Sentences with phrase «life history traits»

This relationship supports the classical theory of aging, and remains valid when other life history traits known to influence longevity such as body mass and clutch size are included into the statistical model.

It builds on work done by co-author Barbara A. Han of the Cary Institute, who has used similar methods to predict bat and rodent reservoirs of disease based on life history traits.

«With our results of a negative relationship between predation pressure and longevity that is largely independent of other key life history traits we were able to confirm the universality of the 50 year old evolutionary theory of aging on a broad geographical scale» concludes Mihai Valcu, first author of the study.

Stahlschmidt says that many life history traits are associated with oxidative damage.

«White sharks possess life history traits that make them vulnerable to exploitation,» said Nancy Kohler, chief of the Apex Predators Program at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and a study co-author.

The team is trying to understand life history traits of benthos at the initial stage and the influence of ocean currents in order to find out how these organisms expand their habitat and respond to environmental changes.

Adds Dr. Patrick Jodice of Clemson University, an expert in reproductive energetics who was not involved in the study, «When we examine life history traits we tend to see commonalities within taxonomic families, but Rizzolo et al. demonstrated that within the Gaviidae, Red - throated Loons appear to be quite unique.

«These changes in life history traits and population dynamics likely reduced and / or removed populations of many species, including important components of the food web,» in turn shrinking the food chain, scientists wrote in the new report.

Organisms adjust their development in response to environmental conditions to maximize important life history traits such as body size and survival.

Geographical area and life history traits influence diet in an Arctic marine predator.

Experimental results indicate that life history traits of reef fishes are remarkably tolerant to CO2 levels that could occur in the ocean by the end of this century, however, sensory systems and behaviour are severely affected.

Life history traits are the things in an animal's life that affect life expectancy — critical issues like reproduction, growth, and survival.

These seven species were chosen because, potentially, their abundance and life history traits may make them amenable to small - scale fisheries or aquaculture.

These life history traits relate to neural development in important ways.

Not only they have life history traits, behavior and physiology strongly influenced by environmental variables but they also lay their eggs in coastal areas prone to sea level rise and cyclonic activity.

While no correlation exists between relative neonatal weight and eye or orbit diameters, eye and orbit diameters have positive correlations with some, but not all, of the life history traits under study.

The identification of individuals within a population and the collection of reliable information on distribution, habitat use, and life history traits are the basic requirement for behavioral and ecological studies of a species.