Sentences with phrase «colonize new habitats»
A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats — especially in the face of a changing climate.
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«The more spores each machine produces, the more likely it to successfully colonize new habitats.»
Furthermore, the ability to colonize new habitats itself implies that the host is not entirely dependent on the services provided by its ant partner.
«Can mechanisms used during hibernation help animals colonize new habitats?.»
The knowledge of how species colonize new habitats forms the basis for the preservation of refuges and targeted reintroduction and also helps prevent the spread of invasive species.
So ducks and other birds may help aquatic animals colonize new habitats over very long distances.
A comprehensive look at dozens of species, it finds that many North American and European bumble bees are failing to «track» warming by colonizing new habitats north of their historic range.
Not exact matches
When the Fangataufa atoll populations were decimated by the nuclear bombs, it opened up a new habitat to colonize for the free floating larvae, but which species happened to land on the reef is mostly a matter of luck.