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
| AIC | Testing stochastic ecological models using AIC. model selection, AIC, stochastic models  FULL ABSTRACT |
| AL SURFACE WATER | 86 Long-term seasonal water quality trends categorized by watershed impervious area in AL, 1974 – 1998. impervious watershed water quality, seasonal kendall trend analysis, AL surface water FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMF | Influence of Bromus tectorum on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a restoration context. invasion, AMF, rangeland FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANPP | Altered precipitation regimes and aboveground net primary production in a semi-arid grassland. precipitation variability, ANPP, grasslands FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACTION RESEARCH | GIS as a teaching tool in an undergraduate ecology lab. Education, Action research, GIS FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFFORESTATION | 125 Pastures to plantations: afforestation, soil microbes, and biogeochemistry in temperate South America. Afforestation, Temperate Forest, Biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFFORESTATION | SOM changes following planting of cedar and pine plantations on sandy native prairie. Ecosystem Processes, Soil Carbon, Afforestation FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFRICAN SAVANNA | 109 Development of a user-friendly management tool to assess spatial and functional heterogeneity in a South African savanna ecosystem. ecosystem process model, African Savanna, ArcCentury FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFRICAN SAVANNA | 141 Atmospheric CO2 controls carbon allocation and ecological success in African savanna trees. African Savanna, Carbohydrates, Carbon dioxide. FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFRICAN SAVANNA | 110 Do riparian habitat types significantly impact the function of African savannas: a test using ArcCentury. Functional Heterogeneity, African Savanna, ArcCentury FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGAVACEAE | Icons in the rhizosphere: the role of older roots. water uptake, contractile roots, Agavaceae FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS | Biodiversity across a land-use gradient supports the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Land abandonment, Agricultural ecosystems, Biodiversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL PLANTS | Plant organic matter deposition into fast and slow cycling soil pools. Organic matter cycling, Agricultural plants, Soil Biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | Weed communities in organic and conventional cropping systems. Weed diversity, Agroecosystems, Weed spatial distribution FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALASKA | The persistence of human legacies: consequences for plant-animal interactions linger after 1000 years of abandonment by people. food web, Alaska, maritime tundra FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALASKA | 28 When fire suppression fails: a GIS-based analysis. boreal forest, fire suppression, Alaska FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLEE EFFECTS | 2 Endangering the endangered: how the value we place in rarity can trigger extinction. extinction, Allee effects, ecological economics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | A general allometric plant production model: integrating leaf traits, efficiency, and whole-plant allocation. Allometry, Plant functioal traits, Scaling FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | A comparison of sap flux scaled evapotranspiration and catchment water balance. Allometry, Scaling, Pinus strobus FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE ENVIRONMENTS | 172 The importance of positive interactions in a high-alpine environment under global warming. Global warming, Alpine environments, Positive interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE STATES/REGIME SHIFT | Wetlands as an alternate state in desert streams. Alternative States/Regime Shift, Ecosystem Ecology, Desert Streams FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMAZON | A comparison between wild populations and agroforestry plantings of moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa) in the Amazon Basin. agroforestry, palms, Amazon FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMAZONIA | Ecological rates of change in a biodiversity hotspot during the Late Quaternary. Amazonia, Last Ice Age, Holocene FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMERIFLUX | 35 Scaling up of carbon exchange dynamics from AmeriFlux sites to a super-region in eastern North America. carbon flux, net ecosystem exchange, AmeriFlux FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMERIFLUX | Bayesian uncertainty analysis in modeling net ecosystem CO2 exchange with an ecosystem process model. net ecosystem exchange, Ameriflux, BIOME-BGC FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIA--CAUDATA | Appalachian silviculture and biodiversity study: salamander populations 8-12 years post- harvest. temperate deciduous forest, Amphibia--Caudata, population ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANDES OF CENTRAL CHILE | 166 Seed size and shape: are they good predictors of seed persistence in the soil in the Andes of central Chile? seed size, Andes of central Chile, persistence FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANDES OF CENTRAL CHILE | 170 Facilitation via seed germination on alpine plant species of the high Andes of central Chile. cushion plants, Andes of Central Chile, facilitation FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANDROPOGON GERARDII | 91 Soil feedback mechanisms in prairie restoration. Grasslands, Feedbacks, Andropogon gerardii FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANGIOSPERMS / PHRYMACEAE / MIMULUS | Effects of floral display on male and female reproductive success in Mimulus ringens. Plant reproductive ecology, Pollination and paternity, Angiosperms / Phrymaceae / Mimulus FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL GRASSLAND | Consequences of global climate change: the effect of increased rainfall on carbon storage and transformation in a northern California grassland. Carbon storage, Ecosystem ecology, Annual grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTARCTIC PENINSULA | 40 Soil carbon analysis in the Antarctic Peninsula. soil ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen, Antarctic Peninsula FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTARCTICA | C:N:P stoichiometry of Antarctic tundra microcosms under increased temperature, precipitation, and soil glucose addition. Antarctica, Nutrient stoichiometry, Global Change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTHERIDIOGEN | 90 The regulation of gender expression in Ceratopteris richardii gametophytes. Antheridiogen, Gender regulation, Fern FULL ABSTRACT |
| APOIDEA | 64 Species composition of bee communities of calcareous fens and response to invasion by purple loosestrife. pollinators and pollination, bees, Apoidea , plant invasions FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC BIRD | Spatial relations of aquatic bird species and water management in the Lower Rio Grande Basin. Spatial Explicit Model, Aquatic Bird, Lower Rio Grande FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 37 Unionid (Mollusca: Bivalvia) assemblage structure of an Ozark river. Freshwater Mussels, Rivers, Aquatic Ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 28 The influences of local and regional dynamics on investment in prolonged dormancy by Daphnia. Aquatic Ecology, Daphnia FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 26 Scale effect on available complexity and influence of complexity as a fractal dimension on invertebrate richness in aquatic plants. Aquatic, Habitat Heterogeneity, Species Richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ANIMAL COMMUNITIES | 20 Aquatic submerged vegetation in suburban streams contributed to aquatic animal communities. Submerged aquatic plants, Distribution, Aquatic animal communities FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | Inducible defenses and community dynamics. Inducible defenses, Food web dynamics, Aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE | 148 Decline of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a northern hardwood forest exposed to long-term increased nitrogen inputs. Nitrogen deposition, Arbuscular mycorrhizae, Northern hardwood forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCCENTURY | 109 Development of a user-friendly management tool to assess spatial and functional heterogeneity in a South African savanna ecosystem. ecosystem process model, African Savanna, ArcCentury FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCCENTURY | 110 Do riparian habitat types significantly impact the function of African savannas: a test using ArcCentury. Functional Heterogeneity, African Savanna, ArcCentury FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | A model of the light response of net CO2 flux in heterogeneous tundra ecosystems in Alaska and Sweden. Net Ecosystem Production, Climate Change, Arctic Tundra FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC | Effects of pH and calcium on soil organic matter dynamics across a glacial chronosequence in Alaskan tundra. Biogeochemistry, Arctic, Decomposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC LAKES | Holocene records of diatom diversity, productivity, and climatic change from Arctic lakes. paleoecology, Arctic lakes, diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC PLANT COMMUNITIES | Nutrient amendment and herbivory interact differently for five arctic Alaska plant species. Arctic plant communities, herbivory, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | Grazing impacts on macrolichen communities of the Seward Peninsula, AK. Lichens, Arctic tundra, Grazing FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | 70 Using arid ecosystems to compare ASTER, MASTER, and ground reflectance measurements. Remote Sensing, Arid Ecosystems, Energy Balance FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID AND SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT | Nitrogen uptake preferences by plants in African savannas. Nitrogen uptake preference, Stable isotope, Arid and semi-arid environment FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARIDITY | Soil seed banks and climate change: an experimental approach along a climatic gradient in Israel. Climate change, Seed bank, Aridity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARSENIC | 67 Uptake of arsenic by macroalgae: phytoremediation. Phytoremediation, Chara, Arsenic FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY RULES | Neutral niche specialists drive historically contingent evolutionary assembly. Assembly rules, Neutral theory, Priority effects FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY THEORY | From warm fuzzy theory to cold hard reality: what can theoreticians do for restoration practitioners. Restoration ecology, Assembly theory, Community Dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSESSMENT | 151 Using TIEE to improve analytical and graphing skills for undergraduates. Education, Assessment FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHINQUES FOR REINTRODUCTION | Genetic resource banking and assisted reproduction for anurans: one component of the toolbox for addressing declining amphibian populations. genetic resource banks as conservation tools, Assisted Reproduction techinques for reintroduction FULL ABSTRACT |
| AVIATION NETWORK | Pandemic diseases and the aviation network. Epidemics, Aviation network, SARS FULL ABSTRACT |
| AZTECA | Leaf volatiles and the defensive responses of Neotropical plant-ants: evidenced for host-plant specificity. ant-plants, mutualisms, Azteca FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT | Cellular vs. humoral immunity in the Caribbean termite Nasutitermes acajutlae: the role of environmental conditions on immunocompetence. ecological immunity, abiotic environment, termite FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABOVE AND BELOWGROUND | Linking above- and belowground processes in a multifactor world: effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide, warming, and soil moisture. multifactor, ecosystem, above and belowground FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABOVE/BELOWGROUND INTERACTIONS | Inducible plant responses link foliar and root herbivore communities. herbivory, community ecology, above/belowground interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS | 98 The impacts of liana removal on aboveground biomass recovery in treefall gaps in a tropical moist forest. aboveground biomass, tropical moist forest, gap regeneration FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION | 80 Meristem density constrains primary production variability along a precipitation gradient in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina. arid ecosystems, aboveground net primary production, meristem density FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABOVEGROUND PLANT BIOMASS SURROGATES | 5 Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community. aboveground plant biomass surrogates, diversity-biomass and richness-biomass relationships, herbaceous plants in old field habitat FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABSCISIC ACID | 169 Development of a molecular imprinting tool for the plant stress response hormone abscisic acid. molecular imprint, abscisic acid, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABUNDANCE AND RARITY | Do species' functional trait values predict abundance and rarity? abundance and rarity, functional ecology, woody plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION | Species abundance distributions result from body size energetics relations. abundance distribution, lognormal, geometric sequence FULL ABSTRACT |
| ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION | Estimating rare butterfly abundance by combining multiple data types with simple population models. abundance estimation, St. Francis satyr, conservation ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACID HYDROLYSIS AND SOIL INCUBATIONS | Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter: results from two experiments. temperate grassland and cropped systems, soil ecology, acid hydrolysis and soil incubations FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACID RAIN | Sulfate dynamics in Mirror Lake: a 30-year mass balance. freshwater lake, sulfate dynamics, acid rain FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACID SENSITIVE LAKES | Habitat associations of macroinvertebrates in acid sensitive Ontario lakes. macroinvertebrates, acid sensitive lakes, habitat FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACIDIC NEUTRALIZAITON CAPACITY IN LAKES | 9 Application of PnET-BGC -- an integrated biogeochemical model to assess the stream ANC recovery rates at Adirondacks under three multi-pollutant proposals. acidic neutralizaiton capacity in lakes, biogeochemical model, multi-pollutant proposal FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACIDIFICATION | The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study: results from the first 15 years. watershed, acidification, forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACIDITY | 108 Patterns of soil acidity and base saturation 14 to 40 years following liming in northern hardwood sites in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. forest soil, acidity, calcium FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACOUSTIC ADAPTATION | 12 A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis using the black-throated blue warbler, Dendroica caerulescens. bird, acoustic adaptation, northern hardwood forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACOUSTIC SURVEYS | 8 Is sound space saturated? acoustic surveys, bat community, monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACOUSTIC TRACKING | The impact of fine sediment on juvenile salmonids; scaling up from field experiments to population dynamics. coastal rivers, pacific salmon, acoustic tracking FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACTIVE LEARNING | 150 Pedagogical assessment of experimental design concepts in ecology. pedagogy, active learning, education FULL ABSTRACT |
| ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRTION | 2 Analysis of environmental factors influencing tree species richness at the macroscale and mesoscale in eastern US. species richness, actual evapotranspirtion, humped-shaped relationship FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTATION | Evolutionary responses to spatial and temporal variation in temperature. temperature, adaptation, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTATION | Canalization and adaptation in a multiple source-one sink system. source-sink, adaptation, canalization FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTATION | 53 A trade-off between host detectability and escape may reflect inefficient searching by parasitoids. host-parasitoid, adaptation, leafminer FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR | How does individual behavior affect population resilience and stability in virtual trout? stability, adaptive behavior, stream trout FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE DYNAMICS | 85 Evolutionarily stable strategies with complex life cycles. adaptive dynamics, evolutionary game theory, evolutionary simulation FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT | Adaptive forest management, resource-use diversification, and rural livelihood in Uganda. adaptive forest management, resource-use diversification, rural livelihood FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT | 74 An integrated study of capacity of the Denali Park Road. land management (park resources), modeling (park road capacity), adaptive management FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT | 26 Developing existing species information matrices for planning invasive plant monitoring strategies. invasive species, monitoring, adaptive management FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY | Physiological and morphological plasticity in closely related pairs of invasive and native plant species: are invasive species more plastic? invasive species, adaptive plasticity, Hawaii FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE RADIATION | Ecological phylogenetics. phylogeny, adaptive radiation, specialization FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADAPTIVE RADIATION | Evolution in island communities of spiders: opportunity, chance, and determinism. adaptive radiation, Hawaiian Islands, Tetragnatha FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADDITIVE DIVERSITY PARTITIONING | Lasting effects of extinction and invasion on community structure: a deep-time perspective. invasion, additive diversity partitioning, paleoecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADELGES TSUGAE | Range expansion and community impact of the invasive herbivores Adelges tsugae and Fiorinia externa in New England. invasive species, adelges tsugae, Eastern hemlock forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS | Human dimensions of behavior-based ecosystem stewardship. adoption of scientific innovations, social science, behavior-based management FULL ABSTRACT |
| AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Overstory crown characteristics and species composition affect subcanopy composition and function in a tropical forest. forest dynamics, tropical forest, aerial photography FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFFORESTATION | 124 Changes in C and N cycling with forest encroachment into mesic grassland. afforestation, nutrient cycling, Juniperus FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFLP | 89 Genetic variability of the rare cedar glade endemic Astragalus bibullatus: comparing estimates based on AFLP markers and isozymes. population genetics, aflp, astragalus bibullatus FULL ABSTRACT |
| AFROTROPICAL FORESTS | 84 Butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forest fragments: distance from edge determines community composition. fragmentation and edge effects, conservation ecology, afrotropical forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGENT-BASED SIMULATION | Exploring resilience of a social-ecological system in a semi-arid river basin. resilience, agent-based simulation, wetlands FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGGREGATES AND ORGANIC MATTER | Long-term consequences of biochemical and biogeochemical changes in the Horseshoe Bend LTREB agroecosystem, Athens, GA. agroecosystems, aggregates and organic matter, Bt cotton FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGGREGATION AND TRANSMISSION | The 80:20 rule in Lyme disease dynamics: causes and consequences of variable tick burdens on mice and chipmunks. disease ecology, aggregation and transmission, likelihood FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL DISTURBANCE | Effects of land use on fatty acid profile and lipid weight of spadefoots in playas of the Southern High Plains. agricultural disturbance, playa wetlands, spadefoots FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM | 84 Study on the habitat of frogs of the rice paddy field on flatland in northern Japan. agricultural ecosystem, frogs, northern Japan FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM | Challenges facing the biogeochemical integrity of organic cropping systems. agricultural ecosystem, biogeochemistry, nitrogen and carbon cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM | Effects of organic farming on abundance and species richness of birds, lepidopterans, and bumblebees in a boreal agricultural landscape. organic farming, agricultural ecosystem, farmland birds FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS | Influence of phenology and land-use on the isotopic composition of ecosystem respiration and net ecosystem CO2 exchange. agricultural ecosystems, ecosystem respiration, isotopic flux partitioning FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL HABITATS | Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural habitats during a climatic extreme. climate change, agricultural habitats, amphibians FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL MATRIX | Biodiversity conservation and the eradication of excessive wealth. agricultural matrix, land reform, fragmented landscapes FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURAL STREAMS | Consumer-resource dynamics can regulate decomposition of transgenic corn residues in agriculture streams. decomposition, agricultural streams, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | Energy, human population growth, and the role of agriculture. energy, population growth, agriculture FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | 62 Linking native bees in blueberry agro-ecosystems to production practices and surrounding habitat quality. pollinator conservation, agriculture, insects FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | The ecological integration of the social and natural sciences in the Sugar Creek Method. social system, agriculture, watershed FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | 85 Long-term trends in nitrate leaching along a management intensity gradient. agriculture, ecosystem monitoring, leaching FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | Floral-supplemented buffer strips as refuges for natural enemies: spatial consequences for pests in neighboring habitats. agriculture, natural enemies, predator subsidies FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | Soils matter! Ecological legacies on centuries old agricultural terraces in the Sonoran Desert created by permanently altered soils. soil characteristics, legacies, agriculture FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | Ecosystem services: from theory to implementation. agriculture, biodiversity, conservation finance, ecological economics, human-dominated ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE | 117 Influence of soil type on bacterial diversity from cotton rhizosphere and bulk soils of west Texas. root associated bacteria, soil, agriculture FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRICULTURE YIELD | 86 Farms of the future: soybean productivity and yield in a high- CO2, high- O3world. agriculture yield, elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRO-ECOLOGY | Integrating ecology into an interdisciplinary undergraduate education: tropical ecology and sustainable development in Panama. education, interdisciplinary, agro-ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS | Alternative foods dampen trophic cascades by omnivorous predators. omnivory, agro-ecosystems, insects FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGRODIVERSITY | Measuring diversity effects in multi-species agroecosystems: a new paradigm illustrated by data from an experiment at 28 European sites. agrodiversity, evenness, simplex design FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | Agroecosystem integrity and the internal cycling of nutrients. nutrient cycling, agroecology, sustainability FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | Rethinking the first principles of agroecology: ecological, social, and economic. agroecology, first principles, sustainable agriculture FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | A multidimensional quantitative approach to endophytic fungi-host grass interactions: implications for herbivores. mutualism, agroecology, endophytic fungi Neotyphodium lolii FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | Transgenic vegetable production and its impact on epigeal coleopteran biodiversity. agroecology, insects, biodiversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | Habitat complexity effects on the persistence and movement of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. agroecology, nematode dispersal, soil FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | The effects of pasture intensive grazing management on soil community ecology. pasture, agroecology, biodiversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOLOGY | 73 Interactions between soil texture, organic residue quality, and mineral fertilizer affect the rate of carbon and nitrogen cycling. agroecosystem, soil aggregate turnover, agroecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEM | 92 Soil communities mediate weed abundance and crop productivity. plant-soil feedbacks, agroecosystem, invasive species FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEM | 88 Carbon and nitrogen loss in 3 no-till agricultural systems. agroecosystem, decomposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEM | Linking ecosystem services and agricultural productivity: the role of wild bees in sustainable agriculture. agroecosystem, ecosystem services, bees FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEM | 12 The effects of Bt cotton on arthropod communities relative to the effects of tillage strategy, and cover crop identity. agroecosystem, arthropods, beneficial FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEM | 73 Interactions between soil texture, organic residue quality, and mineral fertilizer affect the rate of carbon and nitrogen cycling. agroecosystem, soil aggregate turnover, agroecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | Assessing the sustainability of agroecologically based rural development initiatives in Latin America. indicators, sustainability, agroecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | Long-term consequences of biochemical and biogeochemical changes in the Horseshoe Bend LTREB agroecosystem, Athens, GA. agroecosystems, aggregates and organic matter, Bt cotton FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | 90 Conservation use and quality of life in a rural community: Goldschmidt's findings revisited and contributions of social science to agroecosystem solutions. conservation use, social science, agroecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | 89 Incorporating nitrogen fixation uncertainty into nutrient budgets for organic vegetable agroecosystems. agroecosystems, nitrogen fixation, nutrient budgets FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | Defining and comparing measures of sustainability between farming system types. agroecosystems, sustainability, alternative farming systems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROECOSYSTEMS | Indirect interactions with multiple outcomes in a simple, multi-species food-web. food-web ecology, indirect interactions, agroecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROFORESTRY | 84 Arthropod community response to a catastrophic event in an irrigated perennial crop. community succession, agroforestry, hybrid poplar FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROFORESTRY | A comparison between wild populations and agroforestry plantings of moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa) in the Amazon Basin. agroforestry, palms, Amazon FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROFORESTRY | Species interactions in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) polycultures: diagnosis of nutrient uptake by vector analysis. nutrient diagnosis, agroforestry, on-farm research FULL ABSTRACT |
| AGROFORESTRY | Determining vegetation coverage and changes in land use under the Quesungual slash and mulch agroforestry system. agroforestry, land coverage, land use FULL ABSTRACT |
| AIR PHOTO | Spatio-temporal data challenge the paradigm that Great Lakes wetland vegetation tracks water level variations. wetlands, air photo, Typha FULL ABSTRACT |
| AIR POLLUTANTS | 133 Uncertainty analysis on simple mass balance model to calculate critical loads for acidity. uncertainty analysis, modeling, air pollutants FULL ABSTRACT |
| AIR POLLUTION | 127 Regional O3 pollution effects on Forest NPP and ET in southeastern US. air pollution, NPP, ET FULL ABSTRACT |
| AIR QUALITY MONITORING | 112 Monitoring air quality of natural and CO2-enriched Florida scrub-oak ecosystems. scrub-oak palmetto ecosystem, CO2 enrichment, air quality monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| AIR TEMPERATURE AND AIR HUMIDITY | 33 Do tree species differ in their understory microclimate and the thermal buffering of the soil? dry forest, microclimate, air temperature and air humidity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALARM CALLS | Inter-specific functional reference of eastern tufted titmouse predator alarm calls. paridae, functional reference, alarm calls FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALARM SUBSTANCE | Role of alarm substance and predatory kairomone in predator-induced diapause of the freshwater crustacean D. magna. fish kairomone, alarm substance, Daphnia magna FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALGAE | Natural and anthropogenic nitrogen uptake in bloom-forming macroalgae. nitrogen, estuarine, algae FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALGAL-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS | Spatial heterogeneity in nutrient supply and herbivory interact to produce non-additive patterns of algal abundance in space and time. spatial population dynamics, freshwater streams, algal-herbivore interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALIEN INVASION | 73 Effect of fire on the emergence from soil seed bank in the matorral of central Chile: consequences for alien plant invasion. alien invasion, fire, seed germination FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALIEN SPECIES | Aliens in western stream ecosystems. western streams, alien species FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALIEN SPECIES REMOVAL | Seedling abundance and diversity following alien grass removal in a disturbed Hawaiian dry forest. restoration, tropical dry forest, alien species removal FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALIENS | Prescribed fire and cheatgrass invasion in ponderosa pine forests. aliens, forest restoration, fire management FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLELOPATHY | 38 Allelopathic effects of ash juniper (Juniperus ashei) on little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), side oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), and cedar sedge (Carex planostachys). allelopathy, Juniperus ashei, grasslands FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLELOPATHY | 168 Inhibition of seed germination by extracts from the invasive herb Alliaria petiolata. Alliaria petiolata, allelopathy, seed germination FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLELOPATHY | 63 Potential allelopathic effects of the invasive Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) on native herbs. invasion ecology, allelopathy, Lonicera maackii FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLELOPATHY | The potential role of allelochemical compounds in altering of interspecific and intraspecific competitive effects in Ailanthus altissima and Robinia pseudoacacia. invasive plants, allelopathy, Ailanthus altissima FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLELOPATHY | Allelopathy in the invasive shrub, Lonicera maackii. Lonicera maackii, allelopathy, phenolics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOCATION | Physiological girdling of pine trees via phloem chilling: proof of concept. allocation, belowground, girdle FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOCHTHONY | Brown hyenas as nutrient transport vectors in the Namib desert: implications for biodiversity. desert, allochthony, nutrient flow FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOCTHONOUS NUTRIENTS | Indirect effects of nutrient inputs and detritus on the structure and composition of terrestrial arthropod communities. arthropod community ecology, allocthonous nutrients, intertidal salt marsh FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOCTHONOUS RESOURCE SUBSIDY | 49 Lake to land resource subsidies: aquatic midges influence food web interactions and productivity in a shoreline community. allocthonous resource subsidy, arthropods, food web FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRIC SCALING | Allometry of streams: increased nitrogen uptake in large streams. allometric scaling, rivers, ecosystem ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | 126 The scale dependence of density-body mass allometry explained using a simple model. scale-dependence, allometry, modelling FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | 48 Shaking a leg and hot to trot: the effects of body size and temperature on running speed in ants. allometry, ants, biomechanics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | Scaling the diversity of botanical form: an extension of the WBE model. scaling, plants, allometry FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | Allometric relationships of body size in the dusky salamanders, Desmognathus (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Desmognathus, allometry, body size FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOMETRY | 129 Nutrient contents and aboveground biomass in developing northern hardwood stands. allometry, nutrient estimations, forest productivity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLOZYME ANALYSIS | Resistance to Beech Bark Disease: nature and nurture in the New England forest. beech bark disease, allozyme analysis, genetic resistance FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLUVIAL RIVERS | Ephemeral foundations: exchanges of sediment between channels and floodplains. alluvial rivers, floodplain habitat, alluvial sedimentation FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION | Ephemeral foundations: exchanges of sediment between channels and floodplains. alluvial rivers, floodplain habitat, alluvial sedimentation FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPHA DIVERSITY | Statistical methods for the assessment of complex hypotheses about alpha diversity: a surprisingly neglected area of study. hypothesis testing, statistical ecology, alpha diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE | 34 Key processes in the establishment of the invasive species Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) in a high alpine habitat. biological invasion, alpine, dandelion FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE | Phenolics, soil microbes, and plant growth: the importance of both low molecular weight and tannin phenolics. soil biogeochemistry, decomposition, alpine FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE | Can facilitation change the altitudinal distribution of plant species? facilitation, alpine FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE GRASSLAND | Species traits mediate the response of ecosystem services to warming and grazing in Tibetan rangelands. ecosystem services, climate warming, alpine grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE LAKES | Fish effects on zooplankton of alpine lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park, US. zooplankton, alpine lakes, fish management FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE PONDS | Effects of long-term population fluctuations by a top predator on invertebrate communities in alpine ponds. population fluctuation, amphibian, alpine ponds FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE PONDS | Mechanisms of cohort suppression and population fluctuation in tiger salamanders. population fluctuation, amphibian, alpine ponds FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE TUNDRA | Competitors influence nitrogen partitioning via rhizosphere dynamics. plant-soil feedbacks, alpine tundra, plant competition FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALPINE VEGETATION | 173 GLORIA in North America, an alpine ecology monitoring network. climate change, alpine vegetation, world wide network FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERATION BY INVASIVE SPECIES | Changes in ecohydrological function due to the loss and replacement of a core species of tree in a New England ecosystem. temperate hardwood and coniferous forest, alteration by invasive species, ecohydrological function FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERED FIRE REGIMES | A simulation of the effects of rural development and urbanization on forest fire regimes and forest successional dynamics. forest fragmentation, rural development, altered fire regimes FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERED LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS | 113 Effects of altered lignin biosynthesis and soil type on properties of Populus tremuloides. altered lignin biosynthesis, Populus tremuloides FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATE BEARING | 24 Detecting chaos in a citrus orchard: ensemble reconstruction of non-linear dynamics from very short ecological time series. deterministic chaos, ensemble reconstruction, alternate bearing FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATE BEARING DYNAMICS | 18 Inter-relationships between canopy features and fruit yield in citrus as detected by airborne multispectral imagery. alternate bearing dynamics, canopy-yield interrelationship, modelling FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATE STATES | Formation of alternative community states in response to fertilization, disturbance, and altered species pools in grassland communities. alternate states, community divergence, community assembly FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATE STATES | Identifying stressor thresholds and alternate states in stream ecosystems of Maryland. streams, alternate states, aquatic invertebrates FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES | Consequences of alternative behavioral strategies in a non-breeding migrant bird. migratory birds, behavior, alternative behavioral strategies FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE FARMING SYSTEMS | Defining and comparing measures of sustainability between farming system types. agroecosystems, sustainability, alternative farming systems FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATE | 79 ENSO events enhance tree establishment in arid and semi-arid South America. alternative stable state, semiarid FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES | 46 Existence of alternative producer states in temporary wetlands. alternative stable states, wetlands, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES | Catastrophic shifts in theory and nature. alternative stable states, catastrophic shifts, models FULL ABSTRACT |
| ALTERNATIVE STATE COMMUNITY | Exotic plant communities shift water-use timing in a shrub-steppe ecosystem. shrub-steppe, alternative state community, natural abundance stable isotope FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMAZON BASIN | The sensitivity of diel CO2 and H2O vapor exchange of a tropical transitional forest to seasonal variation in meteorology and water availability. amazon basin, biogeochemistry, global change FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMENDMENTS | Organic amendment placement creates differences in grass establishment, growth, and resiliency in restoration. restoration, resilience, amendments FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMERICAN BEACHGRASS | 4 Effects of sand burial on the coastal dune grass Ammophila breviligulata. plant ecology, american beachgrass, coastal dunes FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMERICAN SAMOA | 1 The Keys to Science Education. education, environment, american samoa FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMMONIUM | Decoupling of nitrogen cycling processes in frozen alpine soils. ammonium, nitrate, anaerobiosis FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | 53 An invasive frog influences invertebrate communities and ecosystem processes similarly in its native and introduced ranges. trophic cascade, amphibian, tropical forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | 17 Ranavirus in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica): potential sources of transmission within and between ponds. amphibian, disease ecology, wetland FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Assessing population- and community-level effects of contaminants: impacts for ecological risk assessment and environmental health. amphibian, contaminant, community FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Chytridiomycosis impacts predator-prey interactions in larval amphibian communities. chytridiomycosis, amphibian, pathogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Tadpole prey and odonate predator spatial distributions and the effects of light and intraguild predation. predator-prey interactions, behavioral ecology, amphibian FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Helminth infection is not responsible for New England amphibian deformities. disease, parasitism, amphibian FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Mortality effects from an urban associated trematode parasite. disease, amphibian, disease ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Trophic basis of production and energy flow associated with emergence among assemblages of larval ambystomatid salamanders in forested ponds in southern Illinois. energy flow, amphibian, forest ponds FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Effects of long-term population fluctuations by a top predator on invertebrate communities in alpine ponds. population fluctuation, amphibian, alpine ponds FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN | Mechanisms of cohort suppression and population fluctuation in tiger salamanders. population fluctuation, amphibian, alpine ponds FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN DECLINE | Spatial and temporal variation in Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) infection prevalence in a persisting Ambystoma tigrinum population on the Kaibab Plateau, AZ. Ambystoma tigrinum, disease ecology, amphibian decline FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIAN HABITAT | 149 Estimating the distribution and occupancy of vernal pool breeding habitat in the northeastern United States. amphibian habitat, habitat occupancy, vernal pool FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | 24 Morphological variation in two Eleutherodacatylus frogs in response to land-cover and land-use change in the northern karst region of Puerto Rico. morphological variation, land-cover/land-use changes, amphibians FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | The effect of time since urbanization on anuran communities in urban ponds. landscape ecology, urbanization, amphibians FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | Parasitism and evolution of the complex life history strategy of Red-spotted newts. life history evolution, parasite/disease ecology, amphibians FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years in a lowland rainforest at La Selva, Costa Rica. population declines, amphibians, tropical forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | Trait interactions and compensatory response to multiple stressors: comparing amphibian populations across an elevation gradient. trait interactions, amphibians, predation risk FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural habitats during a climatic extreme. climate change, agricultural habitats, amphibians FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | 18 Development of a landuse model for the conservation biology of mole salamanders (Ambystoma) in the Till Plains of western Ohio. amphibians, habitat fragmentation, conservation FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS | 19 Biodiversity in depressional wetlands: a pilot study in cross-taxon congruence of species diversity in southwest Georgia. plants, amphibians, macroinvertebrates, depressional wetlands, species richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES | Using species versus phylogeographic lineages in biodiversity and conservation analyses: a case study of California herpetofauna. phylogeography, niche modeling, amphibians and reptiles FULL ABSTRACT |
| AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES | Species richness and composition of amphibians and reptiles on isolated tabletop mountains of the Guayana Shield. island biogeography, amphibians and reptiles, montane forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANAEROBIOSIS | Decoupling of nitrogen cycling processes in frozen alpine soils. ammonium, nitrate, anaerobiosis FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANALYZING ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY | Opportunities for researching non-domesticated animals using computerized Dairy Cow technology. computer technology, recording animal behavior, analyzing animal physiology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANALYZING WITNESS TREE DATA | Patterns of witness tree selection by surveyors in the Government Land Office survey records. analyzing witness tree data, government land office surveys, historic vegetation FULL ABSTRACT |
| AND STABILITY | Resistance and resilience of mountain forests in the European Alps: empirical evidence, insights from modeling approaches, and management implications. Modeling Ecosystem Properties, Temperate Mountain Forests, Resistance, Resilience, and Stability FULL ABSTRACT |
| AND CRABS | The distribution of native and non-native whelks and its effect on native oyster communities in Tomales Bay, CA. Non-native species and trophic-cascades, Estuary, whelks, oysters, and crabs FULL ABSTRACT |
| AND IMMUNOLOGY | 43 Habitats and hosts: critical factors in conservation of an endangered mussel. habitat and host use by freshwater mussel, Unionid mussel, Popenaias popeii , mark and recapture, and immunology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANGIOSPERM | A functional explanation for dark, bitter nectar in a bird-pollinated plant. pollination, angiosperm, plant reproductive ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANGIOSPERMS | Tree community composition and diversity from Amazonian lowlands to Andean treeline. tropical forest, diversity and range limits, angiosperms FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | Understanding conflict and cooperation within and between the sexes in the Mediterranean wrasse, Symphodus ocellatus. sexual selection, animal behavior, mathematical models FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANIMAL MOVEMENT | A predictive, dynamical theory of animal space use: beyond resource selection analysis. animal movement, coyote, home range patterns FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL PLANTS | What do survivorship curves tell us about senescence in plants? survivorship curves, senescence, annual and perennial plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL CROPPING SYSTEMS | 175 Geospatial analysis of seed removal rates and arthropod diversity and activity density in adjacent annual cropping studies. seed predation, insects: carabidae, annual cropping systems FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL GRASS | 51 The biochemistry of germination inhibition in Aegilops triuncialis. invasive species, grassland, annual grass FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL GRASSLAND | Interactive effects of multiple global change treatments on soil CO2 and N2O fluxes. global change, annual grassland, trace gas fluxes FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUAL PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS | 77 Annual and ephemeral plants are important for shrub-island development and ecosystem processes in arid regions. Sonoran Desert, Shrub-island development, annual plant-soil interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANNUALS AND GEOPHYTES | 74 The effects of shrubs on ephemeral plants: soil or canopy? arid and semiarid zones, nurse effect, annuals and geophytes FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANOVA | A multilevel model for analyzing zero-inflated count data. zip, anova, multilevel model FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANT-PLANTS | Leaf volatiles and the defensive responses of Neotropical plant-ants: evidenced for host-plant specificity. ant-plants, mutualisms, Azteca FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTARCTIC | Evidence of resource partitioning and niche separation between humpback and minke whales in Antarctica. resource partitioning, whales, antarctic FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTHOCYANIN | Abaxial anthocyanin: contrasting adaptive function in deeply-shaded and high-light plants. anthocyanin, photoprotection, light-attenuation FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTHROPOGENIC NITROGEN | Chronic NO3- deposition reduces basidiomycete laccase gene abundance in northern hardwood forests. anthropogenic nitrogen, soil ecology, hardwood forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOR | The effect of biorhythmic activity on anti-predator behavior in green frog (Rana clamitans) tadpoles. anti-predator behavior, predator-prey, larval anurans FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR | Implications of the ecology of fear for invasion ecology. predator-prey interactions, invasion ecology, antipredator behavior FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTS | 48 Shaking a leg and hot to trot: the effects of body size and temperature on running speed in ants. allometry, ants, biomechanics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTS | 103 Effects of harvesting treatments on ant assemblages in a Mississippi River bottomland hardwood forest in west-central Mississippi. forest, ants, disturbance FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTS | 29 Interactions among plants with extrafloral nectaries: effects of sharing ant mutualists. mutualism, tropical forest, ants FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTS | Community vulnerability to invasion by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) is influenced more by fine-scale variation in the physical environment than by biotic resistance from native ants. invasions, biotic resistance, ants FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANTS | When supercolonies collide: genetic differentiation and intraspecific aggression across Argentine ant territory boundaries. invasion, ants, genetics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANURAN COMMUNITIES | Can plant nutritional quality predict invasive plant impacts on larval amphibians. invasive plants, anuran communities, decomposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| ANURANS | 19 Effects of size at metamorphosis on locomotor performance in three species of anurans. anurans, jumping performance, life history characteristics FULL ABSTRACT |
| APHID | 52 Isotopic enrichment in a phloem-feeding insect: influences of nutrient and water availability. aphid, stable isotope, trophic enrichment FULL ABSTRACT |
| APHIDS | Genetic diversity in plant resource quality and its influence on herbivore population dynamics. population dynamics, aphids, genetic variation FULL ABSTRACT |
| APOIDEA | 47 Patch-level and landscape-level correlates of suburban bee diversity. apoidea, biodiversity, suburban ecosystem FULL ABSTRACT |
| APPLIED ECOLOGY | 17 Effects of postfire mulch treatments on vegetation recovery in the southwestern US. postfire rehabilitation, applied ecology, fire-following vegetation FULL ABSTRACT |
| APPLIED ECOLOGY | Climate impacts on ecosystem services and human well-being: consequences of drought-induced vegetation die-off. Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, pinyon juniper woodland, applied ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| APPLIED PHYLOGENETICS | Exploring sampling intensity needs for phylogenetic comparisons of highly diverse microbial communities: when is enough enough. microbial ecology, community assembly, applied phylogenetics FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUAPORINS(WATER CHANNELS) | 140 Quantifying the contribution of aquaporins to overall water transport in deep roots accessed via caves. plant water relations, plant physiological ecology, aquaporins(water channels) FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 30 Indirect effects of a trematode parasite on a benthic community. parasitism, aquatic, gastropod FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | Context dependence of trait-mediated indirect interactions and implications for scaling up to long-term predictions. phenotypic plasticity, aquatic, community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | Computational discovery of process models of aquatic ecosystems. modeling, aquatic, process-based FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | Small energy flux, big effect: comparing energetic and dynamic measures of interaction strength. food web, interaction strength, aquatic FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 41 The effect of snail shell orientation on the forces experienced during a simulated fish feeding strike. snails, predator-prey interaction, aquatic FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 40 Effects of trematode infection on foot morphology of a physid snail. snails, host-parasite interaction, aquatic FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 27 Indirect effects of green frog tadpoles (Rana clamitans) on the growth of Elodea canadensis. aquatic, primary production, Rana clamitans FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | 25 Habitat alteration by an invasive aquatic plant and its impact on fish foraging and macroinvertebrate colonization. aquatic, exotic species, habitat alteration FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | Ecological trap or pesticide avoidance? Habitat selection can magnify or ameliorate toxicity in pond communities. habitat selection, conservation biology, aquatic FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC | Dispersal-mediated coexistence in complex food webs drives unimodal diversity in experimental metacommunities. biodiversity, aquatic, plankton FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | Land cover pattern and watershed health in small catchments of southeastern coastal plain streams, MS. landscape ecology, aquatic ecology, watershed integrity, modeling, remote sensing & gis FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | The effect of temperature and forage fish density on distribution of an aquatic piscivore. aquatic ecology, habitat selection, piscivore FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | Applying metabolic theory to scale animal assemblage excretion to whole ecosystems. metabolic theory, stream, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 29 Benthic secondary production in a north-temperate lake. aquatic ecology, secondary production, lakes FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 11 Reference site characterization for ecological monitoring in the Great Egg Harbor River, New Jersey. coastal plain streams, aquatic ecology, biological monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 46 Existence of alternative producer states in temporary wetlands. alternative stable states, wetlands, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | Fishes and floods: stream ecosystem drivers in the Great Plains. prairie stream ecosystem, aquatic ecology, fishes FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | Consumer-resource dynamics can regulate decomposition of transgenic corn residues in agriculture streams. decomposition, agricultural streams, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOLOGY | 22 What factors mediate the impacts of introduced species? Investigating the success of kokanee since establishment of lake trout and Mysis relicta in a large, oligotrophic lake. aquatic ecology, food webs, kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | The paradox of the plankton revisited. resource competition, aquatic ecosystems, phytoplankton FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC FOOD WEB | Mass balance approach to modeling a trophic gradient before and after zebra mussel invasion. aquatic food web, zebra mussel, mass balance FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC FOOD WEBS | 24 Life-history traits determine long-term impacts of nutrient enrichment on macroinvertebrate community dynamics in a detrital-based system. headwater stream, detritus, aquatic food webs FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES | Identifying stressor thresholds and alternate states in stream ecosystems of Maryland. streams, alternate states, aquatic invertebrates FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES | Macroinvertebrate response to emergent macrophyte litter manipulations in a depressional wetland. wetlands, aquatic macroinvertebrates, habitat availability FULL ABSTRACT |
| AQUATIC SYSTEM | A theoretical model and a behavioral experiment of asymmetric predation. predation, fish, aquatic system FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARABLE LAND | Episyrphus balteatus: an example of pollination efficiency in hover flies. pollination, Episyrphus balteatus, arable land FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE | 57 Native plant and mycorrhizae establishment after garlic mustard removal: implications for restoration. Alliaria petiolata, restoration, arbuscular mycorrhizae FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | 173 Patterns in activity, richness, and community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a Sonoran Desert riparian area, Verde River, Arizona. riparian areas, environmental gradients, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | Can low levels of root colonization support a viable arbuscular mycorrhizal community? Evidence from a California grassland. symbiosis, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, California grassland invasions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | 109 Antagonistic effects of dual plant hosts for one root-hugger of a mycorrhizal fungus. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, spatial structure, neighbor effects FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC | Temporal dynamics of plant phenology in an arctic community in relation to climatic warming and herbivory. plant phenology, climate change, arctic FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS | Retention and downhill movement of 15N in an arctic watershed. Biogeochemistry, N retention and loss, arctic ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | Increased ectomycorrhizal fungal abundance after long-term fertilization and warming of two arctic tundra ecosystems. arctic tundra, mycorrhizal fungal ingrowth bags, soil organic matter storage FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | Buried seed banks along an arctic latitudinal gradient. arctic tundra, seed availability, vegetation cover FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | Winter soil microbial activity and limitations in arctic birch-tussock tundra. winter nitrogen cycling, arctic tundra, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | 15N content of soil, leaves, and ectomycorrhizal fungi indicate the degree of N limitation in tundra and forests. nitrogen cycling, arctic tundra, mycorrhizal symbiosis FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | 176 Potential nutrient leaching following thawing of permafrost soils of northeastern Siberia. arctic tundra, climate change, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUNDRA | Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of arctic tundra differ in their ability to use different sources of nitrogen. mycorrhizal ecology, nutrient uptake, arctic tundra FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARCTIC TUSSOCK TUNDRA | 25 Neighbor removal and fertilization affect vole herbivory in arctic tussock tundra. herbivory, arctic tussock tundra, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| AREA | 131 The impacts of area, isolation, and dissimilarity on coexistence along a productivity gradient. isolation, area, dissimilarity FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID AND SEMIARID ZONES | 74 The effects of shrubs on ephemeral plants: soil or canopy? arid and semiarid zones, nurse effect, annuals and geophytes FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID CLIMATE | 70 Sensitivity analysis: role of human induced stressors in increasing the vulnerability of water resources in Phoenix meteropolitan region. water resources, arid climate, vulnerability FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEM | 81 Biodiversity and invasion of species: the Patagonian steppe as a model ecosystem. arid ecosystem, plant richness, manipulative experiment FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | 80 Meristem density constrains primary production variability along a precipitation gradient in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina. arid ecosystems, aboveground net primary production, meristem density FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | Photodegradation of plant litter in an arid ecosystem. arid ecosystems, litter decomposition, extracellular enzymes FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | 115 Soil eubacterial diversity along an elevation and vegetation gradient in the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park: analysis using culture-dependent and culture-independent techniques. eubacteria, arid ecosystems, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | 116 Microbial diversity of soils along a Chihuahuan Desert elevational gradient. Eubacteria, arid ecosystems, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID ECOSYSTEMS | 77 Responses of nitrogen fluxes to N and water pulses in an arid ecosystem in the Patagonian Steppe. arid ecosystems, nitrogen cycling, biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID GRASSLAND/SHRUBLAND | 82 Plant cover as related to groundwater depth in Owens Valley, CA. arid grassland/shrubland, groundwater, plant cover FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARID PLANT COMMUNITIES | Modeling the ecology and evolution of nurse plant associations. arid plant communities, facilitation and competition, population dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARIDITY GRADIENT | Plant litter decomposition under climate change: an experimental approach along an aridity gradient. plant litter decomposition, aridity gradient, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARIDLAND ECOSYSTEMS | Rapidly assessing landscape-scale ecological conditions and restoration priorities across the Kane and Two Mile ranches. rapid ecological assessment, strategic restoration planning, aridland ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPOD BIODIVERSITY | Arthropod communities associated with organic and conventional crop fields: biodiversity and pest impacts. conservation biological control, arthropod biodiversity, ecosystem services FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY ECOLOGY | Individual and combined influence of predators and heritable plant traits on arthropod communities of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). herbivory, predation, arthropod community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY ECOLOGY | Indirect effects of nutrient inputs and detritus on the structure and composition of terrestrial arthropod communities. arthropod community ecology, allocthonous nutrients, intertidal salt marsh FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY ECOLOGY | Natural-enemy diversity enhances the top-down suppression of herbivore populations. arthropod community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, predator-predator interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | 57 The effects of regeneration and food limitation on growth and development time in wolf spiders. regeneration, arthropods, behavioral ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | 73 Seasonality and productivity affect ground-dwelling spider abundance and diversity. community ecology, biodiversity, arthropods FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | 49 Lake to land resource subsidies: aquatic midges influence food web interactions and productivity in a shoreline community. allocthonous resource subsidy, arthropods, food web FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | Adaptation to a limiting environment: nutrients, energy, and the arthropod biodiversity of cave ecosystems. stoichiometry, caves, arthropods FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | Effects of habitat area and predators on arthropod communities. habitat area-species diversity relationships, glade/grassland communities, arthropods FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTHROPODS | 12 The effects of Bt cotton on arthropod communities relative to the effects of tillage strategy, and cover crop identity. agroecosystem, arthropods, beneficial FULL ABSTRACT |
| ARTIFICIAL HABITATS | 71 Can manipulating water color deter piscivorous bird activity with an artificial environment? pond reflectance, piscivorous birds, artificial habitats FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASH FORESTS | Modeling the dispersal mechanisms of the emerald ash borer in Ohio and Michigan. dispersal, emerald ash borer, ash forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE | Influence of crayfish on macroinvertebrate assemblages in a heterotrophic, sandy-bottom stream. crayfish, omnivory, assemblage structure FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY RULES | 77 An integrative approach to understanding community assembly in the cactus-yeast model system. assembly rules, community descriptors, community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY RULES | Overdrafts at the Entangled Bank: should this account finally be closed? assembly rules, null models, J.P. Morgan effect FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY RULES | Scale transitions and assembly rules in marine macroalgae: a global analysis. community structure, marine macroalgae, assembly rules FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSEMBLY RULES | Is species occurrence predictable from community composition? Assembly rules revisited. assembly rules, community ecology, statistics FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSESSMENT | Ecosystem analysis for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque ecosystem restoration feasibility study. ecosystem, restoration, assessment FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSESSMENT | 144 Assessment over apathy: tools for increasing student participation and learning. student learning, assessment, teaching understanding FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING | 174 Riparian forests in northwest Ohio watersheds: relations between landscape structure, land use, and water quality in regional streams. riparian ecology, assessment and monitoring, landscape structure FULL ABSTRACT |
| ASSESSMENT RESEARCH | 149 Assessment of a TIEE experiment: does student understanding of experimental design improve. education, TIEE, assessment research FULL ABSTRACT |
| ATMOSPHERIC N DEPOSITION | Ectomycorrhizal community structure and ecosystem functioning across a natural N deposition gradient. ectomycorrhizal fungi, phenol oxidase activity, atmospheric N deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION | 76 Ecosystem response to the urban atmosphere in the Sonoran Desert. Sonoran Desert, nutrient cycling, atmospheric deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION | 72 The sky is falling: soil microbial responses to deposition from the urban atmosphere. desert, atmospheric deposition, urban ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION | 57 Atmospheric deposition of nutrients in a desert city: spatial patterns of wet deposition, throughfall, and runoff. urban, atmospheric deposition, CAP LTER FULL ABSTRACT |
| ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN AND SULFUR DEPOSITITION | Assessing ecological and biogeochemical responses to changing atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition for diverse ecosystems. ecosystem and biogeochemical modeling, atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur depositition, tundra, forest, semi-arid ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| AUTOCORRELATION | Diffusion approximations with autocorrelation and nonlinearity. diffusion, autocorrelation, extinction FULL ABSTRACT |
| AUTOCORRELATION | Is complex model structure necessary in demographic models? stochastic model, small mammal, autocorrelation FULL ABSTRACT |
| AUTOSIMILARITY | Estimating relative differences in species richness among assemblages: a comparison of three methods. species richness, species detectability, autosimilarity FULL ABSTRACT |
| AVIAN | Cryptic plumage polymorphism in Aphelocoma scrub-jays: assessing presence and function of visible and ultraviolet reflectance across species and subspecies. avian, signaling / communication, reflectance FULL ABSTRACT |
| AVIAN COMMUNITY COMPOSITION | Avian community composition in playa wetlands: a land use and landscape perspective on the Southern High Plains. playa wetlands, avian community composition, land use FULL ABSTRACT |
| AVIAN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY | Relationship between avian community and forest habitat after canopy cover reduction for oak-hickory forest regeneration at the Southern Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. avian community ecology, forest management, cumberland plateau FULL ABSTRACT |
| AVIAN ECOLOGY | Combined landscape and winter bird distribution modeling: influences of climate change, increased CO2, and fire management in the Chihuahuan Desert. climate change, ecosystem modeling, avian ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
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