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Mating Systems
Barry Sinervo, Ashley Robart
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-08-30
Mating SystemsIntroductionMating system theory, based on economics of territorial defense, has been applied to describe the diversity in social system...
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Louis W. Botsford
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Maximum Sustainable Yield Introduction Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) is a statement of two long-standing desirable goals of exploiting a pop...
Metabolic Scaling Theory
Chuck Price
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Metabolic Scaling Theory Introduction Body size is among the most influential variables one could measure in attempting to understand interspe...
Metacommunity Dynamics
Florian Altermatt
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Metacommunity DynamicsIntroductionUnderstanding the distribution of species, their abundance, and their interactions with other species is the central...
Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes
Ilkka Hanski
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes Introduction Many habitats have a fragmented spatial distribution at the landscape level, suc...
Microclimate Ecology
Michael Kearney
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Microclimate EcologyIntroductionMicroclimates are the thermal, hydric, and radiative conditions in the first meter or so above and below the earth’s s...
Mimicry
David W. Kikuchi, David W. Pfennig
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mimicry Introduction Among nature’s most exquisite adaptations are examples in which natural selection has favored a species (the mimic) to re...
Multiple Stable States and Catastrophic Shifts in Ecosystems
Sonia Kéfi
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-06-26
Multiple Stable States and Catastrophic Shifts in EcosystemsIntroductionThe idea that ecosystems may have multiple alternative stable states dates bac...
Mutualisms and Symbioses
Judith Bronstein
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mutualisms and SymbiosesIntroductionMutualisms, interactions between two species that benefit both of them, have long captured the public imagination....
Mycorrhizal Ecology
Baoming Ji, James D. Bever
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Mycorrhizal Ecology Introduction Mycorrhizae are ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems. With an increasing awareness that this symbiotic asso...
Natural History Tradition, The
Michael P. Branch, Johanna R. Landis, William V. Lombardi, Sarah Nolan, Andrew B. Ross
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
The Natural History Tradition Introduction The natural history tradition emerged from ancient philosophy and over time became more scientifica...
Networks, Ecological
Paulo R. Guimarães Jr.
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Ecological Networks Introduction In any given ecological community individuals of hundreds of different species interact in multiple ways, for...
Niche Versus Neutral Models of Community Organization
Lindsay A. Turnbull
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Niche Versus Neutral Models of Community Organization Introduction Until very recently, the field of ecology has operated almost entirely ar...
Niches
Dan L. Warren, Nichole Bennett
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Niches Introduction The concept of the niche is one of the most important ideas in ecology, and yet it is one of the most muddled and confused...
Nutrient Foraging in Plants
Angela Hodge
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Nutrient Foraging in PlantsIntroductionSoils are physically the most complex of all environments, comprising solid, liquid, and gas phases, and vary c...
Ocean Sprawl
Louise Firth
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Ocean SprawlIntroductionOcean sprawl is the proliferation of engineered artificial structures in coastal and offshore marine environments. These inclu...
Odum, Eugene and Howard
Joel Hagen
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Eugene and Howard OdumIntroductionEugene P. (b. 1913–d. 2002) and Howard T. (b. 1924–d. 2002) Odum were leading figures in the development of ecosyste...
Old Fields
Adam Clark
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
Old FieldsIntroductionOld fields are ecosystems that form on previously human-managed land after management has ceased. Traditionally, the term “old f...
Ordination Analysis
David J. Gibson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Ordination Analysis Introduction Ordination is a multivariate method of gradient analysis and data reduction in which the distribution of sa...
Organic Agriculture, Ecology of
Miguel A. Altieri, Marcos Lana, Karin Stein-Bachinger, Johann Bachinger
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-07-27
The Ecology of Organic AgricultureIntroductionOrganic agriculture can be defined as a holistic production management system that avoids use of synthet...
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