Sentences with phrase «in similar habitats»

Our findings show that parallel phenotypes can evolve in similar habitats and due to similar selection pressure, however, not necessarily in parallel evolutionary sequence,» explains the evolutionary biologist from Konstanz.

Scientists have long been intrigued by the marine biodiversity peak located around Indonesia and the Philippines, in the so - called Coral Triangle, which hosts approximately three thousand coral reef fish species, i.e. ten times more than in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic at the same latitude and in similar habitats.

The researchers found that the body condition of alligators found near wading bird nesting colonies was higher than those in similar habitat without active colonies, independent of a range of environmental variables.

In one February survey, researchers recorded 155 Channel Islands slender salamanders and 152 black - bellied slender salamanders in similar habitat.

Not exact matches

Many species that are very successful in their habitat, such as sharks, crocodiles, and coelacanths are similar in form to their ancestors because they still out compete or out reproduce their rivals.

As farms disappear and forests return, the large swaths of hay fields and similar habitats that bobolink require for breeding and raising young continue to shrink in size and number.

Other animals in dark, still habitats where scent is a giveaway could have evolved similar camouflage, says Resetarits.

But a prairie plant in the Midwest, where many miles of land have a similar temperature, might have to travel much farther to remain in its preferred habitat.

Bacteria and diatoms inhabit those liquid veins, and Hajo Eicken, a glaciologist at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, suspects that similar habitats could exist in the lower, warmer layers of ice on Europa, and perhaps on the other moons as well.

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

The four species also pursue widely distributed prey in similar patchy and challenging habitats, and they need flexible hunting strategies.

The authors suggest that human activity may even be driving a similar Lilliput - like pattern in the modern world, as more and more large animals go extinct because of hunting, habitat destruction, and climate change.

«I think the reduction of habitat definitely decreased their population size,» Hung says, noting something similar may explain the extinction of other outbreak species in North America, like the Rocky Mountain grasshopper in the western U.S. «Our study suggests that the combination of natural population size changes and human disturbances drove the rapid extinction of this bird.»

The Australian National University (ANU) study found that by living in the same habitat, pythons and boas evolved independently to look similar.

«Based on this study, we can predict that mantis groups with similar habitat specialization in Africa, Asia and Australia will also be far more diverse than what is currently known,» said Svenson.

The models then identified similar upwelling and feeding regions in the Northern Indian Ocean that are also likely to be important habitat for the endangered species.

Do birds in the same habitat have similar types of feet?

Despite diverse environmental conditions and methodological details, the results were very similar and reproducible in all four habitats.

«They provide similar benefits in that they create a three - dimensional habitat that supports other species.

But researchers found that the microorganism's cells are similar to microbes that live in a less demanding habitat on land: the soils in forests.

One of our biggest programs in Africa is working to improve the lives of people in 52 villages around Gombe National Park and spread out through the rest of the chimp habitat in Tanzania — and we have similar programs in Uganda, DRC [Democratic Republic of the Congo], the Republic of [the] Congo, Senegal and Burundi.

In this respect, the spectrum of species in Lake Victoria is now similar to that found in Lake Tanganyika or in marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation on large fisIn this respect, the spectrum of species in Lake Victoria is now similar to that found in Lake Tanganyika or in marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation on large fisin Lake Victoria is now similar to that found in Lake Tanganyika or in marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation on large fisin Lake Tanganyika or in marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation on large fisin marine habitats, where fish with pharyngeal jaws have existed alongside competitors without such jaws for up to 60 million years and have therefore never become specialized for predation on large fish.

Furthermore, Archaeornithura had long legs and feet apparently adapted to wading in water, similar to those of today's plovers, suggesting that modern birds arose in aquatic habitats.

So far, many are redistributing in a similar pattern: As habitat that was once too cold warms up, species are expanding their ranges toward the poles, whereas boundaries closer to the equator have remained more static.

Here we assessed the song structure of male mountain chickadees using two exemplars of high and low elevation habitats on two different mountains in the Sierra Nevada with similar mixed - conifer forest structure.

The great forest disturbances created by Passenger Pigeon megaflocks — which were described by American ornithologist John James Audubon as similar to tornadoes — were a constant variable in the formula of eastern forest habitats.

In the Zurich Zoo for instance, the snow leoaprds have a vertical rock face in their enclosure, very similar to a typical mountain rock face in their natural habitaIn the Zurich Zoo for instance, the snow leoaprds have a vertical rock face in their enclosure, very similar to a typical mountain rock face in their natural habitain their enclosure, very similar to a typical mountain rock face in their natural habitain their natural habitat.

«Allie's Pals shares similar beliefs in collaboration, transparency and that every animal deserves respect and opportunity to enjoy a healthy home or habitat.

Some of these programs mimic foraging choices similar to that found in an animal's natural habitat, including hiding food, or hanging fruit from a tree.

To examine the causes and consequences of the increase, we assessed abundance, body mass, home - range size, spatial resource use (den sites and habitat use), temporal resource use, and diet of island spotted skunks during abundance in 2003 - 2004 and compared it with similar measures during rarity in 1992.

Similar to predictions for the Red - faced Warbler and Painted Redstart, Audubon's climate model projects a 90 percent loss of current summer range by 2080, with a spread north into corresponding habitat in southern Colorado.

Based on projections for species with similar ranges and habitats (like Le Conte's and Baird's sparrows), the inland - nesting population of Nelson's Sparrow may have a substantial shift in appropriate climate - space.

In addition to these mid-ocean ridge studies I am also involved in the application of similar marine geophysical techniques to study sedimentary processes and characterize benthic habitats in the near shore settinIn addition to these mid-ocean ridge studies I am also involved in the application of similar marine geophysical techniques to study sedimentary processes and characterize benthic habitats in the near shore settinin the application of similar marine geophysical techniques to study sedimentary processes and characterize benthic habitats in the near shore settinin the near shore setting.

These projects would have destroyed the corridor's wildlife habitat, threaten the local water supply, and limit public beach access while ignoring the reality that other similar developments in Puerto Rico had failed to bring the economic opportunities that had been promised.

Preferred habitat: swamps, wet meadows, damp woods, marshes, bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: dormant in summer if too dry + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: dappled shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 12 to 18» + + + + Wildlife value: Butterfly larvae like to pupate on irises + + + + Note: plant can be difficult to find; its iris cousins the Louisiana irises will achieve similar results