Sentences with phrase «whether species interactions»

Species unable to persist in these cooler and darker conditions were initially excluded from the region and the remaining species then divided into local sites, depending on whether species interactions or environmental conditions were more important locally.

Not exact matches

The researchers used long - term genetic monitoring data coupled with high - resolution climate and stream temperature predictions to assess whether climate warming enhances interactions between native and nonnative species through hybridization.

«Previously, the debate has been about whether biodiversity is regulated mainly by the interaction between species or the external environment,» explains researcher and leader of the study Samuli Lehtonen from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku.

The team also compared the response of flies in cages (which experienced the local temperature and humidity, but not interactions with other species) with the abundance of D. birchii in wild populations at the same sites along mountain gradients (where other species were also present), to test whether interactions among species affect responses to climate change.