Sentences with phrase «species at an advantage»

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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.

Earth's complex and varied environments should, in theory, offer asexual species advantages over their sexual counterparts, says Matthew Goddard at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

More than just an insurance policy against late frosts or unexpected dry spells, it turns out that seed dormancy has long - term advantages too: Plants whose seeds put off sprouting until conditions are more certain give rise to more species, finds in a team of researchers working at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina.

«Alien plants often gain advantages in their new environment because they lack natural enemies, and in this case the lack of strong competitors amongst alpine plants may be the key to success for generalist native species,» says ecologist Ann Milbau, assistant professor at the research station Climate Impacts Research Centre in Abisko, Sweden.

At the same, time, the broad study of plumage patterns also suggests that female songbirds have evolved their own coloration to gain advantages in their particular climates and surroundings, adding weight to the idea that females are just as important in shaping the colors of their species as males.

Chapters include determining if your household is truly ready for the time, financial and daily exercise and care commitment... what children are capable of being responsible for at various ages... weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each species.

These have the added advantage of being able to be left on at night should the species being kept require heat at night.

At various stages of their life cycle many species of fish and invertebrates take advantage of the cover and high productivity of the mangroves to enhance their survival and growth.

It can also affect the ratio of different species of trees by removing the competitive advantage of species that were better at fixing nitrogen.

In the evolutionary process, creatures using the visible range would be at a distinct advantage hence over a very long time, you end up with a lot of species that use the visible range for «seeing».