTERN FORMATION | Combining multiple sources of heterogeneity: a model of environmental variation and dispersal-induced patterning . pattern formation, scale, dispersal, functional heterogeneity |
| PEANUT | 9 The evaluation of potential media for use in peanut germination for space missions. germination medium, peanut, space mission |
| PEAT | Decadal scale changes in the production and emission of methane from two Appalachian bogs. methane, peat, anaerobic, sulfate reduction |
| PEAT BOG | 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 |
| PEAT BOG | 17 Phylogeny and relationships of a probable new group of bacteria based on 16S rRNA phylogeny. peat bog, 16S RNA phylogeny, Sphagnum moss, alpha subdivision proteobacteria |
| PEAT SOIL | 14 Methane biogeochemistry and molecular analysis of Methanogens in two northern peatlands, New York State. methane, peat soil, molecular diversity |
| PEATLAND DEVELOPMENT | 26 Development and lateral expansion of forested peatlands in central New England. peatland development, terrestrialization, paludification |
| PEATLANDS | 97 Long-term energy flows in peatlands and their responses to heat and water loading. mesocosm, climate, energy, peatlands |
| PECOS SUNFLOWER | 129 Composition and structure of a west Texas salt marsh. inland salt marsh, threatened species, pecos sunflower, puzzle sunflower |
| PEER REVIEW | Peer review in student environmental science research. inquiry-based science, peer review, high school science |
| PELAGIC MODEL | Identifying scale-dependent limitations for the extrapolation of experimental results across time and space. scale-dependent, extrapolation, pelagic model, chlorophyll |
| PEP CARBOXYLASE | Respiratory quotient (CO2/O2) declines when Vitis canes are exposed to elevated CO2. respiration , elevated CO2, pep carboxylase, respiratory quotient |
| PER-GRAM EFFECTS | Timing is of the essence: Intra-annual variation in root and shoot competition. plant competition, per-gram effects, non-additive interactions, root competition |
| PERCEPTIONS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR FUNCTIONING | The interactions of climate, society, and natural resources in the mid-Atlantic U.S. regional impacts of climate change, valuing ecological changes, integrated regional assessment, perceptions of ecosystems and their functioning |
| PEREGRINE FALCON | Dispersal and survival of juvenile peregrine falcons during a large restoration project. peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, survival, dispersal |
| PERENNIAL BUNCHGRASSES | Temporal variation in competitive interference between annual and perennial grasses. California grassland, plant competition, annual grasses, perennial bunchgrasses |
| PERENNIAL GRASS | 156 Contribution of horizontal and vertical R:FR to the expression of shade avoidance in grassland canopy gaps. red:far-red ratio, canopy gaps, grassland ecology, perennial grass |
| PERENNIAL PLANT | 105 Recensus of an Indiana nature preserve to examine goldenseal population demography. Hydrastis, recensus, clonal plant, perennial plant |
| PERFORMANCE | Variation in drinking performance among ants: effects on carbohydrate/protein availability and colony ergonomics. ants, performance, drinking, division of labor |
| PERIODIC MATRIX MODELS | 52 Little demographic effect of an extended flowering season for a Mediterranean perennial herb. periodic matrix models, elasticity analysis, variance decomposition analysis, stochastic simulations |
| PERIODICITY | Changes in the hydrologic periodicity of the Mississippi River. periodicity, rivers, disturbance, temporal dynamics |
| PERIODICITY | Cyclicity in a non-boreal galliform? Time-series analyses of Northern Bobwhite abundance. ARIMA, density dependence, periodicity, quail |
| PERIPHYTON | Spatial scaling of Everglades aquatic macroinvertebrates. Everglades, periphyton, invertebrates, spatial autocorrelation |
| PERMAFROST | Dark and light taiga history since the last glacial around Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal, Taiga, permafrost, since the last galcial |
| PERMANENT PLOT | 99 Recognizing hazards in estimates of tree mortality. survival, permanent plot, proportional hazards, interval-censoring |
| PERMANENT PLOTS | Are community structure and susceptibility to invasion related? Analysis of 50-year old permanent plots. community invasibility, permanent plots, eastern Washington, invasive species |
| PERSISTENCE | Colonisation, dispersal and seasonality: mechanisms influencing the persistence of childhood infections. dispersal, seasonality, persistence, stochasticity |
| PERTURBATION EXPERIMENTS | Can direct and indirect effects be distinguished using simultaneous PRESS and PULSE perturbations? perturbation experiments, community ecology, freshwater zooplankton |
| PEST MANAGMENT | Dynamic spatial control of pests at the landscape scale: an example with cowbirds. cowbirds, brood parasitism, individual-based model, pest managment |
| PESTICIDE | Ecologically-relevant effects of pesticides on Daphnia magna. daphnia, pesticide, reproduction, population |
| PESTICIDES | Soil community composition and ecosystem processes. decomposition, fertilizer, nitrogen mineralization, pesticides |
| PESTICIDES | Are potential behavioral effects caused by pesticide exposure contributing to the decline of terrestrial amphibians? amphibians, neuro-behavior, pesticides, toxicity |
| PHENOLOGY | Red fruit blues: Phenological noise spectra and their consequences for frugivore life histories. population dynamics, extinction risk, environmental noise, phenology |
| PHENOLOGY | 93 Shifting phenology in a grassland ecosystem under simulated global change. global change, species effects, phenology, ecosystem function |
| PHENOLOGY | 6 Good things (and death) come to those who wait: Host phenology & a gall-forming aphid. gall, aphid, phenology, trade-off |
| PHENOLOGY | 113 Spatial and temporal variation in the mating system of Delphinium nuttallianum. mating system, phenology, outcrossing rate, Delphinium |
| PHENOLOGY | Leaf phenology of saplings growing in the understory of a forest exposed to elevated CO2. longevity, phenology, senescence, survivorship |
| PHENOPTYPIC PLASTICITY | 128 Effects of pond drying and changing food level on development of wood frog tadpoles. phenoptypic plasticity, amphibian development, environmental variation, Rana sylvatica |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | 140 Ecotypic differences in response to resource availability and photoperiod signals. ecotype specialization, photoperiod, phenotypic plasticity, environmental predictability |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | 145 Directional Self/Non-self Responses in Roots. self/non-self, roots, phenotypic plasticity, plant competition |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | 124 Ecotypic differences and plasticity of developmental hierarchies in a Mediterranean annual. developmental hierarchies, phenotypic plasticity, ecotype specialization, environmental changes |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | Experimental studies of adaptation in Clarkia xantiana (Onagraceae): Character variation across a subspecies border. species borders, phenotypic plasticity, adaptation, Clarkia xantiana |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | Predators come and predators go: the reversibility of phenotypic plasticity in tadpoles. predator-induced plasticity, amphibian, tadpole, phenotypic plasticity |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | Phenotypic plasticity in frogs: pre-and post-metamorphic environments determine the final frog phenotype. phenotypic plasticity, ontogeny, terrestrial performance, Hyla versicolor |
| PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | Lack of differential plasticity to shading of internodes and petioles with growth habit in Convolvulus arvensis . phenotypic plasticity, shading, climbing plants, Convolvulaceae |
| PHENOTYPIC SELECTION | Phenotypic selection in a disturbance-related novel environment. phenotypic selection, disturbance ecology, novel environment, desert annuals |
| PHENOTYPIC SELECTION | Phenotypic selection on body size and sprint performance in the tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus. locomotor performance, phenotypic selection, lizard, body size |
| PHENYLPROPANOID | 30 Cell enlargement in UV-B-treated leaves correlates with leaf phenylpropanoid content and leaf apoplastic pH. uv-b, leaf cell enlargement, phenylpropanoid, acid growth |
| PHERONONE | Field response of scolytid bark beetles to 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, a novel alcohol emitted by Ponderosa pine. Pinus ponderosa, bark beetle, methylbutenol, pheronone |
| PHILOSOPHY | Searching for a global consensus of ecological thoughts. eastern, western, ecology, philosophy |
| PHILOSOPHY | Ecological philosophy and concepts in old Korean cultural landscapes. ecology, philosophy, Korea, landscape |
| PHILOSOPHY | Philosophy and practice of ecology in Japan in special regrads to forest restoration. ecology, philosophy, Japan, chin-ju-mori |
| PHILOSOPHY | Integration of man and nature: the yin and yang of sustainability. yin, yang, Chinese, philosophy |
| PHLOEM | The potential biophysical role of potassium in phloem transport. phloem, potassium, nutrient, cycle |
| PHLOEM | 52 The effect of phloem girdling on xylem hydraulic conductance. xylem, hydraulic, phloem, girdling |
| PHLOEM SAP | 59 Diurnal variation in the stable isotopes of transport fluids and metabolites in field-grown Lupinus angustifloius. stable isotope, phloem sap, diurnal |
| PHORTIC MITES | Symbiotic associations and the ecology of the southern pine beetle. Dendroctonus frontalis, symbiotic, population dynamics, phortic mites |
| PHOSPHATASE | 83 Phosphatase activity along an alpine age and nutrient gradient. phosphatase, phosphorus availability, soil age gradient, Niwot Ridge |
| PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS (PLFA) | The role of plant species in the structure and function of soil microbial communities: An experimental evaluation. soil microbial ecology, plant-microbe interactions, ecosystem function, phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) |
| PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS | Sediment microbial community composition at four California mercury mines. phospholipid fatty acid analysis, methyl mercury, sulfate reducing bacteria, lipid biomarkers |
| PHOSPHORUS | Biological versus geochemical cycling of phosphorus in an Amazonian forest ecosystem. phosphorus, nutrient limitation, root biomass, tropical forests |
| PHOSPHORUS | Element inputs and outputs across a substrate age gradient in the Hawaiian Islands. element budgets, hawaiian islands, nitrogen, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | 117 Interactive effects of phosphorus limitation and daylength on individual species and competitive communities of phytoplankton. phytoplankton, competition, daylength, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Nitrogen and phosphorus photosynthetic colimitation in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine. Pinus aristata, photosynthesis, Colorado, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Influence of cattle ranching on nutrient dynamics in seasonal wetlands. wetlands, phosphorus, nitrogen, grazing |
| PHOSPHORUS | Human and natural impacts on soil phosphorus accumulation in an urbanizing agricultural watershed. phosphorus, nonpoint pollution, landscape, human impacts |
| PHOSPHORUS | 3 Phosphorus limitation of seedling growth in northern hardwood forest. nutrient limitation, phosphorus, nitrogen |
| PHOSPHORUS | A test of carbon transfer via mycorrhizal linkages between invasive and native grassland species. mycorrhizae, carbon transfer, invasive species, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Iron-phosphorus cycling in southeastern Piedmont lakes. phosphorus, iron, nutrient cycling, lakes |
| PHOSPHORUS | 1 Uncoupling nutrient cycles in Midwestern agroecosystems: N and P flows on diversified farms vs. confined livestock operations. nutrient flow, livestock, nitrogen, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Nutrient dynamics in two tidal freshwater marshes in Virginia. nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, wetland |
| PHOSPHORUS | Lake eutrophication along the urban fringe. eutrophication, phosphorus, urban, lake |
| PHOSPHORUS | Modeling phosphorus assimilation through the canal system of the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation. wetland, phosphorus, restoration, modeling |
| PHOSPHORUS | 94 Effects of mycorrhizal associations on urban tree carbon storage potential. AMF, phosphorus, CO2, photosynthesis |
| PHOSPHORUS | Ecosystem responses to removal of low-head dams from two Wisconsin Rivers. dams, nitrogen, phosphorus, restoration |
| PHOSPHORUS | Plant-microbe competition for phosphorus in three vertical locations. microorganisms, plant, competition, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Short-term changes in an oligotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem receiving experimental phosphorus enrichment. phosphorus, wetland, everglades, biogeochemistry |
| PHOSPHORUS | Does ectomycorrhizal diversity matter? Evidence from pitch pine grown under inorganic and organic phosphorus conditions. biodiversity, mycorrhizae, nutrients, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS | Biotic versus abiotic controls on P availability in soils of Hawaiian wet tropical forests. phosphorus, soil , sorption, microbe |
| PHOSPHORUS | The effect of earthworm invasion on nutrient availability and loss in a northern hardwood forest: A lysimetry study. soilwater, earthworms, nitrogen, phosphorus |
| PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY | 83 Phosphatase activity along an alpine age and nutrient gradient. phosphatase, phosphorus availability, soil age gradient, Niwot Ridge |
| PHOSPHORUS CYCLING | Do nitrogen and phosphorus cycle during terrestrial litter decomposition? nitrogen cycling, decomposition, phosphorus cycling, carbon cycling |
| PHOTOLYSIS | Effects of CO2 enrichment on the production of degradation products of Typha latifolia and their natural photodegradation and biological utilization. aquatic plants, decomposition, dissolved organic matter, photolysis |
| PHOTOPERIOD | 140 Ecotypic differences in response to resource availability and photoperiod signals. ecotype specialization, photoperiod, phenotypic plasticity, environmental predictability |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 94 Effects of mycorrhizal associations on urban tree carbon storage potential. AMF, phosphorus, CO2, photosynthesis |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 97 Effects of canopy position on photosynthetic response of sweetgum leaves to free-air CO2 enrichment. FACE, deciduous tree, photosynthesis, canopy |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Nitrogen and phosphorus photosynthetic colimitation in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine. Pinus aristata, photosynthesis, Colorado, phosphorus |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Is increased nitrogen availability predictive for long-term forest carbon sequestration? nitrogen deposition, photosynthesis, Rubisco, carbon sequestration |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Diffuse illumination in an eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stand: Effects on photosynthesis and carbon storage. diffuse illumination, photosynthesis, Tsuga canadesis, ecosystem carbon exchange |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 99 The effects of nearground enriched carbon dioxide on photosynthesis in forests with different land use legacies. photosynthesis, enriched CO2, herbaceous species, temperate forest |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Impacts of environmental variation on photosynthetic enhancement in a forest exposed to atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Liquidambar styraciflua, photosynthesis, elevated CO2, vapor pressure deficit |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Relationships between ecosystem CO2 flux and vegetation spectral reflectance in Southern California chaparral. carbon flux, remote sensing, modeling, photosynthesis |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 12 Integrating the study of photosynthesis across multiple scales in the biology majors curriculum. photosynthesis, education, curriculum |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 110 Variation in soil nitrogen availability affects leaf characteristics and photosynthesis of Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) . Berberis thunbergii, invasions, N availability, photosynthesis |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Photosynthetic capacity and associated leaf traits along a precipitation gradient in lowland tropical forest. photosynthesis, rainfall gradient, tropical forest, Panama |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Leaf energy and resource investment of Acer rubrum and Quercus spp. within a forested watershed. Acer rubrum, Quercus spp., construction cost, photosynthesis |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 67 Photosynthesis of cryptobiotic crusts in a seasonally inundated system of pans and dunes in the western Mojave Desert. I: Laboratory studies. Cryptobiotic crust, photosynthesis, Mojave Desert, water content |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Influence of shading on the growth and photosynthesis of the invasive exotic plant garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata grown under simulated early spring conditions. Alliaria petiolata, exotics, photosynthesis |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 101 Leaf gas exchange responses of 13 grassland species to elevated CO2 and increased N supply. elevated CO2, photosynthesis, acclimation, grassland |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 126 Photosynthesis, dry matter accumulation and water relations in the mangrove Avicennia germinans L. A. germinans, mangroves, photosynthesis, salinity |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | The effect of annual nitrogen fertilization on the gas exchange and canopy dynamics of Pinus taeda stands. Pinus taeda, photosynthesis, stomatal conducatnce, Ci |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 28 Photosynthetic performance of remaining leaf tissue after folivory. herbivory, photosynthesis, fluorescence, GFP |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS | 102 Effect of increased summer precipitation on high-temperature tolerance for Purshia tridentata. water potential, photosynthesis, Great Basin Desert, Sierra Nevada |
| PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODEL | Desert dogma revisited: coupling stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in a desert shrub. photosynthesis model, conductance model, Larrea tridentata |
| PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY | 57 Photosynthesis and drought of an endemic and a widespread Rhamnus species. balearic endemic species, gas exchange, mediterranean sclerophyll shrubs, photosynthetic capacity |
| PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT RESPONSE | Putting the "adaptive" in adaptive radiation: static photosynthetic light responses in Hawaiian lobeliads. adaptive radiation, photosynthetic light response, Lobeliaceae, Hawaii |
| PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT RESPONSES | Adaptation to different light regimes in the Hawaiian lobeliads: dynamic photosynthetic light responses and the outcome of in silico transplants. adaptive radiation, photosynthetic light responses, Hawaii, sunflecks |
| PHYLOGENETIC | A new statistic for measuring phylogenetic structure in comparative data. comparative, method, phylogenetic, statistics |
| PHYLOGENY | Inferring ecological organization from the phylogenetic structure of rain forest tree communities. community assembly, phylogeny, Indonesian Borneo |
| PHYLOGENY | Evolution and ecology of diversity in a community of forest sedges. carex, diversity, old-growth forest, phylogeny |
| PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | Generating biodiversity: The phylogeography of a North American insect radiation. biodiversity, radiation, speciation, phylogeography |
| PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | Intercontinental phylogeography of an insect radiation and its ecological implications. phylogeography, radiation, Enallagma, speciation |
| PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | 127 Phylogeographic structure in the bogus yucca moth Prodoxus quinquepunctellus: comparisons with coexisting pollinator yucca moths. specialization, phylogeography, speciation, biogeography |
| PHYLOGEOGRAPHY | Biological invasions as evolutionary processes. phylogeography, biological invasions, ecological genetics, adaptive radiation |
| PHYSICAL DORMANCY | 73 Germination ecology of Astragalus succumbens and Astragalus sclerocarpus in south-eastern Washington. physical dormancy, legume, germination, Astragalus |
| PHYSICAL HABITAT | 61 Relationships between land use, geology and in-stream physical habitat in small northern Oregon coastal streams. land use, physical habitat, streams, Oregon coast |
| PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL COUPLING | Physical habitat property mediates biotic resistance to non-indigenous species invasion. physical-biological coupling, predator-free space, Cancer productus, clams |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY | 14 Fates of ingested terpenes in generalist and specialist Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera). physiological ecology, Lymantriidae, terpenes |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY | 30 Effects of chamber activity on estimates of digestive performance of lizards. cost of digestion, energy budgets, physiological ecology, lizards |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRATION | Consequences of intraspecific variation in clonal integration: in a patchy world, generosity pays. clonal plant, physiological integration, Fragaria chiloensis, local adaptation |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL TOLERANCE | Subtlety will get you everywhere: differential response of Louisiana Iris hybrids to flooding, shade and drought. Louisiana Iris, hybridization, hybrid novelty, physiological tolerance |
| PHYSIOLOGY | What species and community information can be used to predict the outcome of invasion on communities? biological invasions, Alliaria petiolata, physiology, life history |
| PHYSIOLOGY | The robustness of physiologically based functional groups in Florida scrub. functional, group, physiology, Florida |
| PHYTOPHAGY | Herbivores benefit from plant responses induced by leaf-feeding beetle. induced susceptibility, specialist, generalist, phytophagy |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | Non-linear effects of Daphnia on a phytoplankton community: a large-scale, grazer-gradient experiment. phytoplankton, zooplankton, herbivory, non-linear |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | 96 Responses of phytoplankton to experimental greenhouse warming of alpine ponds in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. global warming, alpine ponds, phytoplankton, species composition |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | Does zooplankton community structure determine how phytoplankton respond to pulses of nutrients? resistance, resilience, Daphnia, phytoplankton |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | 67 Impact of deforestation in tropical volcanic lakes . volcanic lakes, phytoplankton, impact of deforestation, Mexico |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | Generalist herbivores reduce prey community diversity in nutrient-poor systems. herbivore dynamics, prey diversity, Daphnia, phytoplankton |
| PHYTOPLANKTON | 117 Interactive effects of phosphorus limitation and daylength on individual species and competitive communities of phytoplankton. phytoplankton, competition, daylength, phosphorus |
| PHYTOREMEDIATION | 73 Oviposition, feeding preferences, and survival of Spodoptera exigua on Se-treated alfalfa: Implications for phytoremediation. Spodoptera exigua, selenium, phytoremediation, host-plant choice |
| PHYTOTELMATA | Top-down and bottom-up effects on the abundance of pitcher plant protozoa. food-web, population dynamics, phytotelmata |
| PIGMENT | Adjustment in pigmentation level to predation risk and ultraviolet radiation among freshwater copepods. copepod, pigment, predation, UV |
| PIGMENTATION | The origin of pigment variation: Is there a black and white answer? Daphnia, pigmentation, dormancy |
| PINE | 33 Tree species composition and conservation of a remnant New Jersey Pinelands community. new jersey pinelands, oak, pine, community |
| PINE ECOSYSTEM | 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 |
| PINE ECOSYSTEMS | 146 The total store of organic carbon in the soil of pine ecosystems in Northern and Central Europe. carbon storage, Spodosols, spatial variability, pine ecosystems |
| PINE PLANTATION | 134 Soil acidification following burning of pine plantations, Sierra Nevada, Spain. soil acidification, pine plantation, chemical weathering, vegetation conversion |
| PINE SAVANNA | Effects of pre-fire fuel load manipulation on shrub resprouting 2 and 14 months post-fire in pine savanna. resprouting, fire intensity, pine savanna, shrubs |
| PIONEER PLANTS | Contributions of seed dispersal and demography to recruitment limitation in a Costa Rican cloud forest. dispersal limitation, seed bank, seed demography, pioneer plants |
| PIOSPHERE | 102 Interactions of cattle grazing and climate change on semi-arid ecosystem function. piosphere, grassland/rangeland, nutrient cycling, monitoring |
| PISCIVORY | Foraging capacity and resource synchronisation in an ontogenetic diet switcher, pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca). ontogenetic diet shift, size-structure, piscivory, planktivory |
| PISCIVORY | 115 Selective foraging behavior in pikeperch. predation, piscivory, prey choice, optimal foraging |
| PITCH | 151 A test of pitch production in Pinus species used by Yellow-bellied sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus varius) in Northwest Indiana. Sphyrapicus varius, Pinus, pitch, sap |
| PITCH PINE | 138 Pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) recovery following catastrophic fire on Long Island, New York. pitch pine |
| PITCH PINE-OAK VEGETATION | Long-term changes in vegetation and fire on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in relation to human impact. paleoecology, human impacts, pitch pine-oak vegetation, Cape Cod |
| PITS AND MOUNDS | Temperature dynamics associated with pits and mounds in managed and unmanaged hardwood forests of northern Michigan, USA. pits and mounds, temperature, northern michigan |
| PLANKTIVORY | Foraging capacity and resource synchronisation in an ontogenetic diet switcher, pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca). ontogenetic diet shift, size-structure, piscivory, planktivory |
| PLANKTIVORY | Effects of exotic species invasion and species replacement on prey community structure. invasive species, rainbow smelt, zooplankton community structure, planktivory |
| PLANKTON | Species traits and ecosystem gradients in metacommunities. metacommunities, species sorting, plankton, trophic structure |
| PLANKTON | Plankton community structure in small aquatic systems. species turnover, species composition, plankton, rock pools |
| PLANKTON | Stoichiometric models of microbial ecosystems. stoichiometry, plankton, microbial ecology, resource competition |
| PLANKTON | Predators and stoichiometric traits of phytoplankton autotrophs and zooplankton grazers influence community- and ecosystem-level patterns. stoichiometry, plankton, traits, gradients |
| PLANKTON | 62 Landscape organization of geomorphic features and plankton ecology in sockeye salmon nursery lakes. lake, landscape position, nutrient limitation, plankton |
| PLANNING | Traditional and modern ways of land-use planning and managment in South Korea. Feng-Shui, land-use, planning, Korea |
| PLANT | Plant-microbe competition for phosphorus in three vertical locations. microorganisms, plant, competition, phosphorus |
| PLANT | Testing Fox's assembly rule: Does plant invasion depend on recipient community structure? functional group, plant, invasion, resistance |
| PLANT | Effects of population size and density on reproduction and genetic variation in Lupinus perennis. conservation, plant, pollination, inbreeding |
| PLANT AMMONIUM UPTAKE | 47 Nitrogen transformations, roots, and fates of inorganic N in agricultural soil. roots, plant ammonium uptake, ammonification, nitrification |
| PLANT ASSEMBLAGES | Partitioning the interactive effects of species assemblage, site, and substrate on cation leaching in a complete factorial experiment using lysimeter mesocosms. cation leaching, experimental ecosystems, abiotic-biotic interaction, plant assemblages |
| PLANT AVAILABILTY | P limitation in boreal forests: effects of Al and Fe in the humus layer. P limitation, boreal forest, P sorption, plant availabilty |
| PLANT CALORIMETRY | 68 Physiological and metabolic evaluation of Poa secunda Presl. populations of the Intermountain West. Intermountain west, plant calorimetry, respiration rate, heat rate |
| PLANT COMMUNITIES | Patterns in ecology: the expected and the emergent. data-mining, complexity, plant communities, vegetation dynamics |
| PLANT COMMUNITIES | Livestock grazing in arid and semi-arid grasslands: resilient plant communities and sensitive soil properties. grasslands, grazing, plant communities, soil properties |
| PLANT COMMUNITIES | Effects of root and leaf herbivory on purple loosestrife, an invasive weed of wetlands. herbivory, invasive, plant communities, wetland |
| PLANT COMMUNITY DIVERSITY | Effects of resource heterogeneity, seed addition and disturbance on seedling recruitment in a prairie savanna. plant community diversity, soil resource heterogeneity, dispersal limitation, disturbance |
| PLANT COMPETITION | 110 Competition, regrowth, and storage in a caespitose grass. plant competition, resource storage, defoliation, Phleum pratense |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Timing is of the essence: Intra-annual variation in root and shoot competition. plant competition, per-gram effects, non-additive interactions, root competition |
| PLANT COMPETITION | 145 Directional Self/Non-self Responses in Roots. self/non-self, roots, phenotypic plasticity, plant competition |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Environmental stress and plant community invasibility in a coastal grassland in California. coastal grassland, plant competition, invasive species, environmental stress |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Effects of herbivory and resources on Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) invasion of native coastal prairie. alien tree invasions, endangered coastal prairie, herbivory tolerance, plant competition |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Temporal variation in competitive interference between annual and perennial grasses. California grassland, plant competition, annual grasses, perennial bunchgrasses |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Community-level consequences of competition among clonal sedges. plant competition, clonality, community-level, calcareous fens |
| PLANT COMPETITION | Strong competitive effects of exotic perennial grasses on California native grasses are unaffected by N fertilization in a greenhouse experiment. invasion, plant competition, nutrients, exotic grasses |
| PLANT COMPOSITION | Effects of partial canopy removal on the richness and cover of understory flora in northern hardwood forests. plant composition, forest understory, biodiversity, management |
| PLANT CONSERVATION | Conservation of species diversity on the urban fringe: is it hopeless? plant conservation, endangered species |
| PLANT DEFENSE | 27 Spatial variation in anti-herbivore defenses of Pinus. plant defense, secondary metabolism, growth-differentiation balance, plant stress |
| PLANT DEFENSE | Chemicals, Plants and Animals: Linking secondary compounds, plant functional types and insect feeding guilds. herbivory, plant defense, taxonomy, life-histories |
| PLANT DEMOGRAPHY | The effect of topography and microhabitat on the density and population structure of the harvested palm, Chamaedorea radicalis, in northeastern Mexico. non-timber forest product, plant demography, palm ecology, Mexico |
| PLANT DEMOGRAPHY | Resource and propagule limitation in invasion of tropical rain forest by an exotic shrub. plant demography, elasticity analysis, invasive species, matrix model |
| PLANT DEMOGRAPHY | Influence of small-scale disturbance spatial patterns on the demography and distribution of prairie plant species. disturbance, gopher mounds, plant demography, prairie |
| PLANT DENSITY | Loss of subordinate species affects productivity of a C4-dominated grassland. grassland , plant density, productivity, species richness |
| PLANT DENSITY | Asymmetric competition and the evolution of propagule size. competition, plant density, tuber, Potamogeton pectinatus |
| PLANT DISEASE | 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 |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Response of understory herb species richness and cover to Acer saccharum regeneration thickets. forest herbs, plant diversity, forest management, competition |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | 115 The efficacy of prairie restoration in Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains National Park. fescue, non-native species, plant diversity |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Species diversity, composition, and spatial patterning of understory plants in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests. understory vegetation, spatial patterning, forest management, plant diversity |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Plurispecific better than monospecific grazing as a management tool in natural wetlands (Marais Poitevin, France). plant diversity, grasslands, plurispecific grazing, patchiness |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Predictive spatial models of vegetation, cryptobiotic, and soil characteristics: A landscape-scale assessment using spatial information and spatial statistics. multi-phase, multi-scale, landscape, plant diversity, spatial information, landsat Tm Data, GIS, trend surface, kirging, cokriging, variogram |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Species-area curves indicate the importance of habitats' contributions to landscape-scale biodiversity. species-area curves, plant diversity, habitat heterogeneity |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | 17 Black-tailed prairie dog mounds: Do they contribute to plant species diversity? black-tailed prairie dog, disturbance, plant diversity, soil mounds |
| PLANT DIVERSITY | Woody plant diversity in western Oregon riparian forests: Multiple scales of control. riparian ecology, plant diversity, forests, disturbance |
| PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS | 107 Plant functional group response to plant removal treatments in a Chihuahuan Desert Shrubland. plant removal experiment , species richness, plant functional groups, community composition |
| PLANT INDICATOR SPECIES | Linking wetland water sources, hydroperiod, and plant species across a hydrologic gradient in Michigan wetlands. hydrology, solute tracers, plant indicator species |
| PLANT INTERACTIONS | 13 Mechanisms of facilitation between a perennial tussock grass and a shrub in a semiarid degraded steppe. facilitation, plant interactions, steppe, Stipa tenacissima |
| PLANT INVASIONS | Production of invasive plants in response to elevated CO2 in a closed-canopy, deciduous forest. plant invasions, Microstegium vimineum, biomass production, community composition |
| PLANT INVASIONS | 117 Assessing plant invasions from the landscape to the patch scale: Linaria vulgaris Mill. crossing Yellowstone National Park boundary. protected areas, plant invasions, Linaria vulgaris, Yellowstone National Park |
| PLANT INVENTORY | 26 A comparison of study techniques for evaluating plant species richness in northern hardwood forests. species richness, northern hardwood, Adirondack Mountains, plant inventory |
| PLANT MIGRATION | Changes in successional trajectory associated with fire near the range limit of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta). plant migration, fire regime, boreal forest, ecosystem feedbacks |
| PLANT MIGRATION | 24 Multi-Scale Analysis of Seed Dispersal: an attempt to resolve Reid's paradox. long-distance seed dispersal, plant migration, modeling, spatial homogenization |
| PLANT PARTITIONING | Preferential uptake of N by alpine tundra species: do all species tap the same N pool? nitrogen, plant partitioning, alpine tundra |
| PLANT PATHOGEN | Recently discovered Phytophthora species may underlie epidemic oak mortality in California. plant pathogen, forest disease, forest pathology, disease management |
| PLANT PATHOGENS | Plant disease and global change: interactive effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen deposition, and decreased plant species diversity. host-parasite interactions, nutrient addition, nitrogen deposition, plant pathogens |
| PLANT PHENOLOGY | 10 Plant phenology, reproduction, and insect herbivory in a fragmented landscape. plant population size, plant phenology, insect species richness, insect herbivory |
| PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 51 Using light induced fluorescence for assessing the health of emergent marsh vegetation. light induced flourescence, salt marsh, emergent vegetation, plant physiology |
| PLANT POPULATION DYNAMICS | Weeds, bugs, and mice: why two biocontrol insects failed. Centaurea, biological control, seed predation, plant population dynamics |
| PLANT POPULATION SIZE | 10 Plant phenology, reproduction, and insect herbivory in a fragmented landscape. plant population size, plant phenology, insect species richness, insect herbivory |
| PLANT PRODUCTIVITY | 124 Positionary effects on soil texture, nutrients, and plant productivity in a Nebraska sandhills prairie. ecosystem ecology, nitrogen mineralization rates, plant productivity, soil textures |
| PLANT REMOVAL EXPERIMENT | 107 Plant functional group response to plant removal treatments in a Chihuahuan Desert Shrubland. plant removal experiment , species richness, plant functional groups, community composition |
| PLANT REPRODUCTION | Breakdown in self-incompatibility in a weed (Solanum carolinense). mating system, self-incompatibility, plant reproduction, Solanum carolinense |
| PLANT RESPIRATION | 92 Respiratory carbon loss will increase at elevated atmospheric CO2: A meta-analysis. elevated CO2, meta-analysis, plant respiration |
| PLANT RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE | Foliar 15N natural abundance response to clear-cutting disturbance. 15N natural abundance, foliar 15N, clear-cutting , plant response to disturbance |
| PLANT SIZE | Does shade tolerance change with plant size? A test of tissue and whole plant respiration in deep shade. dark respiration, shade tolerance, low light environments, plant size |
| PLANT STRESS | 21 Effects of physical gradients on palatability of salt marsh plants to herbivores. herbivory, salt marsh, plant stress |
| PLANT STRESS | 27 Spatial variation in anti-herbivore defenses of Pinus. plant defense, secondary metabolism, growth-differentiation balance, plant stress |
| PLANT STRESS RESPONSE | Clones recover from prolonged dormancy induced by severe stress. Solidago missouriensis, Trirhabda canadensis, carbohydrate allocation, plant stress response |
| PLANT TRAITS | Linking plant traits to interspecific interactions using path analysis. plant traits, interspecific interactions, path analysis, comparative approach |
| PLANT WATER UPTAKE | 104 The effect of elevated CO2 on belowground pattern and process in California annual grasslands. root distribution, plant water uptake, elevated CO2, stable isotope |
| PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS | Studies on the alteration of neotropical forest understories due to mammalian defaunation: experimental approaches and a model of the possible underlying mechanisms. plant-animal interactions, neotropical defaunation |
| PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS | Curiosity driven research in national parks: a basic necessity. protected areas, Africa, plant-animal interactions |
| PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS | A new scale of variability in plant secondary chemicals and effects on herbivore behavior. plant-herbivore interactions, induced defences, chemical ecology |
| PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS | Activated chemical defenses in temperate bloom-forming macroalgae. activated defenses, chemical defenses, green algae, plant-herbivore interactions |
| PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION | Microclimatic effects on insect herbivory in Nothofagus antarctica trees: effects of solar UV-B and relationship with plant secondary metabolites. ultraviolet radiation, plant-insect interaction, herbivory, flavoniods |
| PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION | Classroom inquiry into the effects of urbanization on bruchid beetles (Family: Bruchidae) in the Sonoran Desert. Education, Bruchidae, herbivory, plant-insect interaction |
| PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS | 9 Variation in elemental composition (N and P) of host plants and consequences for herbivore performance. ecological stoichiometry, life history, plant-insect interactions, nitrogen |
| PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS | Convergent use of polyphenols by insects and plants. polyphenols, tannins, plant-insect interactions, tritrophic interactions |
| PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS | The role of plant species in the structure and function of soil microbial communities: An experimental evaluation. soil microbial ecology, plant-microbe interactions, ecosystem function, phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) |
| PLANT-REMOVAL EXPERIMENT | 114 Contrasting effects of neighboring vegetation on Ulmus rubra seedlings in successional grassland. competition, facilitation, grassland, plant-removal experiment |
| PLANTATIONS | Expediting forest regeneration in tropical grasslands: distance and isolation from seed sources in plantations. arrested succession, plantations , reforestation, tropical forests |
| PLANTATIONS | Effects of forest plantation management on herbaceous layer composition and diversity. plantations, forest harvesting, herbaceous layer, species composition |
| PLANTHOPPERS | Implications of habitat loss on the biodiversity and trophic structure of an assemblage of arthropods . habitat fragmentation, planthoppers, predator-prey interactions, patch size |
| PLANTING | 62 Comparison of planting strategies in a tallgrass prairie restoration. restoration, prairie, planting, seeding |
| PLANTS | Serpentine plant metacommunities. metacommunity, plants , serpentine , diversity |
| PLANTS | Large-scale mapping and predictive modeling of submerged aquatic vegetation. submerged, plants, mapping, lakes |
| PLANTS | Species diversity, resource competition and community invasibility: a Minnesota grassland experiment. plants, invasion, competition, diversity |
| PLANTS | Effects of competition, spatial variability, and timing of germination on Mimulus nudatus, a rare serpentine endemic plant. competition, plants, rare, Mimulus |
| PLANTS | Calcium and phosphorus uptake by plants in secondary succession at Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico, USA. nutrients, plants, rainforest, life history |
| PLANTS | The effect of plant community composition on soil microbial community composition. microbes, plants, PLFA, T-RFLP |
| PLASTICITY | Sapling stem orientation in relation to growth rate, leaf dimensions and leaf habit. plasticity, sapling, growth, light |
| PLASTICITY | Self/non-self responses in roots. self/non-self, roots, competition, plasticity |
| PLASTICITY | Inducible morphologies in a variable food environment. echinoids, plasticity, plutei , variance |
| PLASTICITY | 108 Morphological variation in populations of Festuca arundinacea in England. endophytes, grasslands, plasticity, tall fescue |
| PLASTICITY | Growth form controls developmental and morphological responses to light quality in Brassica rapa. growth form, plasticity, development, light quality |
| PLASTICITY | Temperate woody seedling responses to deep shade plus drought: Testing for a tolerance trade-off. shade tolerance, drought tolerance, plasticity, species-richness |
| PLAYBACK | Territorial responses of riparian forest birds to width of watercourses. gap-crossing, territory, playback, riparian |
| PLURISPECIFIC GRAZING | Plurispecific better than monospecific grazing as a management tool in natural wetlands (Marais Poitevin, France). plant diversity, grasslands, plurispecific grazing, patchiness |
| PLUTEI | Inducible morphologies in a variable food environment. echinoids, plasticity, plutei , variance |
| PODZOLIZATION | Coarse woody debris may influence soil chemistry and direct pedogenesis towards podzolization in the Oregon Cascades. coarse woody debris, dissolved organic matter, soil solution chemistry, podzolization |
| POINT PROCESS | 132 Methods for analyzing spatial patterns of more than two species. spatial pattern, point process |
| POLICY | Regulations to Limit Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species: Past, Present, and Future. invasive species, regulations, policy |
| POLLEN | A Diatom and pollen record from Catfish Pond, Illinois. paleolimnology, diatoms, pollen, soil development |
| POLLEN | Holocene dynamics of forest and barrens on a sand plain in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. disturbance, forest, barrens, pollen |
| POLLEN | Late-Quaternary land cover change in boreal and eastern North America. land cover, Quaternary, North America, pollen |
| POLLEN ANALYSIS | Early Holocene vegetation in the western Great Lakes region: two distinct no-analog types. pollen analysis, no analog pollen assemblages, Holocene, vegetation classification |
| POLLEN CARRYOVER | 123 The effect of variation in floral reproductive morphology on pollen dispersal and gene flow in Mimulus ringens. Mimulus ringens, pollen carryover, gene flow, pollination |
| POLLEN COUNT SIZE | The effect of sample size on paleoenvironmental reconstructions using the modern analog technique. modern analog technique, climate reconstruction, vegetation reconstruction, pollen count size |
| POLLEN DISPERSAL | 79 Pollen dispersal by bumble bees and butterflies visiting Brassica napus: implications for plant mating. pollen dispersal, transgenic plant, butterfly, bumble bee |
| POLLEN LIMITATION | 115 Reproductive ecology of two closely related species of Rhamnus (a widespread and an endemic species): from buds to seedling establishment. western Mediterranean shrubs, pollen limitation, seed dispersal, seedling recruitment |
| POLLEN LIMITATION | The interaction of the ecology and evolution of an exotic estuarine plant, Spartina alterniflora Loisel. invasive plant, pollen limitation, population growth, Spartina alterniflora |
| POLLEN LIMITATION | 104 Pollen limitation, rainfall, and cyclical masting in a perennial wildflower, Astragalus scaphoides. masting, pollen limitation, water limitation, Astragalus scaphoides |
| POLLEN POOL STRUCTURE | Contemporary pollen movement in California Valley oak, Quercus lobata . pollen-mediated gene movement, pollen pool structure, Valley oak, Quercus lobata |
| POLLEN-MEDIATED GENE MOVEMENT | Contemporary pollen movement in California Valley oak, Quercus lobata . pollen-mediated gene movement, pollen pool structure, Valley oak, Quercus lobata |
| POLLINATION | 123 The effect of variation in floral reproductive morphology on pollen dispersal and gene flow in Mimulus ringens. Mimulus ringens, pollen carryover, gene flow, pollination |
| POLLINATION | Pollination biology of two Maui endemics: potential impacts of alien insects on plant reproduction. silversword, Argentine ant, alien species impacts, pollination |
| POLLINATION | The consequences of inflorescence architecture for bumble bee behaviour and plant mating. pollination, inflorescence, architecture, behaviour |
| POLLINATION | 42 Habitat corridors and the conservation of plant-pollinator interactions. habitat corridors, fragmentation, pollination |
| POLLINATION | Nectar-robbing bumblebees reduce pollen flow and geitonogamy in a hummingbird-pollinated plant. nectar-robbing, pollination, Ipomopsis aggregata, geitonogamy |
| POLLINATION | Effects of habitat fragmentation on bumblebee movement in a Massachusetts conservation area. bumblebees, Clethra alnifolia, habitat fragmentation, pollination |
| POLLINATION | Spatial pollination patterns in an experimentally fragmented landscape. landscape ecology, prairie restoration, pollination, threshold responses |
| POLLINATION | 77 Relationships between floral resources and pollinator communities in Iowa prairie fragments. pollination, prairie, fragmentation |
| POLLINATION | Interactions between introduced herbivores, plants, and their insect pollinators: density-mediated indirect effects on plant reproduction. indirect effects, pollination, population density, introduced herbivores |
| POLLINATION | A comparison of costs inflicted and benefits given by floral visitors to Chilopsis linearis. mutualism, nectar-robbing, pollination, stigma closure |
| POLLINATION | Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions. mutualism, pollination, cheating, modeling |
| POLLINATION | Effects of population size and density on reproduction and genetic variation in Lupinus perennis. conservation, plant, pollination, inbreeding |
| POLLINATION | Reproduction and fire: how prescribed burns enhance pollination of the native prairie plant Echinacea angustifolia. pollination, conservation, prairie, Echinacea angustifolia |
| POLLINATION BIOLOGY | Pollination biology of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens: Palmae) in southwestern Florida. Serenoa repens, saw palmetto, pollination biology |
| POLLINATION ECOLOGY | 119 The influence of population size and density on pollinator service in Agalinis skinneriana. Agalinis skinneriana, pollination ecology, population size, population density |
| POLLINATOR | 78 Effects of multiple visits by Xylocopa virginica on the reproduction of Lupinus perennis . multiple, visits, pollinator, lupine |
| POLLINATORS | Use of agricultural weeds by woodland pollinators: responses of specialist and generalist bees. pollinators, agriculture, midwest, andrenid |
| POLYNESIA | Does seed predation by introduced rats threaten or enhance recruitment of Pandanus trees in Tonga? seed dispersal, seed predation, polynesia, alien species |
| POLYPHENOL | Tannins: the complexity of chemistry and structure. tannin, polyphenol, 13C NMR, protein precipitation |
| POLYPHENOLS | Polyphenols in tropical rainforest litter. polyphenols, soil nutrient availability, leaf and fine root litter, soil chronosequence |
| POLYPHENOLS | Convergent use of polyphenols by insects and plants. polyphenols, tannins, plant-insect interactions, tritrophic interactions |
| POND | Convergence and divergence in pond meta-communities: Implications for local and regional patterns of diversity. meta-community, local diversity, regional diversity, pond |
| PONDEROSA PINE | Go towards the light: butterfly species richness increases following ponderosa pine restoration. butterfly, restoration, ponderosa pine, community structure |
| PONDEROSA PINE | Effects of ecological restoration treatments on legumes, shrubs and C4 grasses. ponderosa pine, legumes, C4 grasses, shrubs |
| PONDS | Introduced fish increases survival of introduced bullfrogs. invasion, Rana catesbeiana, facilitation, ponds |
| POPULATION | Ecologically-relevant effects of pesticides on Daphnia magna. daphnia, pesticide, reproduction, population |
| POPULATION | 107 Effects of simulated grazing on the population demography of the exotic grass, Bothriochloa ischaemum. Bothriochloa ischaemum, population, demography, herbivory |
| POPULATION | Amphibian life history traits and population responses to perturbation. amphibian, life history, population, conservation |
| POPULATION | Demography of the Federally listed endangered sunflower, Helianthus schweinitzii: a comparison of two models. Helianthus schweinitzii, demography, conservation, population |
| POPULATION | Food-dependent foraging activity by prey fish mediates population-level mortality in whole-system experiments. behaviour, population, predator-prey, foraging |
| POPULATION | Small scale spatio-temporal dynamics of southern pine beetles and clerids. spatio-temporal dynamics, insect outbreaks, predator-prey, population |
| POPULATION | 129 Altered color morph frequency in a lake littoral population of Asellus aquaticusL. (Isopoda) . environmental change, population, genetic alteration, Asellus aquaticus |
| POPULATION | Efficiency and risk aversion in nature: avoiding chaos. chaos, population, efficiency, risk |
| POPULATION BIOLOGY | Population modeling of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) for Everglades restoration. conservation, individual-based model, matrix model, population biology |
| POPULATION DELINEATION | The fuzzy structure of biological groups. population delineation, species, habitats, vagueness |
| POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY | Tests of habitat fragmentation and resource distribution effects on the population performance of Microtus pennsylvanicus. habitat fragmentation, resource availability, population demography, Microtus pennsylvanicus |
| POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY | Spatial variation in the performance of an introduced oyster in a west coast estuary. benthic-pelagic coupling, estuarine productivity, population demography, Crassostrea gigas |
| POPULATION DENSITY | 119 The influence of population size and density on pollinator service in Agalinis skinneriana. Agalinis skinneriana, pollination ecology, population size, population density |
| POPULATION DENSITY | Interactions between introduced herbivores, plants, and their insect pollinators: density-mediated indirect effects on plant reproduction. indirect effects, pollination, population density, introduced herbivores |
| POPULATION DENSITY | Density, natality, and mortality of Atta cephalotes colonies in relation to soil type and vegetation at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Atta cephalotes, population density, mortality, natality |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | 45 Density-dependent population dynamics influenced by parental control of offspring size and number. population dynamics, body size, Nicrophorus investigator, life-history strategies |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Individual-Based Population Dynamics: Linking energetic models of growth, reproduction, and mortality. population dynamics, mortality models, individual-based models, Daphnia |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Weakly synchronized subpopulation dynamics in Wisconsin frogs and toads. spatial synchrony, population dynamics, amphibian, Moran effect |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | 69 Introduced tachinid parasitoid explains the enigmatic disappearance of the invasive browntail moth. invasive species, population dynamics, biological control |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Internally generated predator-prey dynamics modify genotype selection. population dynamics, predator-prey interaction, genotype selection |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Energy storage and the evolution of population dynamics. dynamic energy budget, evolutionary stable strategy, population dynamics, rotifer |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Tradeoffs in avian life history traits and consequences for population growth. birds, life history traits, population dynamics, elasticity |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Impacts of climate changes on elk population dynamics in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. model selection, density dependence, climate effects, population dynamics |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | The effects of density dependent dispersal on population dynamics in experimental microcoms. density dependent dispersal, microcosm, environmental heterogeneity, population dynamics |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Red fruit blues: Phenological noise spectra and their consequences for frugivore life histories. population dynamics, extinction risk, environmental noise, phenology |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Top-down and bottom-up effects on the abundance of pitcher plant protozoa. food-web, population dynamics, phytotelmata |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | 71 Effects of organic matter removal, compaction, and competition control on collembola populations in a pine plantation. collembola, population dynamics, forest soil environment |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Grabbing a whale by its tail: The influence of the extreme right-tail of the distribution on population estimates of the Alaskan bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). monitoring, population dynamics, statistics, skewness |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Are specialist natural enemies more effective biocontrol agents than generalists? generalist predators, parasitoids, population dynamics, intraguild predation |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Symbiotic associations and the ecology of the southern pine beetle. Dendroctonus frontalis, symbiotic, population dynamics, phortic mites |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Population dynamics of estuarine-dependent fishes: the relative importance of chronic stressors versus catastrophic natural disturbances. hypoxia, population dynamics, disturbances, Micropogonias undulatus |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | An experimental test of whether habitat heterogeneity buffers populations against the effect of climate variability. habitat heterogeneity, population dynamics, extinction risk, Drosophila melanogaster |
| POPULATION DYNAMICS | Population dynamics and mutualism: Functional responses of benefits and costs. mutualism, functional response, population dynamics, benefits and costs |
| POPULATION ECOLOGY | Of mice, mothers and mirror-images: fluctuating asymmetry in relation to fitness in deer mice. fluctuating asymmetry, fitness, population ecology, Peromyscus maniculatus |
| POPULATION ECOLOGY | Generalized equations of population ecology project global human population limit. population ecology, human population growth, limits to growth, population singularity |
| POPULATION ESTIMATES | Estimation of population size and probabilities of survival and detection in Mead's milkweed, a rare prairie plant. rare plant, capture-mark-recapture, survival estimates, population estimates |
| POPULATION GENETICS | 130 Evolution of behavioral resistance by an insect to crop rotation. population genetics, host preference, modeling, herbivory |
| POPULATION GENETICS | 81 Fine scale genetic and spatial analysis of old growth eastern white pine (Pinus strobus). Pinus strobus, population genetics, spatial structure, simple sequence repeats |
| POPULATION GROWTH | The interaction of the ecology and evolution of an exotic estuarine plant, Spartina alterniflora Loisel. invasive plant, pollen limitation, population growth, Spartina alterniflora |
| POPULATION GROWTH | 152 Population growth indicates forest habitat quality for three species of neotropical migrant songbirds. population growth, neotropical migrant bird, habitat quality, nest productivity |
| POPULATION GROWTH | 19 Model selection in a stochastic environment. stochasticity, model, population growth |
| POPULATION MANAGEMENT | Spatial control and individual-based modeling: hunting and bears in the Southern Appalachians. mathematical model, computational ecology, theoretical ecology, population management |
| POPULATION MODEL | Assessing the population-level consequences of UV-B radiation induced mortality in amphibians. amphibian declines, UV sensitivity hypothesis, density dependence, population model |
| POPULATION MODELING | 18 Population thresholds as a mechanism to lessen extinction risk in a stochastic environment. population modeling, cutthroat trout, territoriality, oncorhyncus clarki |
| POPULATION MODELING | Reversing the decline of sea turtles: Insights from life-history population models . sea turtles, population modeling |
| POPULATION PERSISTENCE | Moth persistence in enemy-occupied space: The interaction between prey dispersal and spatially heterogeneous predation risk. Gypsy moth, white-footed mice, dispersal, population persistence |
| POPULATION PERSISTENCE/VIABILITY | Nutrient dynamics, life history diversity and hazing: implications for population viability of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). depensation, life history variability, population persistence/viability, salmon |
| POPULATION PROJECTION MATRIX | Blight-free Midwestern American chestnut populations compared to those of Eastern North America: ecology and population genetics. Castanea dentata, population projection matrix, RAPD, chestnut blight |
| POPULATION PROJECTION MATRIX MODEL | 51 Decomposition of variance in population growth rate: survival and growth of largest plants contributes most. population projection matrix model, variance decomposition |
| POPULATION REGULATION | Regulatory effects of adult coral-reef fish on recruit demography. coral-reef fish, population regulation, demography, recruitment |
| POPULATION SINGULARITY | Generalized equations of population ecology project global human population limit. population ecology, human population growth, limits to growth, population singularity |
| POPULATION SIZE | 119 The influence of population size and density on pollinator service in Agalinis skinneriana. Agalinis skinneriana, pollination ecology, population size, population density |
| POPULATION SIZE | Ecological causes of selection for self-pollination in Clarkia xantiana: experimental manipulation of biotic interactions. self-pollination, selection, community interactions , population size |
| POPULATION STRUCTURE | Long-term study of population dynamics and caching behavior in pikas: spatio-temporal patterns and fitness effects. population structure, Ochotona princeps , herbivory, territorial behavior |
| POPULATION VIABILITY | 106 Evaluating population viability with fire in Eryngium cuneifolium: deciphering a decade of demographic data. population viability, fire effects on demography, extinction risk, Florida rosemary scrub |
| POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | Reliability of relative predictions in population viability analysis. extinction risk, management decision, population viability analysis, risk assessment |
| POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | 36 Evaluating the viability and potential recovery options for the Florida panther. population viability analysis, recovery, Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi |
| POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | 17 A comparison of approaches to population viability analysis with matrix models: Does stochastic method matter? matrix model, population viability analysis, environmental stochasticity, stochastic model |
| POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS | How precise is population viability analysis (PVA)? population viability analysis, risk assessment |
| POSITION WITHIN THE RANGE | Environmental suitability across the geographic distribution of marine intertidal invertebrates. habitat suitability, fluctuating asymmetry, position within the range, individual performance |
| POSITIVE DENSITY DEPENDENCE | Allee effects and stochasticity. Allee effect, depensation, inverse density dependence, positive density dependence |
| POSITIVE INTERACTIONS | Acer platanoides invasion in the Northern Rocky Mountains—facilitation of exotic seedlings by overstory conspecifics. conspecific facilitation, positive interactions, Acer platanoides, biological invasion |
| POSITIVE INTERACTIONS | Temporal environmental heterogeneity and community structure: a microcosm study with vascular plants. environmental heterogeneity, resource fluctuations, species richness, positive interactions |
| POSITIVE INTERACTIONS | Direct and indirect effects of shade on community structure in the low rocky intertidal zone. positive interactions, herbivory, rocky intertidal, canopy effects |
| POSITIVE INTERACTIONS | 121 Effects of infauna on mobile epibenthic bioturbators: Does sediment modification by clams enhance crab burrowing? bioturbation, burrowing, positive interactions, ecosystem engineering |
| POST-DISPERSAL SEED REMOVAL | Does human scent bias seed predation studies? seed predation, post-dispersal seed removal, rodents, experimental protocol |
| POST-FIRE | C3 shrub invasion in a C4 grassland: Post-fire responses in resources and shoot growth. shrub, invasion, post-fire, grassland |
| POST-FIRE TRANSITION | Modeling spatially explicit transition of boreal forest cover in the absence of disturbances. boreal forest, landscape model, forest cover change, post-fire transition |
| POST-SETTLEMENT | Post-settlement use of lagoon habitats as off-reef nurseries for coral reef fishes. coral reef fish, nursery habitats, ontogenetic habitat shift, post-settlement |
| POSTFIRE SUCCESSION | Temporal and spatial effects of fire on initial pathways of succession across the Yellowstone landscape. disturbance ecology, postfire succession, Pinus contorta, Yellowstone National Park |
| POTASSIUM | The potential biophysical role of potassium in phloem transport. phloem, potassium, nutrient, cycle |
| POWER DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL MECHANISMS | Power and social mechanisms for building resilience: lessons from Mexico. resilience, social mechanisms for resilience, power dynamics and social mechanisms, social systems and ecosystems |
| POWER-LAW SCALING | Cluster size distributions: signatures of self-organization in spatial ecologies. individual-based predator-prey models, cluster size distribution, power-law scaling, self-organization |
| PRAIRIE | 60 Carbon sequestration in two restored prairie chronosequences on contrasting soils in southern Wisconsin. prairie, chronosequence, carbon, sequestration |
| PRAIRIE | 65 Effects of Formica subsericea mounds on prairie plants and soils. prairie, restoration, ant, mounds |
| PRAIRIE | Reproduction and fire: how prescribed burns enhance pollination of the native prairie plant Echinacea angustifolia. pollination, conservation, prairie, Echinacea angustifolia |
| PRAIRIE | The relative role of water and nitrogen in regulating productivity in tallgrass prairie. prairie, productivity, water, nitrogen |
| PRAIRIE | Erosion of plant diversity in prairie remnants slowed but not stopped by recent fires. prairie, fire, diversity, Wisconsin |
| PRAIRIE | Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities and the success of prairie restoration. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, prairie, restoration |
| PRAIRIE | 84 Multivariate effects on species richness in floodplain oak savannas. richness, diversity, savanna, prairie |
| PRAIRIE | 77 Relationships between floral resources and pollinator communities in Iowa prairie fragments. pollination, prairie, fragmentation |
| PRAIRIE | Prairie Planting Partnerships: Bringing together undergraduate research projects with third grade investigations. elementary, undergraduate, prairie, restoration |
| PRAIRIE | Changes in mineralization rates and pools of carbon and nitrogen six years following the conversion of agriculture to restored prairie in southern Minnesota. prairie, carbon, restoration, agriculture |
| PRAIRIE | 77 Short-term effects of experimental restoration of a lakeshore plant community. restoration, lakeshore, wetland, prairie |
| PRAIRIE | 62 Comparison of planting strategies in a tallgrass prairie restoration. restoration, prairie, planting, seeding |
| PRAIRIE | 147 Effects of species, leaf position, and soil fertility on foliar disease in a tallgrass prairie. disease, prairie |
| PRAIRIE | 47 Invasibility of endogenous and exotic disturbances in mixed-grass prairie. natural areas, invasive plants, prairie, disturbance |
| PRAIRIE | Influence of small-scale disturbance spatial patterns on the demography and distribution of prairie plant species. disturbance, gopher mounds, plant demography, prairie |
| PRAIRIE POTHOLES | 78 Long-term revegetation of restored prairie pothole wetlands. wetland restoration, invasive species, prairie potholes, recolonization |
| PRAIRIE RESTORATION | Spatial pollination patterns in an experimentally fragmented landscape. landscape ecology, prairie restoration, pollination, threshold responses |
| PRAIRIE RESTORATION | Plant community diversity and heterogeneity in response to resource manipulations in a tallgrass prairie restoration. prairie restoration, species diversity, community heterogeneity |
| PRAIRIE RESTORATION | 117 Habitat enhancement for the endangered Karner blue butterfly in the Eau Claire River Basin, Wisconsin. butterflies, prairie restoration, Lupinus perennis, Lycaeides melissa samuelis |
| PRAIRIE RESTORATION | 61 Butterflies as a measure of success for planting native prairie on Conservation Reserve Program parcels. butterflies, CRP, prairie restoration |
| PRAIRIE VEGETATION | 21 Ordination analysis of remnant cemetery prairies in Illinois. cemetery prairie, prairie vegetation, detrended correspondence analysis, Illinois prairie |
| PRAIRIE-FOREST BORDER | 77 Simulation of the impact of fire on the location and structure of the Prairie-Forest border in Minnesota. prairie-forest border, fire frequency, simulation, LANDIS |
| PRECIPITATION | The effect of precipitation change on leaf litter spider communities. spiders, precipitation, communities, richness |
| PRECIPITATION | Rainfall manipulations mirror topography effects on productivity and water relations in tallgrass prairie. grassland, climate change, precipitation, productivity |
| PRECIPITATION | Mapped pollen and lake-levels indicate precipitation controlled Holocene expansion of boreal evergreen forest in Beringia. beringia, boreal forest, climate change, precipitation |
| PRECIPITATION GRADIENT | Decomposition along a precipitation gradient in Patagonia: species-rainfall interactions. decomposition, Patagonia, precipitation gradient, species characteristics |
| PRECIPITATION GRADIENT | In situ net nitrogen mineralization response to regional and interannual variation in precipitation across the Central Great Plains of North America. in situ net nitrogen mineralization, nitrogen pools, precipitation gradient, grasslands |
| PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS | Precipitation versus nutrient availability; what is more important in regulating diversity patterns in an African grassland/savanna? Serengeti grasslands, precipitation gradients, soil microbial processes, primary production |
| PREDATION | Foodweb structure of tropical rivers with different biogeochemical attributes. guild, predation, South America, stable isotope |
| PREDATION | Behavioral indirect effects in food webs: studies of freshwater snails, their predators, and their resources. physa, predation, higher-order interactions, indirect effects |
| PREDATION | Priority effects in coral reef fish communities. recruitment, predation, competition, community dynamics |
| PREDATION | Performance of an insect predator while attacking external and internal stages of an endophytic herbivore. Thanasimus dubius, Ips pini, predation, endophytes |
| PREDATION | 29 Abiotic and biotic factors affecting nonrandom distributions of four desert anurans. distribution, amphibians, predation, competition |
| PREDATION | 113 Ontogenetic variation in the effects of crayfish in a warmwater stream benthic community. ontogenetic variation, predation, bioturbation, Decapoda |
| PREDATION | 114 Effects of predator switching behavior on the stability of zooplankton communities. predation, zooplankton, lake, community |
| PREDATION | Size-structured predation, relative growth rates and recruitment potential of largemouth bass. size-structure, predation, recruitment, largemouth bass |
| PREDATION | Understory abundance following logging in northern hardwood forests: the role of seed predation and myrmecochory. myrmecochory, seeds, predation, forest |
| PREDATION | 115 Selective foraging behavior in pikeperch. predation, piscivory, prey choice, optimal foraging |
| PREDATION | Habitat overlap of intraguild predators: temporal patterns and the role of spatial complexity. heterogeneity, predation, macroinvertebrates, fishless |
| PREDATION | Comparing the impacts of bass and Bythotrephes introductions on the zooplankton of Canadian Shield lakes. Bythotrephes, zooplankton, inter-annual variability, predation |
| PREDATION | Modeling the effects of Chaoborus predation on Daphnia population growth rates. Daphnia, Chaoborus, predation, matrix population model |
| PREDATION | Adjustment in pigmentation level to predation risk and ultraviolet radiation among freshwater copepods. copepod, pigment, predation, UV |
| PREDATION | Modeling the indirect effects of acorn masting on gypsy moth population dynamics. predation, masting, modeling, gypsy moth |
| PREDATION | Resource availability affects intraguild interactions between larval salamanders. Ambystoma, competition, intraguild, predation |
| PREDATION | 49 The relationship between diversity and stability in rock pool microcosms. diversity-stability, rock pools, microcosms, predation |
| PREDATION | Disturbance underlies spatial variation in the strength of top-down and bottom-up control of insect herbivores. disturbance, predation, herbivory, flooding |
| PREDATION | The determinants of Daphnia dominance in fishless ponds: assessing temporal and spatial variation in competitor and predator effects. Daphnia, size efficiency hypothesis, competition, predation |
| PREDATION PRESSURE | Predation pressure and morphological variation in brook stickleback populations. predation pressure, stickleback, morphological defense |
| PREDATION RISK | Is it safe? Relative foraging effort in estuarine habitats for a coastal freshwater sculpin. foraging costs, predation risk, quitting harvest rates, estuarine fishes |
| PREDATION RISK | Perception of predation risk by Semiothisa aemulataria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). predation risk, costs, vibrations, anti-predator defense |
| PREDATOR | Predator activity and grassland bird nest depredation: making the connection. grassland, bird, predator, edges |
| PREDATOR | Adaptive foraging under predation hazard: testing optimization theory with stream fish. optimization, fish, predator, experiment |
| PREDATOR | Biogeography of prey preference and diet breadth in a bark beetle predator. predator, diet, preference, Dendroctonus frontalis |
| PREDATOR PREY INTERACTIONS | Can chemical communication be cryptic? Adaptive responses of herbivores to natural enemies exploiting prey semiochemistry. predator prey interactions, coevolution , semiochemistry, bark beetles |
| PREDATOR-FREE SPACE | Physical habitat property mediates biotic resistance to non-indigenous species invasion. physical-biological coupling, predator-free space, Cancer productus, clams |
| PREDATOR-INDUCED PLASTICITY | Predators come and predators go: the reversibility of phenotypic plasticity in tadpoles. predator-induced plasticity, amphibian, tadpole, phenotypic plasticity |
| PREDATOR-PREDATOR INTERACTION | Interactive effects of intraguild predation and habitat complexity: Implications for top-down suppression of a salt marsh herbivore. predator-predator interaction, habitat mediated effects, higher-order interaction, emergent predator effects |
| PREDATOR-PREY | Density dependent guarding of aphids by an ant on an agricultural weed. density dependent mutualism, guarding behavior, predator-prey, indirect effect |
| PREDATOR-PREY | Effect of incident light on the diel vertical migration of juvenile sockeye salmon in Alaska lakes. diel vertical migration, sockeye salmon, light, predator-prey |
| PREDATOR-PREY | 16 Effect of predator interference on population dynamics. predator-prey, interference competition |
| PREDATOR-PREY | The predator-prey shell game: an individual-based model of predator-prey interactions on a large spatial scale. predator-prey, patch departure, spatial game, anti-predator behavior |
| PREDATOR-PREY | Food-dependent foraging activity by prey fish mediates population-level mortality in whole-system experiments. behaviour, population, predator-prey, foraging |
| PREDATOR-PREY | Small scale spatio-temporal dynamics of southern pine beetles and clerids. spatio-temporal dynamics, insect outbreaks, predator-prey, population |
| PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION | Effects of tidal disturbance on the food-web structure of an arthropod community. tidal distrubance, predator-prey interaction, Pardosa littoralis, Tytthus vagus |
| PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION | Internally generated predator-prey dynamics modify genotype selection. population dynamics, predator-prey interaction, genotype selection |
| PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS | Implications of habitat loss on the biodiversity and trophic structure of an assemblage of arthropods . habitat fragmentation, planthoppers, predator-prey interactions, patch size |
| PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS | Foraging games between gerbils and their predators: apprehension in gerbils. Foraging games, predator-prey interactions, gerbils, foraging theory |
| PREDATORY MITE | Jasmonic acid mediates indirect resistance. predatory mite, volatile, indirect defense, tomato |
| PREDAWN DISEQUILIBRIUM | 47 Magnitude and mechanisms of predawn disequilibrium in natural populations of desert shrubs. predawn disequilibrium, transpiration, hydraulic lift, water potential |
| PREDICTABILITY | Are growth, mortality and recruitment predictable in forest community dynamics? community dynamics, forest ecology, predictability, scale |
| PREDICTION | Is the past the key to the future? Predicting future Great Lakes fish invaders. nonindigenous species, invasive species, Great Lakes, prediction |
| PREDICTIVE MODEL | Combining species-habitat approaches to understand exotic plant invasions in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah USA. species invasive index, predictive model, vegetation gradient, landscape scale invasive patterns |
| PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY | Short-term prediction of transpiration from managed forests in northern Wisconsin. evapotranspiration, managed forests, simulation, predictive uncertainty |
| PREDISPERSAL SEED PREDATION | Are protective mutualisms bad neighbors?-- The effects of an ant-plant mutualism on heterospecific plant neighbors. mutualism, predispersal seed predation, host shift, tephritidae |
| PREEMPTION | 109 Effects of competition and N addition on plant zonation in a Mississippi salt marsh. preemption, spatial competition, Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemerianus |
| PREFERENCE | Biogeography of prey preference and diet breadth in a bark beetle predator. predator, diet, preference, Dendroctonus frontalis |
| PREFERENCE AND PERFORMANCE | Herbivore preference and performance: horse nettle beetle response to water status and two host species. herbivory, preference and performance, Leptinotarsa, Solanum |
| PREFERENCE-PERFORMANCE | A strong relationship between preference and performance in a spittlebug. spittlebug, preference-performance, herbivory, Salix |
| PRESCRIBED BURNING | Spatial distribution of seeds in desert grasslands and their potential vulnerability to prescribed burning. seed bank, desert grassland, prescribed burning, restoration |
| PRESCRIBED FIRE | Prescribed fire, monsoon rainfall and arbuscular mycorrhizal influences on erosion processes in semi-arid grasslands. prescribed fire, arbuscular mycorrhizae, erosion, semi-arid grasslands |
| PRESCRIBED FIRE | Avian response to prescribed fire in a sagebrush-shrubsteppe ecosystem. prescribed fire, shrubsteppe, songbirds |
| PRESCRIBED FIRE | 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 |
| PRESETTLEMENT FORESTS | 150 Influences of Native Americans and surveying irregularities on metes and bounds witness tree distribution. witness trees, Native Americans, presettlement forests, surveyor biases |
| PRESETTLEMENT VEGETATION | 121 Mapping the potential distribution of native plant communities in the Northern Superior Uplands, Minnesota, USA. ecological classification, natural vegetation, presettlement vegetation, vegetation change |
| PREVALENCE | Host condition affects prevalence of parasitism. prevalence, susceptibility, parasite-induced mortality, Potamopyrgus antipodarum |
| PREVENTION | Progress in invasion biology: understanding the occurrence and impact of nonindigenous species. nonindigenous species, exotic species, prevention, risk assessment |
| PREY ABUNDANCE | Effects of prey diet, temperature and prey abundance on consumption, weight gain and survival of a lady beetle predator. Plant chemicals, Lady beetles, temperature, prey abundance |
| PREY CHOICE | 115 Selective foraging behavior in pikeperch. predation, piscivory, prey choice, optimal foraging |
| PREY DIVERSITY | Generalist herbivores reduce prey community diversity in nutrient-poor systems. herbivore dynamics, prey diversity, Daphnia, phytoplankton |
| PREY SELECTION | 72 Density-dependent foraging plasticity of largemouth bass. Micropterus salmoides, prey selection, density-dependent |
| PREY SELECTION | 71 Piscivorous niche expansion by largemouth bass in a temperate experimental lake. Micropterus, prey selection |
| PRIMARY PRODUCTION | Terrestrial NPP is being strongly underestimated: example data from an intensively-measured tropical rain forest. primary production, tropical rain forest, global carbon cycling, litterfall |
| PRIMARY PRODUCTION | Precipitation versus nutrient availability; what is more important in regulating diversity patterns in an African grassland/savanna? Serengeti grasslands, precipitation gradients, soil microbial processes, primary production |
| PRIMARY PRODUCTION | Regional fuel load modeled for two contrasting years in central and southern Africa. fuel load, primary production |
| PRIMARY SUCCESSION | Physical variables affect the location of species of tree seedlings on river point bars. riparian ecology, seedling establishment, primary succession, southeastern floodplain forest |
| PRIORITY EFFECTS | 36 The order of introduction and community composition in a system of intraguild predators. priority effects, intraguild predation |
| PROCESS-BASED ECOSYSTEM MODEL | 83 Scaling up estimates of tree biomass from plot measurements of forest inventories to regional domains using a process-based forest ecosystem model . forest biomass, forest inventories, process-based ecosystem model, scaling up plot measurements |
| PRODUCTION | Productivity and stability relationships in clipped pasture communities of varying diversity. pastures, diversity, production, stability |
| PRODUCTION | 60 Substituting root numbers for length - Improving the use of minirhizotrons to study fine root dynamics. minirhizotron, fine roots, production, mortality |
| PRODUCTION | 140 Functional type contributions to production, biomass and carbon flux along a structural gradient from tundra to forest at treeline in Council, Alaska . arctic, carbon, biomass, production |
| PRODUCTION ECONOMICS | The Ecological Structure of Economic Systems. production economics, input-output representations, environmental regulations, sustainable economies |
| PRODUCTION LIMITATION | Primary production of baldcypress swamps along a latitudinal gradient. biotic boundary, production limitation, curvilinear response surface, functional assessment |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Complementarity, compensation, & competition: what goes around, comes around. productivity, tropics, biodiversity, restoration |
| PRODUCTIVITY | The relative importance of resource limitation and predator limitation in 10 Michigan lakes of varying productivity. limitation, productivity, benthic algae, lakes |
| PRODUCTIVITY | 81 Influence of insect galls on the reproduction of goldenrod: variation with host height and abundance. herbivory, goldenrod, gall, productivity |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Manipulative experiments to understand forest productivity under elevated atmospheric CO2. forest, productivity, carbon dioxide, global change |
| PRODUCTIVITY | 2 Landscape variation in forest communities is associated with soil calcium and nitrogen availability. soil nitrogen, soil calcium, species composition, productivity |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Zooplankton in a large advective reservoir: composition and production through a riverine to lacustrine transition. zooplankton, productivity, reservoir, large river |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Seasonal patterns of avian richness and environmental productivity. species richness, birds, productivity, seasonal patterns |
| PRODUCTIVITY | The relative role of water and nitrogen in regulating productivity in tallgrass prairie. prairie, productivity, water, nitrogen |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Complementarity among grassland functional groups. biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, productivity, complementary resource use |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Science for sustainable, humane and productive development. development, justice, sustainability, productivity |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Fire effects on plant diversity in serpentine versus nonserpentine chaparral and grassland. fire, species diversity, productivity, serpentine |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Diversity, productivity, and scale: a case study of Wisconsin vegetation. productivity, diversity, scale, Wisconsin |
| PRODUCTIVITY | The Cedar Creek biodiversity experiment: Can results after seven years resolve the biodiversity debate? biodiversity, productivity, grasslands, nitrogen |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Limitations on species richness along a grassland productivity gradient: the importance of species availability. colonization, productivity, species availability, species richness |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Rainfall manipulations mirror topography effects on productivity and water relations in tallgrass prairie. grassland, climate change, precipitation, productivity |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Regional patterns in plant species richness. species richness, Ellenberg indicator values, productivity, soil nutrients |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Global patterns of forest structure and productivity: Reversing the latitudinal gradient. productivity, biomass, forests, tropical |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Spatial subsidies alter species-area relationships on islands. diversity, subsidies, biogeography, productivity |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Loss of subordinate species affects productivity of a C4-dominated grassland. grassland , plant density, productivity, species richness |
| PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENT | Nutrient cycling by omnivorous fish in reservoirs of varying productivity. nutrient regeneration, excretion, Dorosoma cepedianum, productivity gradient |
| PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENTS | Performance tradeoffs along resource quality/quantity gradients in anuran larvae. tradeoff, productivity gradients, resource quality/quantity, mechanisms |
| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 9 SchoolYard Science: Student-centered Investigation of Aquatic Ecosystems. student-centered inquiry, schoolyard habitats, long-term ecological research, professional development |
| PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | Using focus groups to design an educational website for agricultural professionals. sustainable agriculture, educational website, focus group research, professional development program |
| PROJECT-BASED LEARNING | Retaining students in ecology: enriching introductory chemistry, biology, and non-majors science with wetland restoration projects. applied learning, project-based learning, investigative laboratory, restoration |
| PROPAGULE PRESSURE | 15 Effects of seed density and seed richness on species diversity and invasibility. propagule pressure, immigration-extinction gradient, diversity, invasibility |
| PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS | 99 Recognizing hazards in estimates of tree mortality. survival, permanent plot, proportional hazards, interval-censoring |
| PROTECTED AREAS | Curiosity driven research in national parks: a basic necessity. protected areas, Africa, plant-animal interactions |
| PROTECTED AREAS | Human population density, deforestation and protected areas management: A multi-scale analysis of Central America. human population density, deforestation, protected areas, Guatemala |
| PROTECTED AREAS | 117 Assessing plant invasions from the landscape to the patch scale: Linaria vulgaris Mill. crossing Yellowstone National Park boundary. protected areas, plant invasions, Linaria vulgaris, Yellowstone National Park |
| PROTEIN PRECIPITATION | Tannins: the complexity of chemistry and structure. tannin, polyphenol, 13C NMR, protein precipitation |
| PROTHONOTARY WARBLER | Decision rules for Prothonotary Warblers: the influence of nesting success on site fidelity. site fidelity, decision rules, prothonotary warbler, nest predation |
| PROTIST | Testing mechanisms responsible for the latitudinal gradient of species diversity. diversity, latitude, protist, microcosm |
| PROTISTS | Stability and complexity in microcosm ecosystems. protists, microcosms, spatial structure, consumer-resource interactions |
| PROXIMITY RELATIONSHIPS | Spatial optimization in ecological applications. linear programming, reaction-diffusion models, spatial control, proximity relationships |
| PULSES | 38 Repeated water additions cause temporary effects, but don’t alter long-term available nitrogen pools, Canyonlands. nitrogen, Canyonlands, volatilization, pulses |
| PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE | Impact of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinaceae) density on plant and moth communities in northwest Oregon. purple loosestrife, reed canary grass, invasive species, community impacts |
| PUZZLE SUNFLOWER | 129 Composition and structure of a west Texas salt marsh. inland salt marsh, threatened species, pecos sunflower, puzzle sunflower |