«We expect that a closer look at ant - other arthropod relationships will yield numerous examples similar to ours and provide a better understanding of the complexities
of microhabitat choice and its ecological ramifications.»
Not exact matches
In Sonora and southern Arizona, chiltepíns grow in
microhabitats in the transition zone between mountain and desert, which receives as little as ten inches
of rain per year.
In Sonora and southern Arizona, chiltepíns grow in
microhabitats in the transition zone between mountain and desert, which receive as little as ten inches
of rain per year.
Most times you won't find anything
of relevance during routine checks, but this way you get the expertise and feeling for what is going on in the complex
microhabitats.
This research shows that individual animals» behaviors can increase their chances
of survival by allowing flexible, real - time adjustments to the many different
microhabitats encountered in the wild.
«This strongly suggests that lizards rest on backgrounds that heighten their own camouflage to reduce the risk
of being attacked by birds, and that individual behaviors have an important role in enhancing camouflage across different
microhabitats,» says Marshall.
The study, «Relationship between diet and
microhabitat use
of red - legged salamanders (Plethodon shermani) in southwestern North Carolina,» appeared in the journal Copeia.
Water then interacted with impact - heated rock to enable synthesis
of complex organic molecules, and the enclosed crater itself was a
microhabitat within which life could flourish.
The East African cichlid fishes
of Lake Malawi are ideal for investigating behavioral adaptation to environment, as within genera, fine - scale niche partitioning has resulted in sympatric sister species that live in definable
microhabitats with distinct selection pressures.
Comparative genomic analysis from 82 wild and wild - derived species grouped by
microhabitat - use identified variation corresponding with one
of these QTL, further supporting broad association with habitat use across the Malawi cichlid radiation.
Together, these integrated results suggest that evolution
of gene expression at the NCAM locus has accompanied behavioral adaptation to
microhabitat, which could ultimately reinforce speciation through spatial isolation.
Even after three decades
of work, researchers continue to find new hydrothermal vents in remote locations, new species, adaptations, behaviors and
microhabitats — some in well - known settings.
Notably, the portion
of the focal region behind the robotic fish identifies the
microhabitat in which the flow perturbations induced by the robot beating tail are expected to generate relevant effects on golden shiners» swimming, as demonstrated in [20].
An advantage
of clear over white egg mass morphs in metabolically demanding
microhabitats suggests a role
of symbiotic algae in the maintenance
of a polymorphism in the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum).
Corals, branching Acroporids especially, contribute greatly to habitat complexity, or rugosity,
of reefs increasing the
microhabitats for other reef creatures.»
As art
of teaching
microhabitats my class and I created one large bug hotel in our garden area, it could also be done in any for...
The eggs, larvae, and pupae develop within
microhabitats of carpeting.
Herptiles most often inhabit
microhabitats, areas
of very specific biological components (temperature, humidity, lighting and decor).
On our Kayak Tour you will explore 3 distinct
microhabitats in what the Kumeyaay Native Americans named Woholle or «the land
of holes».
They are exploring ways
of integrating this network with local community garden activity; enabling data from these
microhabitats to affect the communication system.
The team used drone flights, regular sampling, and a series
of reference poles to track how seven different
microhabitats — among them streams, bare ice, and slush — were evolving in terms
of albedo, cryoconite formation, and biological activity.