Sentences with phrase «invading species»

Genre shingle Vertigo Films was clever in that respect, transforming the shoestring sci - fier that launched Edwards» career (he graduated directly to «Godzilla») into a franchise, while preserving the notion that any number of pics — not to mention novels, games and other properties — could be created in this world, where the concept of mankind awkwardly coexisting with this invading species provides the throughline.

But the news might not be good for existing fisheries in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as fish will encounter increased competition from invading species, Wisz says:

«Forty - four invading species «loose» in North Atlantic.»

Essentially, invading species seeking a niche were met with a «no vacancy» sign.

The «enemy release» hypothesis holds that certain invading species succeed because they escape from their natural enemies — pathogens, parasites, herbivores and predators — in their native habitat.

The Dartmouth study's approach takes into account that invading species are attempting to establish in locations where other species already exist, and the interactions with these existing species are important to consider.

Over the years, the gray squirrel has become an almost iconic example of an invading species outcompeting a native one.

An invading species that harbors parasites may have a bigger predatory impact on its new environment than invaders that are parasite - free.

It now has a near - monopoly in the area, the study found — and that could make the whole region more vulnerable to invading species.

The study's results showed that the microbes» interactions altered the performance of the resident and invading species, and the researchers think evolution led to differences in performance.

In their study, the Rutgers researchers compared the performance of populations of resident and invading species before and after they interacted, and potentially evolved, for about 200 to 400 generations.

Like researchers studying other logged forests, she found evidence of an «edge effect»: the density of shade - tolerant seedlings decreased within several hundred meters of the fragment edge, where young trees are more exposed to sun, wind, and competition from invading species.

If the invasive species is abundant, the native species can go extinct because predator numbers are propped up by the invading species.

Not exact matches

He is an android planted by an alien invading colonizing species.

The lands that have been invaded by these species are important winter habitat for bird species such as the Brown Thrasher and the Eastern Towhee.

The letter urges opposition to a bill that would eliminate states» authority to protect waterways from ships» polluted discharges, making it easier for non-native species to invade the Hudson River and Great Lakes.

«There's only a small probability that an individual species can successfully invade on a single voyage, but if you do this thousands of times, then you will see species establish themselves.»

These species and their relatives can creep under the toenails and invade other areas of the skin, including the scalp and genitalia, where they trigger ringworm and jock itch.

This alien species, which first appeared in Switzerland in 1960, can thus invade other natural waters.

Each antibody fits like a puzzle piece into an array of different proteins on the surfaces of invading pathogens; antibodies can also lock onto other antibodies — usually from a different species.

The species, native to the Caspian and Black Sea basins, was well known on that side of the Atlantic for its ability to fuse to any hard surface, growing in wickedly sharp clusters that can bloody boaters» hands and swimmers» feet, plug pipes, foul boat bottoms and suck the plankton — the life — out of the waters they invade.

Frank J. Methe writes, «Zia has always been infinitely curious about any species of insect that invades her home.

Along with Mark Hauber, professor of neurobiology and behavior at City University of New York, and their co-authors, Dinets has discovered that two species of Eurasian cuckoos are on the verge of invading North America, and one of them may already be breeding here.

These cooperative family groups are then better able to invade new territory, where the climate is too harsh for uncooperative, solitary species to survive.»

There are some species that do extremely well in invading and conquering: the eucalyptus tree, the coyote and the human beings, so here we are.

A couple of species were abundant in the beginning but went extinct (they could not be found in the jar) after being invaded, Faillace added.

«Cara found that both things can happen, and it will depend a lot on the details of the biology of the species that's introduced and the biology of the community that's invaded.»

«Sadly, rhododendron - invaded woodlands present a different vista, vast stands of this single species replacing all the diverse native flora as far as the eye can see.

An average warming of 0.4 of a degree is predicted by 2099, and whilst this warming will not be enough to allow any species from other neighbouring continents to invade or colonise Antarctica, it will cause the unique local species to change their distribution.

«That means we have to pay attention as we eradicate species» that have invaded an ecosystem.

Scientists working on islands in Florida have documented the rapid evolution of a native lizard species — in as little as 15 years — as a result of pressure from an invading lizard species, introduced from Cuba.

Fossil remains show that some plant species believed to have invaded the Galapagos islands about 500 years ago are in fact natives.

New York snail invades San Francisco Bay and a San Francisco snail invades New York Harbor, the alpha diversity in both locations has increased, but the beta diversity has decreased, because the two environments now share two species.

By and large, superior competitive ability isn't what enables alien species to invade.

If a New York snail invades San Francisco Bay and a San Francisco snail invades New York Harbor, the alpha diversity in both locations has increased, but the beta diversity has decreased, because the two environments now share two species.

This build - up of nitrogen, ecologists believe, will attract pests and allow other plant species to invade these habitats, changing them forever.

When these species invade, they reduce the amount of plankton available to feed native fish.

These are widely dispersed by native Jamaican bird species and it has been invading new habitats at a high rate.

Instead, the study suggests that biological differences between these two notorious closely related invasive species that are generally perceived as minor, such as the synthesis rate and attachment strength of the threads used by Dreissena to attach themselves to native unionids, can drive profound differences in environmental impacts on native communities they invade.

When alien species invade and take over communities, they may not come alone — many plant species are host to a whole suite of microorganisms that not only live in plant cells, but also in the soil surrounding the plants» roots.

The mystery of how some invasive species may rapidly invade and spread in the world's oceans without assistance by marine traffic may have been partly solved by a new Mediterranean Sea study.

Nieh worked with scientists at Yunnan Agricultural University in China to study the impact on foraging Asian honey bees of the monstrous - looking Asian Giant hornet, Vespa tropica, and a smaller hornet species known as Vespa velutina, which has invaded Europe and now poses a threat to European honey bees.

At a time when global warming is creating an imbalance in communities and when numerous species are invading ecosystems to which they were previously alien, these conclusions need to be taken into account if it is wished to predict the new interactions that will result from such changes.

Soon after, more than 60 species of small Red Sea marine animals, known as foraminifera, also invaded the Mediterranean.

«It could make it easier for a species to invade a new area and survive, or it could inhibit invasions in other circumstances,» she said.

Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether exotic marine plants successfully invade new territory and replace native species, UNSW Sydney - led research shows.

Like many species invading new territories, it had been thought to have avoided significant predation — but no longer.

«Today, we have 700 to 750 individuals of the species,» says Martin, «but if action is not taken now, the white - headed duck could soon be outbred by the invading ruddy duck, and wiped out in Spain, the only Western European country with a viable population.»

Eggs of warblers and weavers reveal that those from species whose nests have been infiltrated by cuckoo finches have extremely complicated markings compared with those from species whose nests have not been invaded.

They may even profit: It seems that the extirpation of the three species of Crematogaster opens up other trees that T. penzigi can sneak into; Palmer and colleagues found a much higher density of T. penzigi where the bigheaded ants had invaded, they report in an article posted online in Ecology.