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
| MAESTRA | 142 Predicting carbon-based red maple tree growth in response to water stress: assessment of soil water content constraints. process-model, MAESTRA, water stress  FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROLEPIDOPTERA | 56 Are low latitude butterflies really more colorful? Biogeography, Macrolepidoptera, Color Analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAMMALIA | Mapping reproductive success: a GIS analysis of cub survival in Serengeti lions. Behavioral ecology, Mammalia, Social behavior FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANCOS BLACK SHALE | Non-visible biological soil crusts: ecosystem upstarts - at least when it rains. Mancos black shale, productivity, Microcoleus vaginatus FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE ECOSYSTEM | Bottlenose dolphin habitat selection in Florida Bay relative to behavior, habitat, and prey availability. Marine Ecosystem, Marine Mammal, habitat selection FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE MAMMAL | Bottlenose dolphin habitat selection in Florida Bay relative to behavior, habitat, and prey availability. Marine Ecosystem, Marine Mammal, habitat selection FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Decoration and color change as alternate strategies of camouflage in the Epialtidae family (kelp crabs). Defense tradeoffs, Marine, Epialtidae FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Consequences of seaweed diversity for the structure and functioning of intertidal communities. Diversity - Ecosystem Functioning, Marine, Community Ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE SYSTEMS | Persistence of spatial populations depends on returning home. Spatil ecology, Marine systems, Theoretical ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO | Bayesian inference in ecology: informative, non-informative, or dis-informative. Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Prior, Hierarchical models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICAL MODELING | Mathematical models predict loafing dynamics in gulls. Mathematical modeling, Dynamical systems, Behavioral ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATING DISRUPTION | 59 Pheromonal control of western poplar clearwing moth in irrigated hybrid poplars. Mating Disruption, Pheromone FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATING SYSTEM EVOLUTION | The mixed mating system of Impatiens capensis and infection by a foliar rust pathogen. Disease ecology, Mating system evolution, Impatiens capensis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX MODELS | 163 Simulating demographic effects of environmental variation for a pyrogenic Florida scrub plant. Environmental stochasticity, Pyrogenic plants, Matrix models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE | A test of the cross-scale resilience model: functional richness in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. resilience, Mediterranean-climate, resilience FULL ABSTRACT |
| META-ANALYSIS | 72 Progressively diminishing effects of elevated CO2 on plant productivity from individuals to communities. community, Meta-analysis, population FULL ABSTRACT |
| META-ANALYSIS | Crashing the party: non-native plant species have different traits than native species in a cross-site synthesis of fertilization studies. Community assembly, Meta-analysis, Grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION | 123 Spatial constraints or environmental preferences?: Odonate species in ponds of a Japanese rural area. Odonata, Metapopulation, Generalized Linear model (GLM) FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION AND GRAVITY MODELS | Spatial dynamics of phocine distemper virus in harbor seals. Disease Ecology, Phocine Distemper Virus, Metapopulation and Gravity Models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEXICO | Paying for the hydrological services of Mexico's forests. payment of ecosystem services, Mexico, deforestation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEXICO | Plant invasions and land use: the case of bracken fern invasion in southern Yucatan forest frontier. plant invasions, Mexico, land use FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBES | Resource input histories alter future decomposition rates. Decomposition, Soil Ecology, Microbes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | 12 Microbial functional diversity profiles in response to simulated nitrogen deposition and variable precipitation in the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park, TX. Functional Diversity, Ecosystem Function, Microbial Ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Identification of newly grown microorganisms in soil through stable isotope probing with 18O-water. Microbial Ecology, Stable Isotope Probing, Ponderosa Pine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | 119 Quantification of microbial growth in soil by measurement of 18O incorporation into DNA from 18O-water. Microbial Ecology, Microbial growth, Ponderosa Pine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL GROWTH | 119 Quantification of microbial growth in soil by measurement of 18O incorporation into DNA from 18O-water. Microbial Ecology, Microbial growth, Ponderosa Pine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MID-HOLOCENE HEMLOCK DECLINE | 80 Past and present declines in hemlocks and the future of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hemlock, Woolly Adelgid, Invasive Species, Pollen, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mid-Holocene Hemlock Decline FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIDWESTERN FLORA | 110 Reduced dependence on mycorrhizal fungi by invasive plant species. mycorrhizal fungi, invasive species, Midwestern flora FULL ABSTRACT |
| MILLENIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT | 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 |
| MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY | Habitat and landscape associations of wintering grassland and shrubland bird communities in the lower Mississippi River alluvial valley. winter birds, shrublands, Mississippi River valley FULL ABSTRACT |
| MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY | Development of restoration guidelines for floodplain forests of the Mississippi River valley. restoration, bottomland forest, Mississippi River valley FULL ABSTRACT |
| MISSOURI OZARKS | Spatial and temporal variations of soil respiration in an experimentally managed forest in the Missouri Ozarks. Missouri Ozarks, geostatistics, soil respiration FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIST FOREST AND HEATHLAND | Risk of invasiveness and extinction in Rhododendron ponticum L. Stage-based matrices, Invasive species, Mist forest and heathland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL SYSTEMS | The devil is in the detail: theory for empirical model systems. Theoretical ecology, Epidemiology, Model systems FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES | 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 |
| MODELING | Building a mechanistic theory of forest biogeography. Modeling, Forests, Trees FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Using single factor experiments to answer multifactor questions for upland-oak forests. Experiments, Modeling, Climatic change FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Methodological framework for ecological scale landbird conservation planning. Modeling, Sustainability, Landbirds FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 10 A stoichiometric approach to modeling coupled N and P cycling in stream ecosystems. Biogeochemistry, Streams, Modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | When does spatial structure matter? SIR models between the local and mean field. Modelling, Spatial, Disease FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | Persistence of parasites with differing transmission strategies by sabotage of life cycles. Modelling, Disease, Multi-enemy FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOJAVE DESERT | 117 Effects of germination timing on competition between Brassica tournefortii and native Mojave Desert species. Brassica tournefortii, Mojave Desert, Germination timing FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOJAVE DESERT | 75 Effects of germination timing on competition between Brassica tournefortii and native Mojave Desert species. Brassica tournefortii, Mojave Desert, Germination timing FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTI-ENEMY | Persistence of parasites with differing transmission strategies by sabotage of life cycles. Modelling, Disease, Multi-enemy FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUSSEL AGGREGATES | 16 Predation on freshwater mussels: species and size selection. Mussel Aggregates, Mussels, Predation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUSSELS | 16 Predation on freshwater mussels: species and size selection. Mussel Aggregates, Mussels, Predation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | 27 Fungal endophyte genotype affects plant and insect community structure. Mutualism, Fungi, Community Ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | The effects of fire ants on an old field arthropod community. Mutualism, Solenopsis invicta FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACBRIDEA CAROLINIANA | 168 Microhabitat indicators for Macbridea caroliniana, a rare mint of floodplain communities. macbridea caroliniana, microhabitat selection, rare plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROALGAE | Seasonal and climactic variation in intertidal algal demography: potential response to global change. intertidal, macroalgae, marine ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROECOLOGY | Fast and slow life histories: is there a universal pattern? fast and slow life histories, macroecology, vertebrates FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROECOLOGY | Species-Energy Theory and the assembly of ant communities across spatial grains. diversity, macroecology, metabolic theory of ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROECOLOGY | Latitudinal patterns of species richness in the European freshwater fauna: dispersal matters. dispersal, freshwater, macroecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROECOLOGY | The influence of scale on body size and feeding guild turnover in North American mammals. macroecology, spatial scale, mammals FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATE | 15 Assessment of macroinvertebrate community structure following a major flood in a Chihuahuan desert spring. macroinvertebrate, freshwater ecosystem, flash flood FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATES | Habitat associations of macroinvertebrates in acid sensitive Ontario lakes. macroinvertebrates, acid sensitive lakes, habitat FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATES | Understanding habitat and predator influences on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages along second-growth forested headwater streams of northeast Ohio. riparian, food web, macroinvertebrates FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATES | 4 Confluence effects on benthic macroinvertebrate communities. stream ecology, macroinvertebrates, community FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATES | 5 Effects of patch size and type on invertebrate communities in managed headwater streams. patch dynamics, headwater streams, macroinvertebrates FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROINVERTEBRATES | 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 |
| MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES | 37 Tidal material exchanges in freshwater wetlands along the Cooper River, South Carolina. tidal freshwater wetlands, water quality, macrophyte communities FULL ABSTRACT |
| MACROPHYTE DIATOM MACROINVERTEBRATE | Richness, evenness, and diversity of wetland diatom, macrophyte, and macroinvertebrate assemblages detected along a gradient of anthropogenic development. Florida wetland, diversity richness, macrophyte diatom macroinvertebrate FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAIZE | 124 Analyzing chlorophyll fluorescence rapid light response curves using nonlinear mixed effects models. mixed models, photosynthesis, maize FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAIZE | Local adaptation of maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) landraces to environmental gradients. local adaptation, maize, evolution FULL ABSTRACT |
| MALACOLOGY | 42 Freshwater mussels of the Hatchie River in west Tennessee. unionidae, rivers, malacology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MALARIA | Deforestation, mosquito biodiversity, and the increase of malaria in the Amazon. malaria, deforestation, entomology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MALARIA | Simple stochastic time series models in ecology and infectious diseases. stochastic time series, model selection, TSIR, TSIC, malaria FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAMMAL | 11 Mammal road-kill pattern with land-use types of areas close to roads in Korea. road-kill, mammal, land-use FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES | The allometry of plant spacing that regulates food intake rate in mammalian herbivores. functional response, mammalian herbivores, spatial scale FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAMMALS | The influence of scale on body size and feeding guild turnover in North American mammals. macroecology, spatial scale, mammals FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | 142 The effects of fire on carbon flux and primary production in nutrient-enriched areas of the Florida Everglades. everglades, fire, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | 53 Is ecological restoration successful? An assessment of a prairie restoration in northern Illinois, US. restoration, management, grassland ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | An agenda for ecology in an era of globalization. globalization, policy, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | Wetland loss in the Gulf of California: conservation and management approaches. coastal wetlands, conservation, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | Payments for ecosystem services: paying for natural ecosystems versus paying for services. ecosystem services, management, payments FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | Coral reefs of American Samoa. coral reefs, preservation, management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | Overview of past and current management of forested wetlands and development of proposed desired forest conditions (DFCs). forested wetlands, management, wildlife FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANAGEMENT | Factors that affect the fitness and survival of the rare plant, Astragalus sinuatus. Herbivory, seed predation, insect-plant interactions, management, conservation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANATEE | 31 Spatial and seasonal habitat use by manatees in the Everglades National Park region of Florida. Everglades, manatee, habitat partitioning FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANGROVE | 67 Resurrection: a case study of introduced mangroves re-infesting the Mission Bay Marsh, San Diego, California. saltmarsh, invasion, mangrove FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANGROVE FOREST | Comparative plant water uptake patterns in the saline southeast Everglades ecotone. mangrove forest, plant water use, stable isotopes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANGROVE FOREST SUCCESSION | Stability and forest dynamics: about the robustness of mangrove succession. robustness, individual based modeling, mangrove forest succession FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANGROVES | Chemical mediation of feeding preferences by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii. herbivory, chemical ecology, mangroves FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANGROVES | Effect of nitrogen enrichment on hydraulic conductivity in relation to carbon gain: a comparison of two hyper-saline mangrove forests. hydraulic conductance, photosynthesis, mangroves FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANIPULATION | Climaite - a three factor climate change ecosystem manipulation study: set up and approaches for data analysis. climate change, related field scale experiment, ecosystem, semi natural grassland vegetation, manipulation, CO2, temperature and precipitation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANIPULATIVE EXPERIMENT | 81 Biodiversity and invasion of species: the Patagonian steppe as a model ecosystem. arid ecosystem, plant richness, manipulative experiment FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANITOBA TUNDRA | 31 Contrasting long-term interactions of climate, fire, and vegetation over the past 8000 years at two tundra sites in northern Manitoba. manitoba tundra, fire, paleoecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MANURE | Variations in nitrification potential in manured agroecosystems of contrasting soil type. nitrification potential, manure, soil type FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAPPING | 176 Ground-truthing weather station data with Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and scientific tools on Tutuila, American Samoa. meterological stations, climate change, mapping FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE N2 FIXATION | Factors limiting oceanic N2 fixation. marine N2 fixation, diazotrophs, limiting factors FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | 47 The impact of biased length frequency data on marine population models. population dynamics, modeling, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Generating risk landscapes for multispecies assemblages: a case study of fisheries bycatch. risk estimation, marine, multispecies conservation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | A straight-forward model to measure habitat and prey preference, and resource complementarities. generalist consumer, prey preference, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Direct and indirect effects of viruses on the ecology and evolution of microbial food webs. microbes, food webs, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Genetic diversity in marine plant populations and their response to disturbance. biodiversity-ecosystem function, genetic diversity, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | The role of species saturation and propagule limitation in structuring benthic marine communities. marine, dispersal, saturation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Differential space use patterns by matrilineal pods of an endangered killer whale (Orcinus orca) population. marine mammal, marine, spatial analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Herbivore vs. nutrient control of marine primary producers: context-dependent effects. herbivory, marine, primary producers FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE | Propagule supply drives composition and diversity of a marine mesograzer community. recruitment/propagule limitation, supply-side ecology, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE COASTAL COMMUNITIES | Biotic habitat complexity controls biomass and species diversity in a rocky shore community. marine coastal communities, rocky shore, habitat modification FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE COMMUNITY | The conflict between commonness, rarity, and neutrality in pen shell communities. neutral model, marine community, niche theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE ECOLOGY | Seasonal and climactic variation in intertidal algal demography: potential response to global change. intertidal, macroalgae, marine ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE ECOLOGY | Conditional keystones? Scaling up from classic caging experiments in the rocky intertidal. marine ecology, keystone predation, rocky intertidal FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE ISLANDS | Introduced rats indirectly alter marine communities. trophic interactions, invasive species, marine islands FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE MACROALGAE | Scale transitions and assembly rules in marine macroalgae: a global analysis. community structure, marine macroalgae, assembly rules FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE MAMMAL | Differential space use patterns by matrilineal pods of an endangered killer whale (Orcinus orca) population. marine mammal, marine, spatial analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE MAMMAL BEHAVIOR | 4 Population sizes, site usage, and behavior of harbor and gray seals in the Isles of Shoals, Gulf of Maine. harbor seal, gray seal, marine mammal behavior FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE POPULATION ECOLOGY | 56 Group size benefits and the spatial scaling of density dependence in a coral reef fish. density dependent mortality, marine population ecology, coral reef fish FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE RESERVE DESIGN | Designing marine reserves for interacting species: insights from theory. marine reserve design, interspecific interactions, theoretical ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE RESERVES | Methods for assessment of sustainability in spatial management: evaluating marine reserve configurations. marine reserves, fisheries modeling, larval dispersal FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARINE ROCKY INTERTIDAL | Discovery and rediscovery in the intertidal. community ecology, marine rocky intertidal, history of ideas FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARITIME TUNDRA | 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 |
| MARK AND RECAPTURE | 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 |
| MARKETS | Cross-sector efforts to advance markets for ecosystem services. ecosystem services, cross-sector efforts, markets FULL ABSTRACT |
| MARSH PLANTS | 163 Fungi may help in re-establishment of marsh plants after hurricanes. mycorrhizae, marsh plants, hurricanes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MASS BALANCE | Mass balance approach to modeling a trophic gradient before and after zebra mussel invasion. aquatic food web, zebra mussel, mass balance FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATE SELECTION | 10 Meadow voles may have the capacity for episodic-like memory. epsiodic-like memory, mate selection FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL ECOLOGY | Do albatrosses really perform Lévy flights when foraging? foraging strategy, state-space models, mathematical and statistical ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICAL MODELING | Metabolic theory and microbial ecology. microbes, metabolism, mathematical modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICAL MODELS | Trade-offs, temporal variation and species coexistence in multi-trophic communities. coexistence, host-parasitoid, mathematical models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICAL MODELS | Understanding conflict and cooperation within and between the sexes in the Mediterranean wrasse, Symphodus ocellatus. sexual selection, animal behavior, mathematical models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATHEMATICS | Dispersal in space and dispersal in time are not interchangeable: dormancy can increase optimal dispersal distance. risk reduction, mathematics, evolution FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATING SYSTEMS | Herbivores alter floral traits associated with mating systems in Mimulus guttatus. mating systems, plant-insect interactions, plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATING-SYSTEM EVOLUTION | Variation in mating system and defensive traits in the Mimulus guttatus species complex. mating-system evolution, herbivory, Mimulus FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX MODELS | 160 Spatially explicit population modelling of the gypsum endemic Helianthemum squamatum. spatial structure, matrix models, ,Helianthemum FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX MODELS | Local extinction and re-colonization in wild populations of lima beans in Costa Rica. metapopulation, matrix models, demography FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX POPULATION MODEL | Seedling density-dependence and fire in a longleaf pine matrix population model. matrix population model, density-dependence, longleaf pine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX POPULATION MODELS | 121 Integrating fitness costs due to insecticide resistance using matrix population models. matrix population models, fitness costs and resistance, Leptinotarsa decemlineata FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX POPULATION MODELS | 156 Landscape scale shrub population dynamics in a temperate savanna. demography, temperate savanna, matrix population models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MATRIX POPULATION MODELS | The big payoff: results from a long-term study on the evolutionary maintenance of polyphenism. evolutionary maintenance of polyphenism, demography, matrix population models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD | Parameter estimation in a noisy and uncertain world. simulation-based inference, maximum-likelihood, parameter estimation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEADOW RESTORATION | Meadow formation and degradation in the Central Great Basin. stream incision, meadow restoration, watershed FULL ABSTRACT |
| MECHANISTIC MODEL | A heat transfer model of crown scorch in forest fires. fire management, tree mortality, mechanistic model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEDICINAL | 83 Recovery of the medicinal herb Coptis trifolia in old growth and second growth forests in northern New York. Goldthread, medicinal, recovery FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Dynamics of the Mediterranean vegetation mosaic: modeling across spatial scales from simple to complex. model, mediterranean, vegetation dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Diversity and distribution limits in South African plants: a case study on proteas. biodiversity pattern and process, community ecology, mediterranean FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPE | Vegetation and songbird response to land abandonment in the Mediterranean. mediterranean landscape, bird, land abandonment FULL ABSTRACT |
| MEGAHERBIVORES | 32 Assessing Sporormiella abundance as an indicator for livestock biomass. sporormiella, megaherbivores, modern analog FULL ABSTRACT |
| MERCURY TOXICOLOGICAL CYCLING | 125 Utilization of a landscape level airborne mercury survey network to evaluate residual contamination from agricultural use in the Shenandoah Valley, VA. landscape ecology, mercury toxicological cycling, GIS mapping FULL ABSTRACT |
| MERCURY TOXICOLOGICAL CYCLING | 126 Spatial distribution of airborne mercury in an urban landscape as related to point source river contamination in Waynesboro, VA. landscape ecology, mercury toxicological cycling, GIS mapping FULL ABSTRACT |
| MERISTEM DENSITY | 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 |
| MESIC | Impact of enemy release on population growth in Lespedeza. invasive species, Lespedeza, mesic FULL ABSTRACT |
| META-ANALYSIS | Evidence-based risk analysis: learning from our experiences with genetically modified crops. ecological risk assessment, genetically modified crops, meta-analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| META-ANALYSIS | Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of ecosystems … what do the data say? species richness, ecosystem functioning, meta-analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| METABOLIC SCALING | 154 Metabolic allometries and N:P stoichiometry of montane plant communities. metabolic scaling, gas exchange, RMBL alpine meadows FULL ABSTRACT |
| METABOLIC THEORY | Applying metabolic theory to scale animal assemblage excretion to whole ecosystems. metabolic theory, stream, aquatic ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY | The role of temperature in the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. metabolic theory of ecology, neutral theory of biodiversity, speciation FULL ABSTRACT |
| METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY | Species-Energy Theory and the assembly of ant communities across spatial grains. diversity, macroecology, metabolic theory of ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| METABOLISM | Metabolic theory and microbial ecology. microbes, metabolism, mathematical modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITIES | Diversity and dispersal interactively affect predictability of ecosystem function in experimentally disturbed seagrass metacommunities. biodiversity and ecosystem function, metacommunities, seagrass FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITIES | Effects of source-sink dynamics on competitive outcomes in a model system. metacommunities, community ecology, microcosms FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY | 89 Effect of disturbance on metacommunity structure of trees in a tabonuco forest. metacommunity, tropical forest, disturbance ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY | Placing local plant species richness in the context of environmental drivers of metacommunity richness. latitudinal biodiversity gradient, metacommunity, scale dependence FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY | Insurance in the face of rapid spatiotemporal dynamics in a southwestern riparian metacommunity. metacommunity, life history traits, riparian FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY | Predation shadows: complex life histories link the dynamics of aquatic and terrestrial communities. metacommunity, complex life-history, spatial subsidy FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY | 11 Population synchrony in aquatic microcosms in rock pools. metacommunity, synchrony, cross correlation function FULL ABSTRACT |
| METACOMMUNITY MODEL | 122 Modeling of patch occupancy patterns in stream insect metacommunities: toward an understanding of factors influencing the distribution of stream insects. metacommunity model, stream insects, community patterns FULL ABSTRACT |
| METADISCIPLINARY | Challenges for sustainable ecosystem design and management in built environments. urban, metadisciplinary, design FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAL TOLERANT PLANTS | 162 Plant population dynamics and colonization of metal-contaminated mine tailings. metal tolerant plants, colonization, site remediation FULL ABSTRACT |
| METALS AND N LIMITATION | Is metal nutrient availability a feedback to progressive nitrogen limitation? metals and N limitation, scrub-oak ecosystem, elevated atmospheric CO2 FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION | Local extinction and re-colonization in wild populations of lima beans in Costa Rica. metapopulation, matrix models, demography FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION | 89 Can ecology inform security? A metapopulation analysis of the insurgency in Iraq. metapopulation, security, Iraq FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS | The role of landscape structure in determining how metapopulations respond to spatially correlated habitat disturbances. metapopulation dynamics, population ecology, conservation theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| METAPOPULATION THEORY | Graph models of habitat networks: commonalities and implications. habitat connectivity, metapopulation theory, network FULL ABSTRACT |
| METATHEORY | Ecological theory and Zadeh's "law of incompatibility": incorporating contingency-based models into metatheories. epistemology, contingency, metatheory FULL ABSTRACT |
| METEROLOGICAL STATIONS | 176 Ground-truthing weather station data with Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and scientific tools on Tutuila, American Samoa. meterological stations, climate change, mapping FULL ABSTRACT |
| METHODOLOGY | 85 Characterizing complex mixed-species bird flocks using an objective method for determining species participation. interspecific groups, methodology, birds FULL ABSTRACT |
| METHODOLOGY | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| METHODOLOGY | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| METHODOLOGY | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICRO-GARDENS | Enhanced vegetable production in small islands utilizing simplified hydroponics. Vegatable production, micro-gardens, small islands FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICRO-SATELITE ANALYSIS | 36 Who's your daddy: the use of micro-satellite analysis to determine paternity in freshwater mussels. freshwater mussel, micro-satelite analysis, micro-satelite analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICRO-SATELITE ANALYSIS | 36 Who's your daddy: the use of micro-satellite analysis to determine paternity in freshwater mussels. freshwater mussel, micro-satelite analysis, micro-satelite analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROARTHROPODS | 11 Soil microarthropod community composition in a long-term prescribed fire experiment in longleaf pine flatwoods of northeast Florida. fire, longleaf pine, microarthropods FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROARTHROPODS | Effects of organic and conventional production practices on beneficial soil microfauna. microarthropods, nematodes, fungi FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBE | 83 Microbial carbon and nitrogen mineralization dynamics in desert grassland soils of Big Bend NP as influenced by global climate change. desert, microbe, function FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBES | Metabolic theory and microbial ecology. microbes, metabolism, mathematical modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBES | Direct and indirect effects of viruses on the ecology and evolution of microbial food webs. microbes, food webs, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBES | Towards an integrated understanding of soil microbial communities: the diversity of archaea, bacteria, fungi, and viruses in soil. diversity, microbes, soil FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL | The future of microbial ecology. microbial, genomics, terrestrial FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL | Altering microbial populations, altering plant communities. rumen, microbial, invasive FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ACTIVITY | Microbial dynamics, forest disturbance history, and abiotic constraints: what controls system recovery. microbial activity, decomposition, military disturbances FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ACTIVITY | 9 Alterations to soil microbial activity following 80 years of agriculture at Emiquon. wetland, microbial activity, restoration FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES | 54 Viewing forest restoration from belowground: linkages among restoration treatments, microbial communities, earthworms, and soil organic matter. restoration, microbial communities, earthworms FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES | Lack of effects of elevated N and CO2 on soil microbial diversity in a North American grassland model system. microbial communities, global change, grasslands FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES | What type of diversity yields synergy during mixed litter decomposition in a natural forest ecosystem? litter decompositon, biodiversity, microbial communities FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITY | 156 An assessment of microbial functional capacity among natural and created wetlands. freshwater wetlands, microbial community, wetland creation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITY | 69 Beyond infiltration: a characterization of microbial communities in urban rain gardens. rain garden, microbial community, urban ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITY | 48 Exotic invasion and soil nutrient status effects on microbial communities in Hawaiian forests. invasion, microbial community, PLFA FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITY | 118 Assessing microbial communities in treatment wetlands as affected by phosphorus loading - a microcosm experiment. constructed wetland, microbial community, LH-PCR FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION | Physics or biology? What controls methane consumption in upland soils? greenhouse gas, microbial community and ecosystem function,grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY | Relating microbial distribution to geochemical gradients in deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys. microbial distribution and diversity, statistical models, hydrothermal vents FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL DIVERSITY | 13 The role of total population size in the emergence and dynamics of diversification along a resource gradient in a homogenous environment. latitudinal biodiversity gradient, microbial diversity, productivity-diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | The effects of resource diversity on microbial community structure and function. microbial ecology, carbon cycling, enzyme assays FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Exploring sampling intensity needs for phylogenetic comparisons of highly diverse microbial communities: when is enough enough. microbial ecology, community assembly, applied phylogenetics FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria or ammonia-oxidizing archaea - who is the dominant nitrifyer in northern Arizona soils? microbial ecology, nitrification, Southwest FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Species effects on soil microbial diversity and functioning: quantifying litter quality- bacterial community structure-nutrient cycling linkages. nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Community and ecosystem consequences of microbial diversity. microbial ecology, diversity-functioning relationship, microorganisms FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Unity and diversity in ecology. integrative ecology, microorganisms, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | Respiratory kinetics of the under-snow microbial community produce a large CO2 source in a subalpine forest ecosystem. subalpine forest, soil respiration, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | 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 |
| MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | 116 Microbial diversity of soils along a Chihuahuan Desert elevational gradient. Eubacteria, arid ecosystems, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS | The shape of a trade-off relationship: predator resistance and competitive ability in a microbial experimental system. trade-offs, cost of resistance, microbial experimental systems, bacteria, viruses FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL FUNCTIOALITY | 52 Spatial analysis of soil microbial functionality using functional gene array. richness-area relationship, microbial functioality, functional gene array FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS | 152 Soil nitrate reduction using biomass removal and sucrose addition in western Washington prairie soils. carbon addition, prairie, microbial interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIAL MICROCOSMS | The origins and fate of genetic diversity: two short stories using microbial model systems. diversity, microbial microcosms, evolution FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROBIOTA | 45 Possible shifts of microbial community structure in temperate forests of central Illinois: the adverse effects of an invasive species, Alliaria petiolata, on pine plantation stands. temperate forest, microbiota, carbon mineralization FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROCLIMATE | 22 Edge effects of shaded fuel-breaks on woodlands at Balcones National Wildlife Refuge. fire management, edge effects, microclimate FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROCLIMATE | 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 |
| MICROCOSM | The relative impact of genetic diversity versus species diversity on ecosystem function in plant communities. grassland, Festuca ovina , microcosm FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROCOSMS | Effects of source-sink dynamics on competitive outcomes in a model system. metacommunities, community ecology, microcosms FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROHABITAT | Gapology in Florida scrub plants: occurrence, diversity, and gap properties. microhabitat, shrubland, plant community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROHABITAT REQUIREMENTS | Uncovering the causes of spatial distribution of the Catesby's lily: the role of microhabitat variation. Spatial dispersion, microhabitat requirements, pine flatwoods management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROHABITAT SELECTION | 168 Microhabitat indicators for Macbridea caroliniana, a rare mint of floodplain communities. macbridea caroliniana, microhabitat selection, rare plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROORGANISM | Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms. theory, comparative ecology, microorganism FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROORGANISMS | Community and ecosystem consequences of microbial diversity. microbial ecology, diversity-functioning relationship, microorganisms FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROORGANISMS | Unity and diversity in ecology. integrative ecology, microorganisms, microbial ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROSATELLITE DNA MARKERS | 6 Linking genetic structure to dispersal and mating system in a population of yellow-bellied marmots. dispersal, microsatellite DNA markers, yellow-bellied marmots FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROSITE VARIABILITY | 92 Composition and ecology of bryophyte communities on oak (Quercus spp.) woody debris in a mixed-oak forest of southern Ohio, US. plant ecology, bryophytes, microsite variability FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROTOPOGRAPHY | Effects of disked microtopography on vegetation in mitigation wetlands in Virginia. created wetland, soil surface disk treatment, microtopography FULL ABSTRACT |
| MICROTOPOGRAPHY | Mimicking natural microtopographic heterogeneity in a restored wetland: preliminary hydrologic, edaphic, and vegetative responses. restoration ecology, microtopography, wetland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MID-DOMAIN EFFECT | Species richness and distribution patterns of understory Rubiaceae across a montane elevational gradient in Costa Rica. Rubiaceae, elevational gradient, mid-domain effect FULL ABSTRACT |
| MID-DOMAIN EFFECT | The artificial mid-domain effect: can species range overlap counts represent species richness? mid-domain effect, species range overlap, species richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIGRATION | 100 Integrated studies of post-glacial expansion of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) in eastern North America. paleoecology, migration, yellow birch FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIGRATION AND INVASION | The role of freeway corridors in native and non-native plant migration in and around metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. migration and invasion, urban, community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIGRATORY BIRDS | Consequences of alternative behavioral strategies in a non-breeding migrant bird. migratory birds, behavior, alternative behavioral strategies FULL ABSTRACT |
| MILITARY DISTURBANCES | Microbial dynamics, forest disturbance history, and abiotic constraints: what controls system recovery. microbial activity, decomposition, military disturbances FULL ABSTRACT |
| MILITARY INSTALLATION LAND MANAGEMENT | 3 Strategy for better management of at-risk species. gopher tortoise, military installation land management, candidate conservation agreement FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIMICRY | Icons and upstarts in butterfly mimicry. mimicry, predator/prey, Lepidoptera FULL ABSTRACT |
| MINE-SPOIL RESTORATION | 68 Effect of vermicompost in the establishment and growth of Aeschynomene americana in abandoned mine-spoil. vermicompost, Aeschynomene americana , mine-spoil restoration FULL ABSTRACT |
| MINERALIZATION/IMMOBILIZATION | Labile carbon and nitrogen from rhizoplane and surface soils of two perennial grasslands. mineralization/immobilization, semiarid grasslands, biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| MINIRHIZOTRON | 95 Effects of annual fire and mowing on fine root dynamics in tallgrass prairie. fine root dynamics, tallgrass prairie, minirhizotron FULL ABSTRACT |
| MINIRHIZOTRON | Response of fine roots to experimental nitrogen and water additions in a Mojave Desert ecosystem. mojave desert, fine root dynamics, minirhizotron FULL ABSTRACT |
| MISCONCEPTIONS | 148 Covariation between student preconceptions/misconceptions of science, evolution, and ecology and student performance in an undergraduate biology major: Part 1. Freshman Year. ecological education, teaching issues and experiments in ecology, misconceptions FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED CONIFER | 136 Intra- and inter-annual vegetation change: implications for long-term research. sampling methodology, mixed conifer, succession FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED CONIFER | Microbial community composition in single and mixed species litter decomposition. decomposition, PLFA, mixed conifer FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED CONIFER FOREST | 134 Soil moisture patterns in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. soil moisture, mixed conifer forest, gap dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED CONIFER FOREST | 129 Growing season and canopy height variations in soil water use in a northern Idaho coniferous forest. transpiration, stable oxygen isotopes, mixed conifer forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED DECIDUOUS FOREST | The relationship between intercepted solar radiation and aboveground net primary productivity in two southern Appalachian forests. radiation-use efficiency, mixed deciduous forest, carbon sequestration FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED MODELS | 124 Analyzing chlorophyll fluorescence rapid light response curves using nonlinear mixed effects models. mixed models, photosynthesis, maize FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE | Disturbance tolerance as a predictor of early success in a mixed-grass prairie restoration. restoration ecology, mixed-grass prairie, coefficient of conservatism FULL ABSTRACT |
| MIXED-OAK FOREST | 135 The effects of forest management techniques and microhabitat conditions on woody debris decomposition in a mixed-oak forest. wood decomposition, forest management, mixed-oak forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | More rapid acquisition of N in forest trees growing under elevated CO2 II. Modeling increased plant N demand and sources for N uptake at the Duke FACE site. elevated CO2, 15N tracer, model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | Dynamics of the Mediterranean vegetation mosaic: modeling across spatial scales from simple to complex. model, mediterranean, vegetation dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | Effect of predation on host-pathogen dynamics in realistic SIR models. integration, epidemiology, model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | Ecosystem engineers: runaway growth and multiple basins of attraction. ecosystem engineers, model, population ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | Hibernation patterns in mammals: a role for bacterial growth? torpor bout length, periodic arousal, model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL | Investigating the reliability of information about landscape-scale boreal forest dynamics as utilized in Ontario forest management plans. boreal forest, succession, model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL DEFINITIONS | State-and-transition modeling: definitions from an ecological process approach. state-and-transition concepts, ecological process, model definitions FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT | 125 Techniques and software for simulating patterns in data with ecological process models. model development and assessment, pattern development and analysis, forest growth FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL SELECTION | Testing stochastic ecological models using AIC. model selection, AIC, stochastic models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL SELECTION | Simple stochastic time series models in ecology and infectious diseases. stochastic time series, model selection, TSIR, TSIC, malaria FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL SELECTION | Fires, hurricanes, and tree mortality: multi-factor natural experiments as a model selection problem. Bayesian, model selection, disturbance FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODEL VALIDATION | Do bird-habitat models accurately predict effects of large-scale disturbance? bird-habitat models, disturbance ecology, model validation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING (PARK ROAD CAPACITY) | 74 An integrated study of capacity of the Denali Park Road. land management (park resources), modeling (park road capacity), adaptive management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 113 Is delayed flowering an adaptive response to low phosphorus availability? plant physiological ecology, phenology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Parsimonious stochastic models for first-passage and extinction dynamics. population dynamics, population viability analysis, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Inter-specific variation in canopy conductance with tree height. hydrology, hyraulic limitation, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | The influence of competition and facilitation among pathogens on spatial outbreak dynamics. host-pathogen dynamics, disease ecology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Predicting food web connectivity: phylogenetic scope, evidence thresholds, and intelligent agents. food webs, modeling, evolutionary ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Computational discovery of process models of aquatic ecosystems. modeling, aquatic, process-based FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Microstates to macrodynamics: the evolution of robustness in microbial and viral communities. bacteria, viruses, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Upstart approaches to modeling resilience. resilience, modeling, concepts FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 133 Uncertainty analysis on simple mass balance model to calculate critical loads for acidity. uncertainty analysis, modeling, air pollutants FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 99 Changes in perennial grass recruitment from 1858 to present following woody plant invasion. recruitment, grasslands and shrublands, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Transient population responses to spatial variability in advection-dominated systems. responses to environmental variability, streams and rivers, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Ecosystem services provided by wild bees in NJ and PA, US. ecosystem services, pollination ecology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | The role of evapotranspiration on carbon dynamics and ozone uptake on temperate forests in the US. evapotranspiration, modeling, temperate forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 41 Integrating feeding biomechanics and ecology to understand round goby predation on zebra mussels. ecological and functional morphology, predation, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 47 The impact of biased length frequency data on marine population models. population dynamics, modeling, marine FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | An ecohydrological analysis for optimal use of redistributed water in sandy grasslands. modeling, grassland, ecohydrology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 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 |
| MODELING | Lognormal parental investment in offspring size of a clonal plant in a variable environment: resolving theory and data. clonal plants, modeling, parental investment FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | 19 Soil heating in a range of grass fire conditions and subsequent effect on belowground grass organs. fire ecology, grassland, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Potential long term impacts of global change on C and N cycling in forest and grassland ecosystems. global change impacts, carbon and nitrogen flows, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING | Spatial modeling and methodologies of Pacific Northwest sciurid. methodology, spatial, modeling, sciurid, modeling, spatial, methodology, sciurid, sciurid, spatial, methodology, modeling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING CARBON BALANCE | Relationships between foliar respiration, temperature, nutrients, and photosynthesis in a primary tropical rain forest. foliar respiration, modeling carbon balance, tropical rain forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELING VEGETATION PATTERNS | Role of temporal fluctuations in rainfall on vegetation patterns in semi-arid ecosystems. catastrophic regime shifts, modeling vegetation patterns, semi-arid climate FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING N DEPOSITION | Nitrogen deposition: effects on the phosphorus cycle and implications for ecosystems. nutrient coupling, biogeochemical cycling, modelling N deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | 126 The scale dependence of density-body mass allometry explained using a simple model. scale-dependence, allometry, modelling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | 93 Atmospheric and environmental conditions affecting long-distance pollen-mediated gene flow in Agrostis stolonifera. Long-distance pollen dispersal, modelling, gene-flow FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | Predicting emergence time distributions for mountain pine beetle, an eruptive herbivore. phenology, modelling, Dendroctonus ponderosae FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | Landscape topology and the evolution of species niches. niche conservatism, evolutionary ecology, modelling FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELLING | 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 |
| MODELLING DYNAMICS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR | Predicting the dynamics of animal behavior in field populations. modelling dynamics of animal behaviour, demographic and environmental factors, behavioural ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELS | Population dynamics of the morete palm (Mauritia flexuosa) in the Ecuadorian Amazon. palms, models, sustainable harvest FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODELS | Catastrophic shifts in theory and nature. alternative stable states, catastrophic shifts, models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MODERN ANALOG | 32 Assessing Sporormiella abundance as an indicator for livestock biomass. sporormiella, megaherbivores, modern analog FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOJAVE DESERT | Response of fine roots to experimental nitrogen and water additions in a Mojave Desert ecosystem. mojave desert, fine root dynamics, minirhizotron FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOLECULAR ECOLOGY | 150 Population dynamics in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys from the Iberá wetland, Argentina. habitat fragmentation, molecular ecology, wetland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOLECULAR ECOLOGY | The importance of clonal growth in woody plants − insights from molecular genetics. clonal growth, molecular ecology, Salix FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOLECULAR IMPRINT | 169 Development of a molecular imprinting tool for the plant stress response hormone abscisic acid. molecular imprint, abscisic acid, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES | Nitrogen alters fungal communities but not carbon cycling in boreal forest soils. nutrient cycling, soil microbes, molecular techniques FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOLTING | 32 Comparison of habitat utilization between juvenile hatchery-reared and wild blue crabs. blue crab, molting, habitat utilization FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING | 8 Is sound space saturated? acoustic surveys, bat community, monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING | Indicator plant species for managed and reference riparian areas of the interior northwestern US. riparian ecology, vegetation, monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING | The influence of habitat and land use on the distribution and abundance of exotic plants in three Great Lakes national parks. exotic species, distribution pattern, monitoring FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING | 26 Developing existing species information matrices for planning invasive plant monitoring strategies. invasive species, monitoring, adaptive management FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING EFFICIENCY | The role of land cover map, sampling size, and plot dimension in plant community restoration. spatial scale, monitoring efficiency, overgrown grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING SCALE | Natural length scales of real ecosystems: objectively defining optimal scales to observe ecological systems. length scales, monitoring scale, ecosystem FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONITORING STUDIES | Estimating demographic rates, density-dependence, and site quality in monitoring studies: spatiotemporal patterns in a reef fish. monitoring studies, demographic rates, coral reef fish FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONOCARP | Spatial vs temporal variation in survival and growth in Carduus nutans. monocarp, bet-hedging, stochasticity FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONTANE FOREST | 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 |
| MONTANE FOREST | 101 A 20,000 year paleoecological history of a Peruvian montane forest. montane forest, paleoecology, central Andes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONTANE MEADOW | Compensatory responses to loss of warming-sensitive plant species in a montane meadow ecosystem. plant diversity, montane meadow, ecosystem ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MONTANE MEADOWS | Ecological and evolutionary importance of plant reproductive responses to climate change. phenology, flowering, montane meadows FULL ABSTRACT |
| MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION | 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 |
| MORPHOLOGY | 148 The morphological plasticity of Opuntia pusilla (Haw.) Nutt. induced by differentiations in environmental variables. Opuntia, habitat, morphology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MORTALITY | 105 Mortality responses of trees to growth and size for two sites in southeast Texas. forest, population, mortality FULL ABSTRACT |
| MORTALITY | 102 Landscape-scale distribution and abundance of adult Tabebuia guayacan from high-spatial-resolution satellite remote sensing. dynamics, tropical forest ecology, mortality FULL ABSTRACT |
| MORTALITY | 130 Evaluation of 1998-2001 drought impacts on forest health in the southeastern US. drought, growth, mortality FULL ABSTRACT |
| MORTALITY | 55 Evidence for drought causing rapid population decline of a forest tree. mortality, forest, tree FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOSQUITO | The effects of a top predator vary with resources and season in aquatic treeholes. predation, community ecology, mosquito FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOSQUITO | 39 Geographic variation in competitive effect and competitive response of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). invasion, freshwater, mosquito FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOSS PRODUCTION | 144 Reevaluating feathermoss growth and production: a challenge to classic methods and implications for boreal carbon cycling. bryology, moss production, production measurement FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS | 133 Spatiotemporal response of transpiration to climate variation in a snow dominated mountain ecosystem. mountain ecosystems, hydrological processes, RHESSys FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS | 38 Lichen species richness and composition response to substrate in the Teberdinsky preserve, NW Caucasus (Russia). substrate ecology, lichenology, mountain ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOUNTAIN GRASSLAND | Opposing influence of land use and elevation on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of two mountain grasslands. net ecosystem CO2 exchange, mountain grassland, land use FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES | Outbreak risk in aggregate systems: seeing the trees through the forest in mountain pine beetles. risk models, mountain pine beetles, host-pathogen models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOVEMENT | Using otolith microchemistry to reconstruct past environments of age-0 largemouth bass and southern flounder in a seasonally saline, tidal river estuary. fish, movement, estuary FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOVEMENT | Ecology of resident and relocated northern red diamond rattlesnakes (Crotalus ruber ruber). rattlesnake, relocated, movement FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR | Species interactions affect movement rates of two exotic snail species. movement behavior, invasive species, reaction-diffusion models FULL ABSTRACT |
| MOVEMENT PATTERNS | 33 The demography, nesting status, and movement patterns of snapping turtles, (Chelydra serpentina) in Merrymeeting Bay. Chelydra serpentina, movement patterns, freshwater intertidal habitat FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTI-POLLUTANT PROPOSAL | 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 |
| MULTIFACTOR | 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 |
| MULTIFACTOR | When do interactions matter? Continuing lessons from the Jasper Ridge Global Change Experiment. global change, grassland, multifactor FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIFACTOR EXPERIMENTS | Using multifactor global change experiments to answer big science questions. global change, multifactor experiments, big science questions FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIFACTORIAL GLOBAL CHANGE | 102 How do changes in [CO2], temperature, and precipitation affect the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil moisture in an old field ecosystem? soil moisture, old field ecosystems, multifactorial global change FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTILEVEL MODEL | A multilevel model for analyzing zero-inflated count data. zip, anova, multilevel model FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIPLE LAND USE | Multiple land use effects on upland forest vegetation of a heterogeneous military site. pine hardwood forest, multiple land use, forest regeneration FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIPLE RESOURCE LIMITATION | Multiple resource limitation in grasslands. multiple resource limitation, diversity, grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIPLE RESOURCE LIMITATION | Resource optimization and the Multiple Element Limitation (MEL) model. resource optimization paradigm, multiple resource limitation, ecosystem biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM | 98 Addressing spatial and temporal variability of soil CO2 flux using an automated 16-chamber multiplexed system. soil co2 flux, exponential function, multiplexing system FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTISPECIES CONSERVATION | Generating risk landscapes for multispecies assemblages: a case study of fisheries bycatch. risk estimation, marine, multispecies conservation FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS | 50 Effects of endophyte infection, environment, and genetic background on the performance of tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum). multitrophic interactions, grasslands, endophytes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS | Drooling over fungal endophytes: the effect of ungulate saliva on the growth of Epichloë festucae. multitrophic interactions, fungi--endophytic, plant-herbivore ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS | 134 A novel multivariate analysis of phenotypic plasticity applied to the invasive plant purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L., Lythraceae). multivariate analysis, phenotypic plasticity, invasive species FULL ABSTRACT |
| MULTIVARIATE DIVERSITY INDEX | 8 An index of biochemical diversity: from strategies of the living to afterlife effects. multivariate diversity index, tropical and temperate forests, ecosystem functions FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUSSELS | 12 Richness, densities, population and community numerical standing crop, and habitat characterization of Spring River drainage freshwater mussels. freshwater, Basin Area Stream Survey, mussels FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | 28 Effect of shade on leafhopper- ant mutualistic interactions. mutualism, insects, neotropic FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | 29 Interactions among plants with extrafloral nectaries: effects of sharing ant mutualists. mutualism, tropical forest, ants FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | 55 Is an invasive ant a better bodyguard than a native ant. invasive species, mutualism, Solenopsis invicta FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | Asexual fungal symbionts in native grass hosts: do they alter arthropod community structure? mutualism, community structure, Neotyphodium FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | A multidimensional quantitative approach to endophytic fungi-host grass interactions: implications for herbivores. mutualism, agroecology, endophytic fungi Neotyphodium lolii FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM | Plant-provided carbohydrates mediate the aggressiveness of ant bodyguards. mutualism, plant defense, foraging FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM BIOLOGY | 60 Mutualism or parasitism? Nursery pollination of Silene stellata by the noctuid moth Hadena ectypa. pollination, Silene, mutualism biology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISM STABILITY | Between a rock and a hard place: parasites, population size, and fruiting asynchrony in the Sonoran Desert rock fig, Ficus petiolaris. mutualism stability, parasite, Ficus FULL ABSTRACT |
| MUTUALISMS | Leaf volatiles and the defensive responses of Neotropical plant-ants: evidenced for host-plant specificity. ant-plants, mutualisms, Azteca FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCOPARASITE | Moth transmission of mycoparasites and endophytes associated with a grass pathogen. insect vectors of plant pathogens, mycoparasite, endophyte FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZA | Carbon flux to soil via ectomycorrhizal fungi in different ecosystems. boreal forest, mycorrhiza, carbon flux FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAE | 163 Fungi may help in re-establishment of marsh plants after hurricanes. mycorrhizae, marsh plants, hurricanes FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAE | 7 Arbuscular mycorrhizal species richness and identity influence prairie community structure under variable phosphorus conditions. diversity, prairie, mycorrhizae FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAE | Root order: linking structure of fine roots to flow of energy and materials belowground. root order, root cycling, carbon cycling, nitrogen cycling, mycorrhizae FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAE | Drought and herbivore-mediated changes in ectomycorrhizal abundance and community composition on a dominant tree. mycorrhizae, drought, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL ECOLOGY | Covariance of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) ectomycorrhizal vertical distribution with soil resource availability along a semi-arid soil age gradient. nutrient acquisition, semi-arid woodland, mycorrhizal ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL ECOLOGY | Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of arctic tundra differ in their ability to use different sources of nitrogen. mycorrhizal ecology, nutrient uptake, arctic tundra FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL ECOLOGY | Biomass and communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi are affected by elevated CO2 and O3 during three growing seasons. mycorrhizal fungal ecology, community dynamics and environmental change, fungi FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL INGROWTH BAGS | 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 |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | Ectomycorrhizal fungi suppress saprotrophs in a tropical monodominant rain forest. mycorrhizal fungi, tropical rain forest, decomposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | New ideas on root turnover and organic nitrogen use from radiocarbon measurements. boreal forest, mycorrhizal fungi, radiocarbon FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | Sequestration of carbon in mycorrhizal fungi under nitrogen fertilization. carbon pools, mycorrhizal fungi, boreal forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | Negative plant/soil feedback and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in grasslands. mycorrhizal fungi, plant/soil feedback, grasslands FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI | 110 Reduced dependence on mycorrhizal fungi by invasive plant species. mycorrhizal fungi, invasive species, Midwestern flora FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS | 112 Mycorrhizal dynamics under CO2 and nitrogen enrichment. mycorrhizal fungus, enriched carbon dioxide, enriched nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS | 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 |
| MYCORRIHZAL ECOLOGY | Ectomycorrhizal host diversity promotes ectomycorrhizal diversity. mycorrihzal ecology, plant-mycorrhizal interactions, intertrophic diversity FULL ABSTRACT |