Sentences with phrase «same habitat»

Choose animals from a coloring book that share the same habitat.

Scientists have known for a while, however, that juvenile loggerheads sometimes use the same habitat as swordfish, especially when the water becomes unusually warm.

«If it turns out that the turtles like different habitat than swordfish, or if they use the same habitat but at different times, then there might be a way to allow fishermen to fish while still keeping turtle hotspots protected,» Seminoff said.

Bulkheads, sea walls and vertical structures with marginal structural complexity don't provide the same habitat for marine organisms as natural shorelines, Gittman said.

Müllerian mimicry is a classic example of evolution by natural selection: When two or more foul - tasting species share the same habitat, they tend to warn potential predators using the same colors.

Because deer and seals do not live in the same habitats, mother deer should not know how baby seal screams sound, reasoned biologists Susan Lingle of the University of Winnipeg and Tobias Riede of Midwestern University, who were running the acoustic experiment.

Several species of fireflies may co-exist in the same habitat, creating a cacophony of signals as individuals search in the darkness for others.

This means that the more predator species are present in the same habitat and the more evenly they are distributed, the lower is the life span of the respective species.

The Australian National University (ANU) study found that by living in the same habitat, pythons and boas evolved independently to look similar.

There is also the ecological axiom that two species in the same habitat do not occupy exactly the same niche.

While facial complexity was related to social variables, such as group size and the number of closely related species in the same habitat, facial pigmentation was best explained by ecological and spatial factors.

Species that live in the same habitat with other closely related species tend to have more complex facial patterns, suggesting that complex faces may also aid in species recognition, the life scientists found.

Undaria lives in the same habitat as native kelps, says Boalch, and no one knows if it will push out native species.

Based in Namibia, it rapidly became a model for innovative ways to protect endangered species while still permitting human use of the same habitat.

Last year, at a meeting in Dublin, experts on algae said the Japanese kelp is unlikely to offer the creatures that live in Europe's kelp beds exactly the same habitat as the native species.

«We had conducted a lot of field work in these habitats during the years prior to the tropical cyclone,» said Marler, «so we were able to return to those same habitats in attempts to understand the damage.»

Although all three groups live in the same habitat, they apparently don't interbreed.

And in other cases, cryptic species share the same habitats and sites, a fact that opens new doors to research into the biological barriers that lie behind these species.»

The group also showed that two species that share the same habitat as the fire salamander are likely carriers of the disease.

Because it looks so similar to other microwhip scorpions still found today, it most probably shared the same habitat and preferences as its modern - day kin.

«Exploitation of the same habitat, but key differences at important times of the year, suggests that competition between a single species works to preserve the different phenotypes we observed - whilst simultaneously creating the potential for so - called sympatric speciation, i.e. the potential for a new species to form without geographic isolation,» says Hawley.

Though they began their investigation by examining the similarities in physical characteristics between different animals in the same habitats, they quickly started asking questions on a global level.

Besides physical characteristics, what traits do animals in the same habitat share?

Dwarf hamsters should be provided with a minimum habitat size of 1 cubic foot with an additional half a cubic foot for each additional hamster living in the same habitat.

Pet parents should never house different reptile species in the same habitat.

Both echinoderms (the fabulous phylum that includes starfish, sea urchins, brittle stars, and sea cucumbers) share many of the same habitats and thus frequently meet up.

Cattle ranching, agriculture and other human activities are breaking up Costa Rican forests into isolated patchy fragments, but causing more problems for native plant populations than for monkey species sharing the same habitat.

Reintroducing the rhinos and ensuring their safety from poachers will automatically protect other species sharing the same habitat.

But to the uninitiated, ospreys and bald eagles are sometimes confused — both are majestic fishers that often share the same habitat.