Sentences with word «allometry»

By incorporating established laws of tree allometry — which explain the relationship of tree size parameters such as diameter and height — the team was able to mathematically explain why the trees in Klaus's path (like those seen above) gave way once the wind speeds reached 42 m / s.

k. William L. Jungers, «Lucy's Limbs: Skeletal Allometry and Locomotion in Australopithecus Afarensis,» Nature, Vol.

This pattern could result from natural selection for specific allometries or from developmental constraints on patterns of differential growth.

When compared to primate allometry, the OH 7 brain size is at the top of the allometric expectations within non-human primates.

Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests.

205: William L. Jungers, «Lucy's limbs: skeletal allometry and locomotion in Australopithecus afarensis,» Nature, Vol.

«These findings suggest that the evolution of eusociality in Synalpheus shrimp has left a signal in the allometry of female reproduction and defense.»

Our results show that the short - term evolution of allometries is not limited by developmental constraints.

We performed artificial selection on the allometry between forewing area and body size in a butterfly to test for developmental constraints, and then used the resultant increased range of phenotypic variation to quantify natural selection on the scaling relationship.

Quandaries of forest area, volume, biomass, and carbon explored with the forest identity, Forest, tree volume, carbon sequestration, allometry

Returning forests analyzed with forest identity, Forest, tree volume, carbon sequestration, forest identity, allometry