Sentences with phrase «physiological ecologist»
A physiological ecologist is a scientist who studies how living organisms interact and adapt to the environment in terms of their physical and biological processes. They focus on understanding how an organism's body functions and responds to its surroundings. Full definition
It might sound surprising that cities spur tree growth more than the countryside does, says Eva Pell, a plant physiological ecologist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
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To get a broader view of the bears» energy needs, similar metabolic measurements for other seasons would be useful, says physiological ecologist John Whiteman of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Environmental scientist Suzanna Richter and plant physiological ecologist Brent Helliker, both at the University of Pennsylvania, measured the ratio of two isotopes of oxygen — rarer oxygen - 18 and more common oxygen - 16 — in samples of wood.
They were called physiological ecologists.
But what's true for a stand of saplings may not be true for a forest, says physiological ecologist Rich Norby of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The finding «addresses indirectly the evolution of organelles» within cells, says physiological ecologist Charles Fisher of Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
In a previous study, a team that included physiological ecologist Henry Harlow of the University of Wyoming, Laramie, had taken biopsies from bears early and late during hibernation.
To learn more about the scorpion's retreat, physiological ecologist Berry Pinshow of Israel's Ben - Gurion University of the Negev focused on Scorpio maurus palmatus, or large - clawed scorpion, which is common in Israel.
Physiological ecologist Andrew Richardson, leader of this expedition, slips from the driver's seat and grabs gear to ascend a metal tower among the trees.
«Ecologists generally assume that plants high in nitrogen will facilitate insect outbreaks,» says Fiona Clissold, a nutritional physiological ecologist at the University of Sydney in Australia.
«Everybody expects to hear a disaster story when we say that,» said Daniel Potts, a plant physiological ecologist and associate professor of biology at Buffalo State.
With the animal restrained, telling its sex is straightforward, says Murray, who is a physiological ecologist at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville.
Brian McNab, a physiological ecologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, says the cave goat's variable growth rate did not necessarily involve hibernation.
Looking at songbirds, Wendy Reed, a physiological ecologist at North Dakota State University, set out to determine whether, evolutionarily speaking, a little extra machismo is really worth it.
«If you're in the tropics, most organisms tend to experience very little variation in temperature,» said lead author Michael Dillon, a physiological ecologist.
«This is the first paper that really makes a link between lower plant quality and enhanced performance,» says Spencer Behmer, a physiological ecologist at Texas A&M University in College Station, who was not part of the study.