Sentences with phrase «mainland counterparts»

CienciaPR, a pre-existing group for scientists based in Puerto Rico, has been connecting hurricane - affected labs with mainland counterparts interested in helping.

Located just south of California and surrounded almost entirely by the sea, the sun - soaked beaches and rugged mountain landscapes of the Baja Peninsula offer a variety of culinary choices, some vastly different from its mainland counterpart.

Dawn Purvis from Marie Stopes Northern Ireland, said she was «hugely disappointed» that women in NI remained unable to access the same NHS services as their mainland counterparts

Fossil records show that large mammals living on islands have often evolved to be smaller than their mainland counterparts.

On islands, sexually reproducing species have a smaller gene pool to draw on than their mainland counterparts.

Unlike their mainland counterparts, who fashioned tools and beads out of shells and stones, the ancient people of Okinawa Island used shells almost exclusively.

The island rule predicts that populations of small mammals evolve larger body size on islands than on the mainland, whereas island - bound large mammals evolve smaller body size than their mainland counterparts.

They are calorie restricted, eating a diet higher in fish and vegetables, and lower in rice than their mainland counterparts.

I have not seen a breakdown of the calories eaten, but since they eat more fish and fibrous vegetables than their mainland counterparts and lower calories, simple logic could conclude that they eat fewer non-fiber carbohydrates, which, along with reduced stress, may account for their increased average lifespan.

Shetland Sheep are also smaller and lighter than their mainland counterparts.

Appearance Measuring 13 inches, the island scrub - jay is distinguished from other scrub - jays by its larger size — almost 1/3 larger than its mainland counterpart.