Sentence examples for Xeric habitat from inspiring English sources

Higher tolerance to water shortage in populations from xeric habitat has already been demonstrated [ 6].

Thus, it can be speculated that this mixed mating system could be advantageous in the xeric habitat of these species.

For example, H. desmarestianus is native to wet areas, whereas the other two species inhabit xeric habitat [ 20, 35].

Adaptations to xeric habitat favoring 'r-selected' strategies (e.g. reproducing and dying quickly) could promote a shift towards shortened generation times, thus accelerating diversification [ 7, 46, 47].

For example, while a low bark water-retention capacity of a given tree species may render it a poor host in a xeric habitat, the same tree species may be a good host in a mesic habitat.

This disparity in species richness is surprising given that desert lacertids are considered evolutionarily younger and therefore have had less time to speciate than their mesic sister taxa, suggesting increased speciation rates in xeric habitat.

Historically, eastern grasslands resulted primarily from natural and Native American-induced fires, usually in xeric habitats and poor soils.

Although partial to xeric habitats, Costa's Hummingbird is no less attracted to nectar than are other hummingbirds.

But this fascinating, authoritative volume may seduce even the most casual browser into rolling around in Malpighian hairs, mamillated forms, petioloid tendencies and xeric habitats.

The landscape of the Australian Wet Tropics can be described as "islands" of montane rainforest surrounded by warmer or more xeric habitats.

While cinereum occupies a more mesic region of the eastern Andean highlands characterized by high humidity and lower average temperatures, littorale is found in more arid regions of the western slope of the Andes where xeric habitats are dominant.