Sentences with phrase «ranges of species»

Widespread networks of observers are especially well - suited to detecting global change — shifts in weather patterns; movements in the ranges of species; large - scale transformations of eco-systems — and that, unfortunately, is something we will need to know far more about if we are to mitigate and adapt to the fateful effects we are having on the planet.

Northern - latitude countries and high - altitude regions may become increasingly important for biodiversity and species conservation as the ranges of species distributions move poleward and upward in response to climate change (Berry et al., 2006).

Of more importance are changes in the geographic ranges of species associated with changing sea temperature.

The authors note that many impacts of climate change are already visible, from the shrinking ranges of some species to the frequency of extreme heat waves.

The fact that he got good agreement is a specific instance (in which the number of predicted species lost is in agreement with the SAR), but this will only happen if the area of habitat destroyed happens to contain the entire ranges of the species that went extinct.

Food webs are affected by changes in the structure of ecological communities and shifts in the geographic ranges of species.

«We named it the «domino model» because the breeding and winter ranges of species were coded in 3x2 grids of binary values, like dots on domino pieces.

Climate change has been predicted to affect the ranges of species as favourable climate conditions shift towards the poles.

The work was motivated by a desire to understand what forces generate and maintain distinct species, and how shifts in the ranges of species (for example, due to global change) may impact species and speciation.

Today, the diversity of the typical wild flora on arable fields, which is the main habitat for a wide range of species, is at risk.

It creates and manages habitats which benefit a huge range of species — from insects through to large birds and mammals.

In contrast, he notes, Sallan and Galimberti's analysis assesses trends in body size over a broader time scale and among a wider range of species.

Other strategies include shorter courses of antibiotic treatment and use of antibiotics that act against a narrower range of species.

Scientists have been warning that decreasing amounts of available oxygen will increase stress on a range of species, even as they also face the effects of rising temperatures and ocean acidification.

Together, the units represent almost 58 percent of the current distribution range of the species in Bolivia and Peru.

Recent investigations, however, have shown this «marginal environment» of eastern Jordan to be a resource rich environment which offered people the opportunity to hunt a range of species.

Costa's lab has carried out groundbreaking tracking studies of a wide range of species around the world, including albatrosses, sooty shearwaters, California sea lions, Galapagos sea lions, crabeater seals, Weddell seals, and southern elephant seals.

Small farmers, by contrast, in many places continue to grow a range of species and multiple varieties that form the basis of their diet and nutrition.

Smaller green areas tend to have a subset of the species found in larger green areas, and the range of species in smaller areas tends to comprise mainly vectors,» he said.

It will produce the ultimate example of gene - culture co-evolution: our technology will change the world, and it will dramatically affect natural selection, not just for a whole range of species but for humans as well.

The technology might thus make clearer the factors affecting migration of a wide range of species.

Sea otters off the Alaskan coast play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems: By dining on sea urchins, the animals help preserve kelp forests that feed a range of species, from barnacles to bald eagles.

They then plugged these parameters into a computer program to determine the potential geographic range of each species.

«One thing that consistently prolongs life span in a range of species is a restricted diet,» remarks co-author Rob Brooks of the University of New South Wales.

Fungi spread quickly between closely - packed plants of the same species, preventing them from dominating and enabling a wider range of species to flourish.

Humpback whales feed from a range of species that have adapted to escape their fate in a variety of ways.

A new technique developed by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science is paving the way in discovering where a wide - range of species spawn.

A potentially thorny outcome of fishing a broader range of species is that, in addition to catching high - value species such as salmon, fishing operators would also pull up numerous low - value fish, known as bycatch, that would otherwise be avoided or caught inadvertently and tossed back.

«As part of the RIPE project, we are screening a wide range of species from across the globe, and aim to identify variation that will enable improving photosynthesis and biomass production in rice, cassava and soybean.»

«Previous research suggested that climate change would directly affect the range of species due to rising temperatures.

«Figuring out how mass rarity in a wide range of species in today's oceans may scale up to a mass extinction on longer timescales is one of the great scientific challenges of our generation.»

«This physical principle spans an extremely wide range of species — four orders of magnitude basically, both in frequency of the sound and body mass.

Exactly how elephants do this has been a mystery — and while solving that mystery is not of first - order importance in understanding and preserving this largest of land animals, it would add new insight into how a whole range of species up and down the size scale vocalize.

Individuals with longer telomeres or slower rates of telomere loss have been shown to have greater longevity in a wide range of species.

Reforestation in China often uses single species rather than the range of species found in the original native forests.

We do not really know if numbers have increased or not, though the range of some species may have increased.

«This ground pattern of mushroom bodies is ubiquitous across a broad range of species,» said Wolff, a graduate student in the Neuroscience Graduate Interdisciplinary Program.

The fact that some of the turkey bones were uncovered outside of the natural range of the species also suggests that there was a thriving turkey trade in live birds along Mesoamerica's expanding trade routes.

This work extends the range of species, cultivars and tissues that can be used for efficient transformation and is a beautiful example of what can be accomplished by combining basic research, technical expertise, and knowledge of practical problems facing mainstream applications.

The deep sea (depths below 200m) covers about half of the Earth's surface and is home to a vast range of species.

«When ecologists study biodiversity, they look at the present day by identifying the range of species in a particular forest.

«These tool - using abilities occur in a wider range of species than most people would imagine.»

Scientists from Yale University and the University of Grenoble said such an effort could triple the protected range of those species and safeguard their functional diversity.

Bryant predicts that future animal - communication studies will turn up more versions of «motherese» across a wide range of species.

In a paper to be published later this year, Lambshead and Guy Boucher of France's national research agency, the CNRS, point out that the slopes that plunge from the edge of the continental shelves, known as bathyal regions, contain a greater range of species than anywhere else on land or sea.

Gage and Gordon take issue with claims by Rudall Blanchard Associates, Shell's consultants, that the deep ocean «supports a small range of species»; that deep - water fishing does not take place in the area; and that water currents at the site are what atmospheric meteorologists would call «dead calm».

«This gives us access to a broad range of species that aren't stable under normal conditions and enables us to understand the contribution of individual building blocks to the overall activity of parent molecules,» said Dr. Grant Johnson, a PNNL chemist and member of the team.

The animal facilities can accommodate the entire range of species, including farm animals for studies under containment (up to BSL3) and complies with ISO standards (9001:2008, 17025).

The loss of the already isolated Mono Basin population would create a gap in the range of the species as a whole, covering 14 counties across two states and spanning thousands of square miles.

Goodman claims each hominid species has a discrete cranial range that does not overlap with the range of the species supposed to succeed it.