Sentences with phrase «understand migration patterns»

More than 77,000 spit samples have been analyzed by a genealogy company to trace and understand migration patterns in the United States.

The eco-tourism is designed to work with the whale sharks by understanding their migration patterns and when the best time to find them feeding.

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Despite their importance, however, the distribution and migration patterns of many of these species are not well understood.

The Spirit Cave remains and the Anzick Child both seem genetically closer to South American groups than to some North American groups, and the migrations behind this pattern are not yet understood, says Raff.

«Understanding which environmental cues link migration timing to patterns of global change is key to forecasting future responses of migration systems,» said Kelly.

«We're interested in understanding the historical relationships between many different human populations, and the migration patterns that have led to the peopling of the world,» he says.

Some, like swordfish, are also consumed but their migration patterns are poorly understood.

«Stable isotopes are a powerful tool for understanding patterns of animal migration,» adds Nelson.

Analysis of the images provided data on sex - ratio bias, site fidelity and aggregation, hotspot sites, size and migration patterns of the animal — details that improve scientists» understanding of the species and help conservation efforts to protect them and their environment.

Revolutionise scientific understanding of the population biology of infectious disease, by providing an unprecedented level of information about genetic diversity, population structure, evolutionary selection, demography and gene flow, and by enabling this to be linked to information about the behaviour and migration patterns of human and pathogen populations.

Researchers have attached satellite tags to mantas to track migration, observed and counted their numbers from the sky in aerial surveys, and photographed their distinct skin patterns all in an effort to understand more about this graceful giant.

Some of this variation may have to do with recent migration patterns and world energy trade networks, and we suggest that further evaluation of historical effects on these relations may help us to better understand these patterns.

• While the complex biological relationships among fisheries and other aquatic biota and physiological responses to environmental change are not well understood, positive effects such as longer growing seasons, lower natural winter mortality, and faster growth rates in higher latitudes may be offset by negative factors such as a changing climate that alters established reproductive patterns, migration routes, and ecosystem relationships (High Confidence).