Sentences with phrase «species adapt»

As TreeHugger has long documented, changing food availability due to climate change as species adapt to a warming world at different rates, threatens many more species than boreal ducks.

«I recall that reef species adapt to changes in water temperature and pH quite rapidly over a very short distance»

I studied chemical oceanography several decades ago, but I recall that reef species adapt to changes in water temperature and pH quite rapidly over a very short distance.

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The answer is simple... the Climate theorists seem to have forgotten that as a species we adapt and evolve.

«Global warming threat to coral reefs: Can some species adapt?.»

# 5, JR, you atated that «Based on his detailed observations, Charles Darwin got it right 150 years ago in his scientific explanations how animal species adapt, evolve and eventually disappear from the fossil record.

It is quite clear that other species adapt, though perhaps not with our flourish, as they pay little heed to themselves as an audience.

How will species adapt to the swift spike in ocean acidity that humans are causing?

Based on his detailed observations, Charles Darwin got it right 150 years ago in his scientific explanations how animal species adapt, evolve and eventually disappear from the fossil record.

One suggests that dimorphism actually helps species adapt to their environment; thus, making them less likely to become extinct.

I'm interested in how species adapt to their environment and how this affects inter-species interactions and evolutionary diversification, particularly in the context of anthropogenic environmental changes.

An evolutionary ecologist by training, I study how species adapt to their environment and how this affects inter-species interactions and evolutionary diversification.

In evolutionary biology it has long been questioned whether the changes that take place in the genome when various species adapt to new environments are primarily due to mutations within protein - forming sequences or whether so - called regulatory mutations play a greater role.

These species adapt to different opportunities in the environment, and then cease to interbreed — perhaps due to some isolating mechanism.

The public lands that dominate the border from Yuma, Ariz., through the boot heel of southwestern New Mexico present an opportunity to implement management solutions at a large scale to help species adapt to shifting conditions.

The researchers suggest that these commercial movements might help these species adapt as the climate changes.

Moreover, the researchers discovered that species adapt to their plant communities in the time of a few generations.

«There's always the concern that ecosystems change and species adapt,» she says — and the stakes are high.

There will be «winners» and «losers» as species adapt to a changing climate.

This could help the species adapt and become more resilient to threats such as climate change.

«This study is about understanding how evolution works, which tells you how species adapt to changing environments over many generations,» says Pedro Beltrao, a research group leader at EMBL - EBI.

And that is scrambling the delicate balance of many ecosystems, as some species adapt to the change and others don't.

The findings, published in Science, provide valuable insights into how different species adapt to different environments and could shed light on how pathogens evolve and become resistant to drugs.

Major climatic events such as ice ages ought to leave their imprint on life as species adapt to the new conditions.

The portfolio effect is also expected to help species adapt to climate change.

That's evidence that the relatively slow movement of the debris (2 - 4 kilometers per hour) helped species adapt to changing conditions across the Pacific Ocean, the team wrote.

I think they have proven that species adapt — but I don't see where they have proven that any species has evolved into another.

Mutation does occur randomly but species adapt to outside pressures such as changes in their environment.

Evolution is limited to a paticular species adapting in some way to its environment.

According to Jean Liedloff, the continuum concept is the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings — especially babies — require the kind of experience to which our species adapted during the long process of our evolution.

The species adapted to this in an unexpected way... by bringing birth forward to an earlier stage of development and at the same time heightening that nurturing instinct — the larger brain power likely both enabling this and being such a considerable advantage that it was worth the greater energy expenditure in infant care.

This so - called evolutionary arms race (also known as the Red Queen hypothesis) can be tracked over the eons as each species adapts new strategies to outwit their predators — and / or their own prey — making the dynamic a two - way street.

«Since our results showed that the effects of drought on yield production varied with species and soil texture as well as drought timing, this study underscores the need to prioritize the selection and development of drought - resistant legume species adapted to the drought - prone regions of the world,» Wang said.

This has prolonged the growing season and opened up new habitats for species adapted to warmer conditions, Smol says.

Scientists have found evidence of natural selection in a deep - sea fish species adapting to the depth of ocean that it inhabits.

We can start managing for the future today by nudging our forests towards species adapted to withstand future climates.»

The aim of their investigation was to explore how cranial size changed as our species adapted to an increasingly complex social environment between 1.9 million and 10,000 years ago.

A rare sighting of this elusive and beautiful cat is bringing new insights into the life of a unique species adapted to nocturnal desert life

The researchers reached the same conclusion for the expected regional increases and decreases in rainfall: Again, the species adapted 10,000 to 100,000 times too slowly.

Kilpatrick explained that the effects of climate change are expected to be seen at the edges of species» geographic ranges, as species adapted to warm climates move further north and cold - adapted species retreat from the southern parts of their ranges.

Across the large lakes of this region, the hybrid population then diversified in a process known as «adaptive radiation» (evolution of multiple new species adapted to different ecological niches).

For the non-scientist or non-ecologist, climate change in the past has led to geographical sifts in ecological communities, some species adapting, others not.

Intriguingly, aragonitic CWC species are found close to and even below the aragonite saturation horizon (Roberts et al., 2009a; Findlay et al., 2014), raising the question of whether species adapted to lower saturation states may have inherent adaptations to future lower pH ocean conditions.

Plant from multiple species, seed sources, and climate zones, particularly from locally - adapted sources Manage to maintain genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity Create opportunities for rapid natural selection for species with high predicted potential for adverse impacts from climate change (Sturrock et al. 2011; Erickson et al. 2012; Alfaro et al. 2014; FAO 2014) Plant drought tolerant and native species Retain diversity of species and promote legacy trees Manage or restore mosaic (variable pattern of species and ages) and maintain or improve landscape connectivity Plant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoming)

These niches describe the environmental needs of a species and allow conclusions about how the species adapted to its environment.

In the past, he said, researchers viewed natural selection as a slow process, so they didn't expect to see many species adapting to our relatively new urban environments.

Every species adapts through the generations to survive in its habitat, or else it faces extinction.

It's quite an exposed site so only species adapted to strong currents and waves can survive.

Recognizing a crisis of representation as our species adapts to life in the current day, her book About Trees considers our relationship with language, landscape, and perception.