SUBJECT INDEX
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
| OTC | A mechanistic basis for lower freeze tolerance under elevated [CO2]. OTC, CO2, FATI, freeze  FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAK FOREST | Carbon and water cycle simulations for an upland oak forest from 1993 to 2000 using 13 stand-level models: Intermodel comparisons and evaluations against independent measurements. water modeling, ecosystem , carbon modeling, Oak forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION | Partitioning of heterogeneity in an object-oriented riparian boundary classification system for a South African savanna. Spatial Heterogeneity, Object oriented Classification, Riparian Boundaries, Tassel Cap Analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| OCEAN POLICY | Connecting Science to Ecosystem-Based Management: Reflections on the Ocean Commissions. Large marine ecosystems, Interdisciplinary research, Ecosystem-based management, Ocean policy FULL ABSTRACT |
| OKLAHOMA | Phenological differences among winter annuals in warmed plots in tallgrass prairie. Oklahoma, interannual climate variation, tallgrass prairie, phenology FULL ABSTRACT |
| OKLAHOMA | 25 Grasshopper herbivory of Solidago speciosa varies with distance from Juniperus virginiana in tallgrass prairie. Oklahoma, grasshoppers, tallgrass prairie, tree encroachment FULL ABSTRACT |
| OKLAHOMA | Phenological response of tallgrass prairie to experimental warming and clipping. Oklahoma, global warming, tallgrass prairie, phenology FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD FIELD MOUSE | Weight loss in species of the Old Field Mouse in inland and coastal Florida. Beach Mouse, Recaptures, Weight Loss, Old Field Mouse FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD WORLD CLIMBING FERN | The life history of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum: from reproductive strategy to landscape dispersal. invasive species, Lygodium microphyllum, Everglades, Old World climbing fern FULL ABSTRACT |
| OMERNIK LEVEL III ECOREGIONS | Land surface phenology, ecoregional expectations, and change analysis: Toward ecological forecasting with image time series. Omernik Level III ecoregions, AVHRR NDVI, phenology, ecological forecasting FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORCONECTES | Evaluation of Crayfish as a Keystone Species. keystone, Orconectes, enclosure, exclosure FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORGANIC ACIDS | 46 Variation in organic acid exudates among mycorrhizal species colonizing Liriodendron tulipifera L. (yellow-poplar) in the presence of aluminum. Aluminum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Mycorrhizae, Organic acids FULL ABSTRACT |
| OUACHITA MOUNTAINS | 15 Age class distribution of a virgin shortleaf pine stand. old-growth, Pinus echinata, Ouachita Mountains, disturbance ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| OUTREACH | Education Linked to Scientific Research: the Education Perspective. Strand maps, K-12 science education, Outreach, Research-Education interface FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | 72 Preliminary analysis of some sense organs in the oviposition site selection of Sphenarium purpurascens. Oviposition, Selection, Sphenarium purpurascens, Site FULL ABSTRACT |
| OWLS | 60 Breeding ecology of Barred Owls on a central Florida cattle ranch. nesting success, Owls, habitat selection, ranching FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAK | Belowground N transfer among plants in a California oak woodland. common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs), grasses,  15N , pine, oak, ceanothus FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAK OPENING | A comparison of restoration strategies in oak openings. restoration, vegetation dynamics, oak opening, dendrochronology FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAK REGENERATION | 77 Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) litter disturbance and its effect on hardwood regeneration. leaf litter, forest ecology, oak regeneration, wild turkey FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAK SAVANNA | Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and understory plant diversity in Wisconsin oak savannas. community ecology, environmental gradients, arbuscular mycorrhizae, oak savanna FULL ABSTRACT |
| OAKS | Leaf fluctuating asymmetry and its role in plant-herbivore interactions in the Quercus undulata species complex. herbivory, leaf miners, fluctuating asymmetry, oaks FULL ABSTRACT |
| OBSERVER DECISIONS | Evaluating ecological models: Encoding, decoding and complementarity. observer decisions, hierarchy theory, modeling, emergence FULL ABSTRACT |
| OCEANOGRAPHIC | Revelations from long-term large-scale monitoring programs: Comparing ecological patterns and processes in New Zealand, Chile, and the United States. intertidal, oceanographic, marine, biogeographic FULL ABSTRACT |
| ODONATES | Does size really matter? Factors affecting larval odonate diversity patterns in a desert sinkhole complex. dragonflies, diversity, odonates, island biogeography theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| OFFSPRING QUALITY | Matrotrophic provisioning: A bet-hedging mechanism in mosquitofish? Gambusia geiseri, offspring quality, Gambusia affinis FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD FIELD PERENNIALS | Nitrogen acquisition by old field perennials: The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, nitrogen niche partitioning, old field perennials FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD GROWTH | Decaying wood species composition and distribution limit eastern hemlock and yellow birch seedling establishment. Betula, Tsuga, coarse woody debris, old growth FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD-FIELD PLANT COMMUNITIES | 30 Interspecific and intraspecific competition in old-field plant communities. interspecific competition, intraspecific competition, old-field plant communities FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD-GROWTH | 15 Age class distribution of a virgin shortleaf pine stand. old-growth, Pinus echinata, Ouachita Mountains, disturbance ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD-GROWTH | Are limited old-growth overstory systems useful in guiding restoration and conservation management of longleaf pine ecosystems? restoration, old-growth, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLD-GROWTH | Distinguishing between desirable and undesirable old-growth overstory systems as goals of conservation and management. old-growth, longleaf pine, conservation, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLDFIELD | 2 Core and satellite species dynamics in response to disturbance and fertilization during early old-field succession. exotics, succession, disturbance, oldfield FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLEANDER APHID APHIS NERRI | Population growth rate as a general predictor of the strength of density dependence. oleander aphid Aphis nerri, population dynamics, common milkweed Asclepias syriaca, density dependence FULL ABSTRACT |
| OLIGOTROPHIC | A bayesian estimaton of phosphorus thresholds in the Everglades. Phosphorus , oligotrophic , Everglades , trophic level FULL ABSTRACT |
| OMNIVORY | Incorporating predator phytophagy into intraguild predation theory. trophic supplement, omnivory, productivity, coexistence FULL ABSTRACT |
| OMNIVORY | Experimental test of the effects of omnivory on stable isotopic labels. stable isotopes, omnivory, trophic level, Poecilia latipinna FULL ABSTRACT |
| OMNIVORY | Resources and intermediate-consumer identity alters an omnivore food web. omnivory, resources, food web, protozoa FULL ABSTRACT |
| OMNIVORY | Omnivory enhances growth and diminishes mortality in a marsh-inhabiting grasshopper. Conocephalus, omnivory FULL ABSTRACT |
| ONTOGENETIC NICHE SHIFTS | Evolutionary coexistence in multiple life history stages. complex life cycles, G-function, ontogenetic niche shifts, evolutionarily stable strategy FULL ABSTRACT |
| OPEN ROBUST DESIGN | Factors contributing to variation in population level process in the diamondback terrapin. mark-recapture, life history, demography, open robust design FULL ABSTRACT |
| OPTIMAL DEFENSE THEORY | 74 Effects of nitrogen supplementation on growth, reproductions, and secondary chemistry of Solanum carolinense L. carbon-nutrient balance, optimal defense theory, fruit-frugivore interactions, physiologic constraints FULL ABSTRACT |
| OPTIMAL ENERGY ALLOCATION | Understanding latitudinal trends in fish body size through models of optimal seasonal energy allocation. latitudinal gradients, optimal energy allocation, Micropterus salmoides FULL ABSTRACT |
| OPTIMIZATION | Optimizing simulated fertilizer additions using a genetic algorithm with a nutrient uptake model. P, optimization, loblolly pine, genetic algorithm FULL ABSTRACT |
| OPTIMIZATION | Asymmetric competition between relatives. Hamilton's rule, kin-selection, population dynamics, optimization FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORCHID | 22 The distribution and demography of a terrestrial orchid across environmental gradients. hierarchical model, demography, orchid FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORCHIDS | Evolution of photosynthetic pathways in the Orchidaceae: Evidence from stable isotopes and phylogenetic analysis. orchids, photosynthesis, isotope, CAM FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORDINATION | 12 Choosing the best similarity index when performing fuzzy set ordination on abundance data. similarity, ordination, communities FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORDINATION | Robust multivariate approaches for developing ecological indicators to classify landscapes on a military disturbance gradient. landscape disturbance, ordination, ecological indicators, discriminant analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORDINATION | Matrix modelling of natural and pollution-induced forest vegetation gradients. perturbation gradient, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest, stationary Markov model, ordination FULL ABSTRACT |
| OREGON | 14 Long-term changes in species richness, diversity and eveness in a northeastern Oregon riparian area. oregon, long-term, riparian, grazing FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORGANIC | 24 Acquisition of nitrogen from decomposing plant residues by ectomycorrhizal bishop pine (Pinus muricata) and ericoid mycorrhizal evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum). organic, competition, mycorrhiza, nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORGANIC LAYER | 83 Soil response to prescribed fire in mixed pine-hardwood forests at Ft. Benning, Georgia. organic layer, prescribed fire, nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORGANIC MANAGEMENT | Multivariate analysis of weed community response to a long-term management and rotation experiment. crop rotation, organic management, non-metric multidimensional scaling, community assembly FULL ABSTRACT |
| ORGANIC NITROGEN | Plant uptake of amino acids in the Arctic tundra of Alaska. tundra, eriophorum, amino acid, organic nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| OSMETERIA | The scent of fear: Genetic and phenological contributions to variation in the osmeterial chemistry of tiger swallowtail larvae. osmeteria, Papilio, defense, terpenes FULL ABSTRACT |
| OUTBREAK | Drought-induced mosquito outbreaks in wetlands. outbreak, drought, mosquito, food web FULL ABSTRACT |
| OUTCROSSING | Vegetative herbivory affects the mating system of Impatiens capensis. herbivory, Impatiens capensis, plant-pollinator interactions, outcrossing FULL ABSTRACT |
| OUTREACH | 41 Citizen scientists contribute to education and research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. monitoring, outreach, citizen science, education FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVERCOLLECTION | 90 Quantifying population loss of goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis L., in Ohio. hydrastis, overcollection, goldenseal, cites FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVERSTORY-UNDERSTORY INTERACTIONS | 14 Biological diversity associated with bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) clones in a mixed-oak landscape. clonal trees, Populus grandidentata, community ecology, overstory-understory interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVERYIELDING | The diversity-productivity relationship: Putting species back into the equation. overyielding, diversity-productivity FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | Hyperaccumulated Ni defends Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae) against Plutella xylostella (Leptidoptera). oviposition, hyperaccumulation, herbivory, plant animal interaction FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | Habitat selection of aquatic organisms across gradients of forest canopy coverage. dispersal, colonization, oviposition, aquatic FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | 144 Ants reduce oviposition success of gulf fritillaries on Passiflora incarnata. Solenopsis, extrafloral nectaries, Passiflora, oviposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | Habitat management recommendations for the endangered Karner blue butterfly based on its oviposition preferences. oviposition, Lepidoptera, Lycaeides melissa samuelis, habitat heterogeneity FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION | 64 Sarracenia purpurea pitchers: Potential oviposition sites for mosquito vectors of arboviral encephalitis? wyeomyia smithii , oviposition, sarracenia purpurea , aedes albopictus FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION DECISIONS | Parent-offspring conflict in the walnut fly, Rhagoletis juglandis . Parent-offspring conflict, oviposition decisions, Rhagoletis juglandis, larval competition FULL ABSTRACT |
| OVIPOSITION PREFERENCE | Oviposition preference of a specialist moth Heliothis subflexa. host range, Heliothis subflexa, oviposition preference, Lepidoptera FULL ABSTRACT |
| OXYGEN | Whole-system metabolism in small lake ecosystems: Challenging continuous free-water oxygen methods with mechanistic models. whole-lake metabolism, benthic-pelagic links, aquatic ecosystems, oxygen FULL ABSTRACT |
| OXYGEN | Effects of within-stem gas concentrations on sapwood physiology: Implications for sapwood aging and senescence. carbon dioxide, respiration, oxygen, sapwood FULL ABSTRACT |
| OXYGEN ISOTOPES | Diel respiration measured using oxygen stable isotopes in fertilized, clear, and colored lakes. gross primary production, carbon cycling, diel respiration, oxygen isotopes FULL ABSTRACT |
| OXYGEN TRANSPORT | Effects of submergence and hypoxia on root elongation and aerenchyma development in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings. aerenchyma, seedling, oryza sativa, oxygen transport FULL ABSTRACT |
| OYSTER REEF | Learned aversion and retention: How marine fishes avoid new aversive foods. anti-predator defense, chemical ecology, learned aversion, oyster reef FULL ABSTRACT |
| OZONE | 46 Tropospheric ozone impacts on large, mature trees in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ecology, air pollution, ozone, radial growth FULL ABSTRACT |
| OZONE | Consequences of elevated carbon dioxide and ozone atmospheres for leaf litter decomposition at Aspen-FACE. decomposition, ozone, CO2, FACE FULL ABSTRACT |
| OZONE | Does elevated CO2 alter growth allometry of northern tree species? FACE, soil N, competiton, ozone FULL ABSTRACT |