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
| N CYCLING | 114 Species specific N availability patterns: comparing results from a common-garden greenhouse study to field observations. Northeastern forest, N cycling, Acer saccharum  FULL ABSTRACT |
| N CYCLING | Species differences in root and foliar  15N: causes and implications.N cycling, stable isotopes, temperate forest ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| N IMMOBILIZATION | 75 Woodchips: a potential best management practice to protect water quality following forestry operations. Forest management, N immobilization, Hardwood forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| N RETENTION | 58 Inorganic nitrogen profile of xeriscaped stormwater retention basins in the Phoenix metropolitan area. urban, stormwater, N retention FULL ABSTRACT |
| N RETENTION AND LOSS | Retention and downhill movement of 15N in an arctic watershed. Biogeochemistry, N retention and loss, arctic ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| N UPTAKE RESPONSE TO CO2 ENRICHMENT | Nitrogen uptake and net primary productivity in four forest FACE experiments. N uptake response to CO2 enrichment, temperate forest, FACE experiments FULL ABSTRACT |
| N2O PRODUCTION | Net N2O consumption is observed following precipitation events in some semi-arid soils. Semi-arid ecosystems, N2O production FULL ABSTRACT |
| NDVI | 179 Community NDVI is driven by species-specific responses to global change. old-field community, climate change, NDVI FULL ABSTRACT |
| NDVI | 93 Characterizing Key Resource Areas in Kenyan rangelands by remote sensing. Kenya, KRAs, NDVI, Herbivores, Rangelands FULL ABSTRACT |
| NDVI | 94 Remote measurement of canopy reflectance shows changes in canopy phenology when soybeans (Glycine max) are grown in elevated [CO2] and [O3] in a field setting. soyFACE, Glycine max, NDVI FULL ABSTRACT |
| NE TIBET | 98 The increasing importance of C4 vegetation during the late Cenozoic in the Sikouzi basin, NE Tibet. stable isotope, C4, NE Tibet FULL ABSTRACT |
| NMDS | A plant’s eye view of competitive gradients: competition varies with community composition in a complex landscape. competitive gradient, serpentine grassland, NMDS FULL ABSTRACT |
| NPP | 102 Simulated and inferred LAI, NPP, and plant functional types in North America since the last glacial maximum. BIOME4, LAI, NPP, Vegetation Structure, Biogeography FULL ABSTRACT |
| NPP | 127 Regional O3 pollution effects on Forest NPP and ET in southeastern US. air pollution, NPP, ET FULL ABSTRACT |
| NSF GK-12 | 165 The value of partnerships in providing authentic research experiences for K-12 students. science education, graduate student-teacher partnerships, Schoolyard LTER, NSF GK-12 FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL SELECTION | 143 Teaching evolution by natural selection through a hands-on simulation. Education, Natural Selection, High School Science FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURE | The necessity and possibility of an agriculture where nature is the measure. Natural Systems Agriculture, ecological capital, sustaining agricultural production FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEMATODES | Global patterns of soil nematode diversity and ecosystem properties. Soil ecology, Nematodes, Biodiversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEOTROPICAL FORESTS | Twenty years of bird extinctions from Amazonian rainforest fragments: consistent trends and landscape-mediated dynamics. forest fragmentation, bird communities, Neotropical forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT BIRDS | 48 Stopover habitat selection by nearctic-neotropical migrant landbirds in a fragmented forest-agricultural landscape. Stopover ecology, Neotropical migrant birds, Habitat fragmentation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEOTROPICAL RAINFOREST | 7 How many bat species can coexist in Neotropical rainforests? Species richness and structure of phyllostomid bat assemblages. Phyllostomid bats, Neotropical rainforest, diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NESTEDNESS | Temporal dynamics of invertebrate communities in a variable environment: does it agree with predictions from nested patterns of regional composition? Nestedness, Temporal dynamics, variable environment, community, hierarchical FULL ABSTRACT |
| NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION | 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 |
| NETWORK | Contact network epidemiology: predicting and controlling the spread of pathogens. Network, Epidemiology, Influenza FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | 80 Evidence for niche-based community assembly in a deciduous forest understory plant community. Community assembly, Niche theory, Neutral theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | Neutral niche specialists drive historically contingent evolutionary assembly. Assembly rules, Neutral theory, Priority effects FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEW ENGLAND | Looking for climate change at the ecosystem level: examination of a 50-year record from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. climate change, New England, ecosystem FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEW JERSEY | 47 Three wetland restorations in the New Jersey Meadowlands. tidal wetland mitigation, Phragmites australis, New Jersey FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE PARTITIONING | Can we apply niche partitioning to acoustic communication in a tropical avian community? Behavioral Ecology, Niche Partitioning, Birds FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE THEORY | 80 Evidence for niche-based community assembly in a deciduous forest understory plant community. Community assembly, Niche theory, Neutral theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE THEORY | Stabilizing and equalizing mechanisms and the variety of niche assembly processes. Community Stability, Niche theory, Invasibility analysis FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 36 N-fixation by kudzu (Pueraria montana): impacts on nitrogen cycling and soil microbial communities by an invasive vine. Nitrogen Cycling, Invasive Species, Pueraria montana FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 100 Nitrogen cycling as affected by organic amendments to grassland soil. Soil Ecology, Nitrogen Cycling, Grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | 100 Nutrient availability and status of organic and mineral soils at a lowland rainforest site, Costa Rica. Tropical Soils, Nutrients, Nitrogen, Isotopes and Microbes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN DEPOSITION | 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 |
| NITROGEN SATURATION | The nitrogen homogeneity hypothesis: why nitrogen saturation will cause loss of forest biodiversity. Nitrogen saturation, herbaceous layer, forest ecosystems FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN UPTAKE PREFERENCE | Nitrogen uptake preferences by plants in African savannas. Nitrogen uptake preference, Stable isotope, Arid and semi-arid environment FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-NATIVE SPECIES AND TROPHIC-CASCADES | 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 |
| NORTH AMERICAN HARDWOOD AND CONIFER FORESTS | 133 Rapid assessment of ecosystem condition within southeastern and northwestern forest stands using the Ecosystem Services Scorecard. North American hardwood and conifer forests, ecological monitoring, ecosystem function FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHEASTERN FOREST | 114 Species specific N availability patterns: comparing results from a common-garden greenhouse study to field observations. Northeastern forest, N cycling, Acer saccharum FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST DYNAMICS | 115 Examining the relationships among density of beech saplings, forest structure and composition, and beech bark disease (BBD) in the Adirondacks: differences between managed and preserved forest stands. Northern Hardwood forest dynamics, Beech Bark Disease, Invasive forest pests FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD | Implications of thirty years of change in forest soils for sugar maple decline. Northern hardwood, Nutrient leaching, Acer FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | 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 |
| NOVELTY | Cross scale structure, thresholds, and the generation of novelty in discontinuous complex systems. Novelty, Cross-scale structure, Complexity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NULL MODEL | Robust null model tests for detecting effects of competition on communities. Competition, Null Model, Community FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLES | Scaling nutrient limitation from individuals to ecosystems: effects of spatial heterogeneity and Darwinian selection. Nutrient limitation, Evolution, Nutrient cycles FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT LEACHING | Implications of thirty years of change in forest soils for sugar maple decline. Northern hardwood, Nutrient leaching, Acer FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT LIMITATION | Scaling nutrient limitation from individuals to ecosystems: effects of spatial heterogeneity and Darwinian selection. Nutrient limitation, Evolution, Nutrient cycles FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT STOICHIOMETRY | C:N:P stoichiometry of Antarctic tundra microcosms under increased temperature, precipitation, and soil glucose addition. Antarctica, Nutrient stoichiometry, Global Change FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENTS | 100 Nutrient availability and status of organic and mineral soils at a lowland rainforest site, Costa Rica. Tropical Soils, Nutrients, Nitrogen, Isotopes and Microbes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATIVE AND NONNATIVE PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS | Spatial heterogeneity of vegetation influences butterfly species richness in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US. butterfly species richness, spatial heterogeneity, landscape metrics, fragstats, native and nonnative plant species richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATIVE PRAIRIES | Reconstructed or native prairies: does it make a difference for plant-insect herbivore interactions? native prairies, prescribed burns, reconstructed prairies FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATIVE RICHNESS | Theory versus prediction- a new look at species-area relationships. species-area relationship, native richness, non-native richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATIVE SPECIES | Adaptive restoration approaches for working forests of central Mexico. temperate forest, restoration, native species FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL ABUNDANCE STABLE ISOTOPE | Exotic plant communities shift water-use timing in a shrub-steppe ecosystem. shrub-steppe, alternative state community, natural abundance stable isotope FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL AREAS | 67 Vegetative expansion and seedling fate of swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum spp.), introduced invasive vines in the northeastern US. invasive plants, natural areas, invasive biology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL CAPITAL | Ecosystem services and national statistics. natural capital, ecosystem services, indicators FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL DISTURBANCE | Increasing hurricane disturbance and aging forests: a mechanism for increased exotic plant invasion in Maryland. exotic plant invasion, temperate forest, natural disturbance FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL ENEMIES | Floral-supplemented buffer strips as refuges for natural enemies: spatial consequences for pests in neighboring habitats. agriculture, natural enemies, predator subsidies FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL REGENERATION | 78 Evaluating the feasibility of using natural regeneration to restore longleaf pine on Horseshoe Bend National Military Park. longleaf pine, natural regeneration, gaps FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | 21 An operational framework for ecosystem management. operational framework for ecosystem management, ecosystem management, natural resource management FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL RESOURCES | The exploitation of natural resources and the people who extract them. natural resources, conservation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL SELECTION | Evolutionary responses to global climate change: how rising CO2 concentrations influence natural selection on ecologically important plant traits. evolutionary ecology, global climate change, natural selection FULL ABSTRACT |
| NATURAL SYSTEMS DESIGN | Potential for a new generation of biodiversity in agroecosystems. biodiversity in agriculture, natural systems design, ecologically-based agriculture FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEGATIVE RESULTS | 175 A new journal in ecology and evolutionary biology: Journal of Negative Results - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. journal, science, negative results FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEIGHBOR EFFECTS | 109 Antagonistic effects of dual plant hosts for one root-hugger of a mycorrhizal fungus. arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, spatial structure, neighbor effects FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEMATODE DISPERSAL | Habitat complexity effects on the persistence and movement of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. agroecology, nematode dispersal, soil FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEMATODES | Effects of organic and conventional production practices on beneficial soil microfauna. microarthropods, nematodes, fungi FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEMATODES | Macroparasite-microparasite interactions: worms and TB in African buffalo. disease ecology, interspecific interactions, ungulates, nematodes, eubacteria FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEOTROPIC | 28 Effect of shade on leafhopper- ant mutualistic interactions. mutualism, insects, neotropic FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEST PREDATION | Human intrusion and the abundance of a mammalian nest predator: multi-year experimental evidence. disturbance ecology, nest predation, human intrusion FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEST-SITE AVAILABILITY | 65 Effects of breeding colony site restoration of blue-tailed bee-eaters (Merops philippinus). Merops philippinus, habitat restoration, nest-site availability FULL ABSTRACT |
| NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE | 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 |
| NET ECOSYSTEM CARBON BALANCE | 28 Net ecosystem carbon balance of a crop-pasture transition band in northern China from 1959 to 2001 - impacts of climatic shift and soil erosion. crop-pasture transition zone, net ecosystem carbon balance, climate shift and soil erosion FULL ABSTRACT |
| NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE | Net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and water vapor in an annual grassland exposed to multiple global change factors. global change biology, net ecosystem exchange, grassland FULL ABSTRACT |
| NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE | Bayesian uncertainty analysis in modeling net ecosystem CO2 exchange with an ecosystem process model. net ecosystem exchange, Ameriflux, BIOME-BGC FULL ABSTRACT |
| NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE | 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 |
| NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION | 155 Canopy uptakes of atmospheric nitrogen and its implications for net primary production and carbon sequestration in southeastern US. canopy, dry deposition, net primary production FULL ABSTRACT |
| NETOWRK MOTIFS | Quasi sign-stability in large food webs: consequences of small network motifs. stability, food web, netowrk motifs FULL ABSTRACT |
| NETWORK | Graph models of habitat networks: commonalities and implications. habitat connectivity, metapopulation theory, network FULL ABSTRACT |
| NETWORKS | A robust measure of food web intervality and the dimenson of niche space. food webs, intervality, networks FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL MODEL | Assembly rules and binary presence-absence matrices. null model, neutral model, co-occurrence FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL MODEL | The conflict between commonness, rarity, and neutrality in pen shell communities. neutral model, marine community, niche theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | Interactions between seed and pollen dispersal in a neutral species pool. neutral theory, seed dispersal, gene flow FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | Symmetric neutrality and the evolution of functional equivalence. neutral theory, functional equivalence, dispersal limitation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | Relative importance of geographic distance and habitat factors in determining the similarity of species composition in Great Lakes shoreline plant communities. neutral theory, niche theory, distance decay, dispersal limitation, scale, plant species composition, Jaccard’s index of similarity, habitat turnover, ecological drift FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY | Neutral theory, invariance under hypergeometric sampling, and data quality. neutral theory, sampling and parameter estimation, community ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEUTRAL THEORY OF BIODIVERSITY | The role of temperature in the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. metabolic theory of ecology, neutral theory of biodiversity, speciation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEW WORLD FOREST BIOMASS | Estimating above ground biomass in forests across the new world. new world forest biomass, climate change, growth and limiting resources FULL ABSTRACT |
| NEWORK THEORY | Theory and application of ecological networks. nework theory, landscape ecology, species diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE | Functional groups and community assembly: assumptions, predictions, and empirical tests. community assembly, niche FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE | Evolutionary consequences of hybridization between a rare and a common plant species. hybridization, niche, invasion FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE | Does an exotic insect help define the niche of a native annual plant? serpentine, niche, plant-insect interactions FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE BREADTH | The contribution of above- and belowground predator biodiversity to herbivore suppression. predator-prey interactions, predator-predator interactions, niche breadth FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE BREADTH | A trait-based approach to community assembly: linking niche breadth, plasticity, and functional diversity. niche breadth, functional diversity, community assembly FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE CONSERVATISM | Landscape topology and the evolution of species niches. niche conservatism, evolutionary ecology, modelling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE DIFFERENTIATION | 81 Resource partitioning and sociality of Peromyscus leucopus and Ochrotomys nuttalli. resource partitioning, niche differentiation, sociality FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE MODELING | Using species versus phylogeographic lineages in biodiversity and conservation analyses: a case study of California herpetofauna. phylogeography, niche modeling, amphibians and reptiles FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE THEORY | The conflict between commonness, rarity, and neutrality in pen shell communities. neutral model, marine community, niche theory FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE THEORY | Relative importance of geographic distance and habitat factors in determining the similarity of species composition in Great Lakes shoreline plant communities. neutral theory, niche theory, distance decay, dispersal limitation, scale, plant species composition, Jaccard’s index of similarity, habitat turnover, ecological drift FULL ABSTRACT |
| NICHE-ASSEMBLY | Testing for competition and niche-assembly across phyla: a case study of red-backed salamanders and centipedes. niche-assembly, species interaction, salamander FULL ABSTRACT |
| NIGHT WARMING | 'Night'-Warming a misnomer: plant growth also affected by concomitantly warmer mornings. climate change, night warming, global change FULL ABSTRACT |
| NIGHTTIME CONDUCTANCE AND TRANSPIRATION | 132 Regulation of nighttime water loss in Populus in response to soil nitrogen and water manipulation. nighttime conductance and transpiration, Populus angustifolia and P. balsamifera spp. trichocarpa, plant water relations FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITRATE | Decoupling of nitrogen cycling processes in frozen alpine soils. ammonium, nitrate, anaerobiosis FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITRIFICATION | Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria or ammonia-oxidizing archaea - who is the dominant nitrifyer in northern Arizona soils? microbial ecology, nitrification, Southwest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITRIFICATION POTENTIAL | Variations in nitrification potential in manured agroecosystems of contrasting soil type. nitrification potential, manure, soil type FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | 93 Above- and belowground production patterns and effects on soil nitrogen availability among species and source populations of dominant prairie grasses. grassland, production, nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | Seasonal trends in N cycling in a California grassland. California grassland, nitrogen, seasonality FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | Brown clouds, green water, and red herrings: human health effects of an altered nitrogen cycle. nitrogen, disease, global FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | 156 The effects of nitrogen deposition on fungal community structure. nitrogen, fungi, phylotypes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | Natural and anthropogenic nitrogen uptake in bloom-forming macroalgae. nitrogen, estuarine, algae FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | Fungal contribution to forest floor N in an oak/maple dominated system across a gradient of N deposition. ectomycorrhizal sheath, forest floor, nitrogen FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN | Assessing foliar incorporation of atmospheric nitrogen pollution using foliar 15N signatures: the role of plant nitrogen reduction strategy. nitrogen, foliar 15N, stable isotopes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN AND CARBON CYCLING | Challenges facing the biogeochemical integrity of organic cropping systems. agricultural ecosystem, biogeochemistry, nitrogen and carbon cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY | Whole-stream estimates of dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA): a 15N approach. nitrogen biogeochemistry, streams, stable isotopes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLE | 17 Effects of functional plant groups on nitrogen cycling in a tidal freshwater marsh. nitrogen cycle, tidal freshwater marsh, community composition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 151 Denitrification and nitrogen fixation relative to natural abundance of carbon and nitrogen in a coastal wetland with long-term nutrient additions. coastal wetland ecosystem, nutrient loading, nitrogen cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 153 Patterns of amino acid availability across a temperate forest fertility gradient. biogeochemistry, nitrogen cycling, temperate forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 147 Differential uptake of N from prey versus atmospheric deposition by the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. wetlands, carnivorous plants, nitrogen cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | The role of water, nutrients, and temperature in regulating NO and NH3 efflux from Mojave Desert soils. desert, nitrogen cycling, biogeochemistry FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | Tannin influences on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in temperate forest soils. tannin-protein complexes, nitrogen cycling, temperate forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | Dissolved organic nitrogen cycling in soils and its role in regulating plant productivity. carbon cycling, nitrogen cycling, plant-microbial competition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 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 |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 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 |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | Nitrogen budget and dynamics in central Indiana freshwater reservoirs. freshwater sediment, denitrification, nitrogen cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN CYCLING | 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 |
| NITROGEN CYCLING AND FIRE | Comparison of wildfire and prescribed burn effects on nitrogen dynamics in headwater ecosystems in central Idaho. nitrogen cycling and fire, watershed nutrient biogeochemistry, coniferous forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN DEPOSITION | 99 Spatial variation and effects of nitrogen deposition on biological nitrogen fixation in two tropical forest types. biological nitrogen fixation, nitrogen deposition, tropical forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN DEPOSITION | Effects of nitrogen deposition on ectomycorrhizal and bacterial communities in oak forests. rhizosphere community, nitrogen deposition, biogeography FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN DEPOSITION | Species composition changes in chaparral and coastal sage scrub vegetation of southern California due to nitrogen deposition. coastal sage scrub, chaparral, nitrogen deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | 74 Stimulation of nodulation in clover by the essential oil of Thymus serpyllum (Lamiaceae). plant community ecology, nitrogen fixation, soil ecosystem FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | 146 Litter chemistry controls on heterotrophic nitrogen fixation in a lowland tropical forest, Panama. nitrogen fixation, tropical forests, soil ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | Biogeochemical and microbial community controls over free-living nitrogen fixation in a lowland tropical rain forest. nitrogen fixation, lowland tropical rain forest, nitrogen fixing microorganism FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | Facultative nitrogen fixation in a lowland tropical forest inferred by 15N and direct measures. nitrogen fixation, tropical forest, 15N natural abundance FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | 89 Incorporating nitrogen fixation uncertainty into nutrient budgets for organic vegetable agroecosystems. agroecosystems, nitrogen fixation, nutrient budgets FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXATION | Phosphorus fertilization stimulates bloom in nitrogen-fixing epiphytes in a Hawaiian montane rainforest. tropical montane forest, nitrogen fixation, epiphytes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN FIXING MICROORGANISM | Biogeochemical and microbial community controls over free-living nitrogen fixation in a lowland tropical rain forest. nitrogen fixation, lowland tropical rain forest, nitrogen fixing microorganism FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN SATURATION | 147 The effects of high groundwater nitrate inputs on riparian conifer forest growth and associated plant-soil interactions. nitrogen saturation, riparian forest, dendroecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY | 149 Nitrogen use efficiency of C3 and C4 wetland Cyperus species in a long-term greenhouse experiment. nitrogen use efficiency, Cyperus species, wetlands FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-ADDITIVE DIET EFFECTS | 23 Non-additive dietary interactions between plant and animal material in juvenile slider turtles, Trachemys scripta. non-additive diet effects, Trachemys scripta, physiological ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-LETHAL EFFECT | Nonlethal effect of an invasive predator, Bythotrephes, on the population growth rate of zooplankton prey in Lakes Michigan and Erie. non-lethal effect, predator-prey interaction, predator-induced behavior FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-NATIVE PLANTS | 9 Disturbance intensity determines the relationship between native and non-native species diversity in the southern Appalachian Mountains. diversity-invasibility relationship, disturbance, non-native plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-NATIVE RICHNESS | Theory versus prediction- a new look at species-area relationships. species-area relationship, native richness, non-native richness FULL ABSTRACT |
| NON-NATIVE SPECIES INVASION | Leaf photosynthetic responses of native and non-native C4 grasses to precipitation pulses in a desert grassland. precipitation pulses, non-native species invasion, leaf gas exchange FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONDESTUCTIVE SAMPLING | Nondestructive evaluation of plants performance. plant performance, nondestuctive sampling, digital imagery FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONEQUILIBRIUM THEORY | Always an upstart, never an icon: Evelyn Hutchinson and nonequilibrium theory. nonequilibrium theory, competitive exclusion, species diversity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONINVASIVE IDENTIFICATION | High complexity of whisker spot patterns of polar bears permits noninvasive individual identification. noninvasive identification, information theory, Ursus maritimus FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONLINEAR DYNAMICS | Power spectra reveal the interactions among nonlinear population dynamics, stochasticity, and lattice effects. stochasticity, nonlinear dynamics, small populations, power spectrum, population dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONMYCORRHIZAL | 111 Growing nonmycorrhizal loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings in a standard greenhouse setting. ectomycorrhizas, soil bioassays, nonmycorrhizal FULL ABSTRACT |
| NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT | 171 Interspecific variation in seed dormancy and germination of temperate woodland herbs threatened by human harvesting. forest herbs, nontimber forest product, regeneration dynamics, seed ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORMS AND VALUES | Tamarix and Homo: 5,000 years in five minutes. tamarix, cultural history, norms and values FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTH AMERICAN ECOREGIONS IMAGES | 164 Bioimages: a resource for ecosystem education. ecology education web resource, north american ecoregions images, ecoregions overview FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTH AMERICAN FISHES | Fish as potential dispersal agents for floodplain plants: first evidence in North America. river-floodplain ecosystems, seed dispersal, north american fishes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTH AMERICAN SONGBIRDS | Analysis of Breeding Bird Survey data provides evidence for long-distance dispersal in many songbird species. north american songbirds, time-lagged dispersal model, bbs data FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHEASTERN HARDWOOD FORESTS | Using combined broad- and fine-scale studies to link acid rain, invertebrate prey species, and population declines in the Wood Thrush. forest-breeding birds, leaching soil cations, northeastern hardwood forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN JAPAN | 84 Study on the habitat of frogs of the rice paddy field on flatland in northern Japan. agricultural ecosystem, frogs, northern Japan FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN DECIDUOUS FOREST | 42 Effects of genotype, elevated carbon dioxide, and ozone on aspen phytochemistry and performance of the aspen leaf beetle. plant/insect interactions, northern deciduous forest, Populus tremuloides, Chrysomela crotchi FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTS | Ecological effects of recreational horse riding in protected areas. sustainable management of protected areas, northern environments, understorey vegetation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTS | The effects of fertilization and disturbance on understory vegetation in subarctic and boreal environments. disturbances, northern environments, understorey vegetation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS | Spatial and temporal variation in waterfowl nest initiation and predation. predation, spatial analysis, northern great plains FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | 121 Short and long term changes in active root depth and Ca uptake of sugar maple and its relationships with climatic extremes in southern QC, Canada. root dynamics, northern hardwood forest, acer saccharum FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | Understory vegetation recovery from the seed bank following herbicide application in northern hardwood forests. northern hardwood forest, seed bank, herbaceous plants FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | Abrupt climate change and the mid-Holocene hemlock decline. paleoecology, northern hardwood forest, Tsuga canadensis FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | 12 A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis using the black-throated blue warbler, Dendroica caerulescens. bird, acoustic adaptation, northern hardwood forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | Can we learn about forest nutrient dynamics from the fungal community? fungal community, northern hardwood forest, fungi FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST | 36 Evidence for phosphorus limitation of young hardwood forests in the northeastern United States. northern hardwood forest, root foraging, soil ecology FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN HARDWOODS | Using carbon isotope ratios to assess gas exchange traits of trees growing under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone at AspenFACE. ecosystem function under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone, stable isotopes, northern hardwoods FULL ABSTRACT |
| NORTHERN MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE | 29 Grazing-induced modifications to the productive capacity of northern mixed-grass prairie. grazing, northern mixed-grass prairie, biomass production FULL ABSTRACT |
| NOVEL WEAPONS | 41 Novel weapons versus EICA: which hypothesis explains Centaurea maculosa invasion. invasion, novel weapons, evolution of increased competitive ability FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUCLEATION | The nucleation model does not apply to early postagricultural succession in five Costa Rican premontane pasture sites. succession, nucleation, facilitation FULL ABSTRACT |
| NULL MODEL | Assembly rules and binary presence-absence matrices. null model, neutral model, co-occurrence FULL ABSTRACT |
| NULL MODEL | In search of quorum effects in metacommunity structure: species co-occurrence analyses. community assembly, null model, zooplankton FULL ABSTRACT |
| NULL MODELS | Overdrafts at the Entangled Bank: should this account finally be closed? assembly rules, null models, J.P. Morgan effect FULL ABSTRACT |
| NURSE EFFECT | 74 The effects of shrubs on ephemeral plants: soil or canopy? arid and semiarid zones, nurse effect, annuals and geophytes FULL ABSTRACT |
| NURSERY HABITAT | Growth rates and species composition of juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.) in nearshore, subtidal, and estuarine habitats. sebastes, Estuarine, nursery habitat FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT ACQUISITION | 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 |
| NUTRIENT BUDGET | Estimates of phosphorus recycling in lakes: variability among models. phosphorus recycling, variability among models, nutrient budget FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT BUDGETS | 150 Comparison of nutrient pools between a northern hardwood forest and red pine plantation in northern-lower Michigan. nutrient cycling, forests, nutrient budgets FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT BUDGETS | 89 Incorporating nitrogen fixation uncertainty into nutrient budgets for organic vegetable agroecosystems. agroecosystems, nitrogen fixation, nutrient budgets FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT COUPLING | Nitrogen deposition: effects on the phosphorus cycle and implications for ecosystems. nutrient coupling, biogeochemical cycling, modelling N deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Agroecosystem integrity and the internal cycling of nutrients. nutrient cycling, agroecology, sustainability FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Controls over foliar N:P ratios in tropical rain forests. nutrient cycling, tropical rain forest, foliar element ratios FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Nutrient resorption in nine common canopy trees of a secondary wet tropical forest in Costa Rica. nutrient resorption, tropical rainforest, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Abiotic controls on land cover type and net primary production. global net primary productivity, controls on biome type, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Paleolimnological evidence for use of the Lake Chelan (WA) watershed by anadromous salmonids. paleolimnology, freshwater, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | The effects of solar radiation on dissolved organic matter cycling in Ozark streams. stream biogeochemistry, dissolved organic matter, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Bubonic plague mitigates the effects of prairie dogs on shortgrass steppe structure and function. plant-animal interactions, grasslands, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 176 Potential nutrient leaching following thawing of permafrost soils of northeastern Siberia. arctic tundra, climate change, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 101 Soil organic matter and nitrogen decrease in previously cultivated sites in tropical dry forest of the Yucatan. dry tropical forest, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 76 Ecosystem response to the urban atmosphere in the Sonoran Desert. Sonoran Desert, nutrient cycling, atmospheric deposition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 34 Subterranean herbivory influences plant density and species diversity in warm temperate forest. herbivory, nutrient cycling, warm temperate forest FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 124 Changes in C and N cycling with forest encroachment into mesic grassland. afforestation, nutrient cycling, Juniperus FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 151 Effects of warming and supplemental precipitation on CO2 flux, nutrient cycling, and primary production in Antarctic tundra. tundra, nutrient cycling, climate change FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 150 Comparison of nutrient pools between a northern hardwood forest and red pine plantation in northern-lower Michigan. nutrient cycling, forests, nutrient budgets FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 91 A qualitative study of dry litter sustainable pig farming in Tutuila, American Samoa. environmental health, sustainable agriculture, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | 23 Effects of three different fire regimes over 9 years on shortgrass steppe of the southern Great Plains, US. fire regimes, shortgrass steppe, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Species effects on soil microbial diversity and functioning: quantifying litter quality- bacterial community structure-nutrient cycling linkages. nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, forests FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT CYCLING | Nitrogen alters fungal communities but not carbon cycling in boreal forest soils. nutrient cycling, soil microbes, molecular techniques FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT DIAGNOSIS | Species interactions in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) polycultures: diagnosis of nutrient uptake by vector analysis. nutrient diagnosis, agroforestry, on-farm research FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT ESTIMATIONS | 129 Nutrient contents and aboveground biomass in developing northern hardwood stands. allometry, nutrient estimations, forest productivity FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT FLOW | Brown hyenas as nutrient transport vectors in the Namib desert: implications for biodiversity. desert, allochthony, nutrient flow FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT HETEROGENEITY | The genetic identity of competitors determines root system architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana. root system architecture, nutrient heterogeneity, Arabidopsis thaliana FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT LOADING | 151 Denitrification and nitrogen fixation relative to natural abundance of carbon and nitrogen in a coastal wetland with long-term nutrient additions. coastal wetland ecosystem, nutrient loading, nitrogen cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT MANIPULATIONS | Effects of woodchip mulch and nutrient availability on understory vegetation and soil properties in thinned montane forest. fire mitigation, exotic species invsions, nutrient manipulations FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT PROCESSING | 1 Nutrient processing in urbanizing watersheds: can the latest developments in stormwater management improve nutrient uptake? stream, nutrient processing, stormwater management FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT PULSE VS PRESS | The effects of a nutrient pulse versus nutrient press on the structure of an arthropod food-web. food web, nutrient pulse vs press, trophic dynamics FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT RESORPTION | Nutrient resorption in nine common canopy trees of a secondary wet tropical forest in Costa Rica. nutrient resorption, tropical rainforest, nutrient cycling FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT RETENTION | 152 Macroinvertebrate community development in mature and newly created wetlands. created wetland development, nutrient retention, biotic index FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSPORT | Role of light in carbon release and iron sorption during simulated river sediment transport events. biogeochemistry, river/aquatic, nutrient transformation and transport FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT UPTAKE | Effects of in-stream restorations on stream hydrodynamics, nutrient uptake, and ecosystem metabolism at Fort Benning, GA. Stream, nutrient uptake, ecosystem metabolism FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENT UPTAKE | Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of arctic tundra differ in their ability to use different sources of nitrogen. mycorrhizal ecology, nutrient uptake, arctic tundra FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRIENTS | Relationships between soil nutrients and plant communities in herbaceous wetlands of Nutrient Ecoregion 11. wetland, vegetation, nutrients FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRITION | Seasonal histochemical, morphological, and nutritional characteristics of bamboo selected by giant pandas. bamboo, panda, nutrition FULL ABSTRACT |
| NUTRITION | Seasonality of bamboo nutritional composition for single-source foragers. nutrition, clonal plant ecology, forage quality FULL ABSTRACT |