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The costs are expected to be much higher than those associated with local adaptation in other studies, though these measures by definition are limited in scope and scale, the scientists state.

Testing for local adaptation in the Gasterosteus — Gyrodactylus host - parasite system.

Is there local adaptation in Drosophila - parasitoid interactions?

Hellmann expects to see more local adaptation in the duskywing than in the swallowtails, as they are more isolated from their southern cousins.

And from these spiders» tangled webs, the researchers have uncovered the first - ever field - based evidence for a biological mechanism called «group selection» contributing to local adaptation in natural populations.

Substantially, a nearly complete catalogue of the genetic variants has been compiled, which allowed the scientist to identify a genome - wide set of loci for local adaptation in Chinese pigs.

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Similarly, many ventures are based around business methods and concepts that have been successful in developed countries, but with adaptations made to reflect local conditions, such as «Careem,» the Uber of Pakistan.

And the story of subsequent Jewish political development is to be traced, not primarily in the hierarchy of restored Palestinian Judaism and the arrogance of the House of Hasmon, but in the popular assembly with its ruling elders which continued, with local adaptations and variations, it is true, but in essential uniformity, right through the long centuries of the dispersion and into our own times.

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In the past years global operators have understood that adaptations to local taste make their exploits even more successful.

In terms of biodiversity, organic farming takes into account gene adaptation, local ecosystems and species to improve disease resistance, soil, gene pools and local wildlife habitats.

Authoring organization (s): Program for Appropriate Technology in Health - Published: 2006, 2008 Summary: These materials include clinical algorithms geared for health workers (not lay counselors) to use to counsel mothers and determine the most appropriate time to stop breastfeeding; an adaptation and finalization of the World Health Organization (WHO) Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling: An Integrated Course, including new chapters on complementary feeding and country - specific recommendations; adaptations and local drawings / graphics inspired by the WHO counseling cards; and take - home brochures for mothers on exclusive breastfeeding, expressing breastmilk, and replacement feeding.

11 (Uvnas - Moberg, Eriksson: «Breastfeeding: physiological, endocrine and behavioral adaptations caused by oxytocin and local neurogenic activity in the nipple and mammary gland.»

It was a challenge to translate a full programme from English to Spanish and make cultural and local adaptations, but all efforts have been worthwhile as hearing from my students in Mexico brightens my days as I know they are making a difference in the lives of many families.

Dow's recent outreach activities include the 2016 Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference, held September 12 - 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and local workshops that focus on climate adaptation planning.

Dow is eager to include dialogue related to risk tolerance and priorities, and approaches to address the uncertainty in climate adaptation in ways that everyone — local community members, regional decision - makers, and scientists — can understand and participate in.

The study suggests that an understanding of how human use of the landscape interact with climate and ecosystem processes is important for organizations that want to develop strategies for climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and local development in one of the world's poorest regions.

The results suggest that recent changes in global vegetation have had impacts on local climates that should be considered in the design of local mitigation and adaptation plans.

Variation in pigmentation among human populations may reflect local adaptation to regional light environments, because dark skin is more photoprotective, whereas pale skin aids the production of vitamin D. Although genes associated with skin pigmentation have been identified in European populations, little is known about the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans.

«Implementation and dissemination will depend upon local factors including staff availability and training, adaptation to the patient population and practice characteristics, cost and reimbursement structures, and willingness to invest in change.»

To determine whether populations have evolved local adaptation, Colautti and University of Toronto professor Spencer Barrett collected seeds from three different climatic regions and grew them at three sites spanning the distribution of the species in eastern North America.

Applied in combination with crop simulation models, it is also possible to evaluate local adaptation strategies as successfully shown in an earlier study for barley in Finland.

Research in Nature Climate Change reveals that adaptation measures have the potential to generate further pressures and threats for both local and global ecosystems.

First, locally adapted strains are likely to suffer higher mortality when they are moved to very different conditions — local adaptation is a product of directional selection such that adapting to one environment is likely to reduce performance in another environment (5, 6).

Important gradients in stress levels, and therefore local adaptation of the coral holobiont exist on coral reefs across today's oceans.

The article suggests that «there is building evidence that the hybridization of Tamarix may provide variation in traits that could promote local adaptation.»

This could help avoid their own local extinction due to ever - increasing habitat degradation in their original range, could provide potentially robust stock for denuded areas, and assist in shortening the time needed for adaptation of stocks yet naïve to such extremes.

The Arabian Gulf populations are an example of the capacity for local adaptation to allow corals to cope with conditions that prevail in the Arabian Gulf; this pattern tells us little about the limits of adaptability.

Back in the lab, Winkler investigated the plant's adaptation to local conditions through multigenerational garden experiments with seeds from ten representative locations selected from his collecting road trip, spanning the Sahara mustard's range.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate changIn Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate changin Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Adaptation of wildlife and people to new conditions in the Arctic represents one of the most significant challenges for conservationists and local communities, not just in the future but right now.

These results suggest that elevation - related differences in song structure in chickadees might serve as a signal for local adaptation.

Finally, the local adaptation hypothesis suggests that individuals locally adapted to their environment may experience limited movement, and over time female preference for local males may produce divergence in song, creating different song dialects within a species [12,13].

In montane environments, environmental differences can occur over an elevation gradient, favouring local adaptations across small spatial scales.

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Geographical variation in song dialect may reflect acoustic adaptation to different environments and / or serve as a signal of local adaptation.

«Having a better understanding of the chances of local flood damage from rising seas in coastal areas is a key factor in being able to assess vulnerability, risk and adaptation options.»

Abstract: Coastal communities in tropical environments are at increasing risk from both environmental degradation and climate change and require urgent local adaptation action.

Today, in a world where many people have ready access to a wide variety of foods at their local groceries, the adaptations can act more as limitations to the kinds of foods you can eat to remain healthy.

Spatial selection and local adaptation together thrust life - history evolution in a poleward - expanding arthropod

To develop effective adaptation strategies for agriculture, we must understand the local trends in our agroecosystems.

This combination of uncertain projections, local and global effects, and potential for human adaptation makes it difficult to attribute current, much less future, changes and trends in Montana agriculture solely to climate change.

Pioneering Climate Resilience through Regional Action Welcome to Broward County (view video) Bertha Henry, County Administrator, Broward County The Hon. Barbara Sharief, Vice Mayor, Broward County Summit Workshop: Innovative Tools for Local Adaptation Cities and regions have been leading the way in preparing for a changing climate.

Local adaptation and evolution of parasitoid interactions in an invasive species, Drosophila subobscura.

Clade sorting has a greater effect than local adaptation on ecometric patterns in Carnivora.

Local adaptation to serpentine and non-serpentine soils in Collinsia sparsiflora.

Prior to considering adaptation in global or regional models, or implementation at local level, drivers of change and their impacts (and thus uncertainties) require analysis — here are a few examples.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

Quantitative integrated assessment of climate change risks is not always possible, but it can play a key role in informing decisions both about local adaptation and about large - scale mitigation policy.

For papers identifying locally adapted loci from SNP data in wild populations, the proportion of SNPs tested that were local adaptation candidates based on either (a) FST outlier status or (b) significant genotype - environment associations, in comparison to the log - scaled number of individuals sampled in the reported dataset.