Sentences with phrase «new environmental conditions»

The larger the population size of a species and the shorter its generation time is, the higher the chances are that it can adapt to new environmental conditions through selection or mutation.

Climate change would bring new environmental conditions resulting from modifications in space and time, and in the frequency and intensity, of weather and climate processes.

Adaptation to new environmental conditions requires additional financial resources and technological capacity that most Indigenous communities do not have and are not able to access easily.

The case of this one polar bear and the failure of her offspring to survive in the new environmental conditions of the Arctic doesn't bode well for the future of the species, especially as Arctic sea ice continues to retreat at a record pace.

The researchers then showed that new environmental conditions, such as a different ambient temperature, can affect the expression of epigenetic information over several generations, but they do not erase this information.

Depending on the genes they receive through horizontal gene transfer, they may be able to adapt to new environmental conditions or access food sources which they were previously unable to exploit.

The new environmental conditions being created by climate change are some of the most serious threats to wildlife worldwide — but for those species that can exploit them, they may be a huge boon.

Associate Professor Steve Chenoweth from The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences said the study showed that male harassment of females hampered the species» ability to adapt to new environmental conditions.

This shift opened up many new areas to colonize and new environmental conditions; the rate of net diversification increased 8.8 % for epiphytes.

With this unique seagoing experimental system, the researchers investigated how the plankton community responds to ocean acidification and whether it is able to adapt to new environmental conditions in the long run.

«Early separation from the dam and littermates, especially when combined with housing in a pet shop might affect the capacity of a puppy to adapt to new environmental conditions and social relationships later in life,» they continue.

«In consclusion, early separation from the dam and littermates, especially when combined with housing in a pet shop, might affect the capacity of a puppy to adapt to new environmental conditions and social relationships later in life.»