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CO2 fertilization effect
The CO2 fertilization effect is the boost to photosynthesis and plant growth from rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, which raised global plant carbon uptake about 13.5% between 1981 and 2020.
Myrmecology
Myrmecology, from Greek myrmex (ant), is the branch of entomology studying ants; term coined by William Morton Wheeler. Covers colony organization, temporal polyethism, foraging ecology, applied fire ant research, and citizen science.
North American Breeding Bird Survey
The North American Breeding Bird Survey is a citizen-science program, launched in 1966 by Chandler Robbins, in which volunteers count birds along roadside routes to estimate population trends.
Otolith microchemistry
Otolith microchemistry is an analytical method in fish ecology that measures the elemental composition of otoliths, the ear stones of fish, to reconstruct environmental history and migration.
Plankton
Plankton, from Greek for drifter, are organisms carried by currents, divided into phytoplankton and zooplankton. Term coined by Victor Hensen in 1887; phytoplankton produce about 45% of global primary production.
Plant ecology
Plant ecology: the study of plants' relationships with their environment at organism, population, community, and biome levels. Founded in late 19th-century Germany and Scandinavia; covers competition, facilitation, succession, and global-change impacts on plant communities.