Sentences with phrase «growth forms»

In general, coral species that are more resistant to bleaching can be characterized by massive growth forms, thick or less - integrated tissues and slow growth rates.

At the coral colony level, fast - growing species that are characterized by fine - structured, branching or tabular growth forms tend to be more susceptible to bleaching.

New growth formed in rings around each of the xylem columns while an increasing volume of soft tissue forced the strands to spread out.

Differential effects of rising atmospheric CO2 on woody relative to herbaceous growth forms are very likely (Bond and Midgley, 2000).

An evaluation of the former abundance of black spruce in lichen - tundra sites, based on distribution, number and growth form of charred standing or fallen dead stems was done in order to deduce the presence of woodland or krummholz stands at the moment of the last fire event.

Coral species that are more tolerant of thermal stress have massive growth forms, thick tissues and slow growth rates.

Coral species that are more susceptible to heat stress are characterized by branching or tabular growth forms, such as Seriatopora and Acropora.

Editing GalNAc - T6 out of a colon cancer cell line changed its growth form to one more closely resembling healthy colon tissue.

Be able to describe several tree species based on features such as leaf shape and type, bark, growth form, and others

The school is nearly tripling its enrollment next year, and its plans for handling that growth formed the majority of a public hearing on the 2012 - 13 budget Monday night that took the form of a conversation between board members, the school business manager and a handful of parents and reporters.

PNAS 2009) it was found that CO2 fertilization did not appear to be playing a role in the increased ring width of either growth form.

This is the nature of the growth form, as older tissue becomes non-functional new cells must be produced and added to the core every year.

Dominated by a spatially and temporally variable mix of grass and tree - growth forms (Sankaran et al., 2005), grasslands and savannas include tropical C4 grasslands and savannas (C4 grass - dominated with 10 - 50 % tree cover, about 28 Mkm2) and temperate C4 and / or C3 - grass and herb - dominated grasslands (15 million km2; Bonan, 2002).

Daytime in situ warming experiments suggest high vulnerability of endemic succulent (see Glossary) growth forms of the Succulent Karoo to high - end warming scenarios for 2100 (mean 5.5 °C above current ambient temperatures), inducing appreciable mortality in some (but not all) succulent species tested within only a few months (Musil et al., 2005).

We then show how wood traits are related to one another, highlighting functional trade - offs, and to ecological and demographic plant features (growth form, growth rate, latitude, ecological setting).