Three aspects of the neighborhood mosaic concept are crucial: patch adjacency, patch-and-matrix pattern, and patch neighborhood.
THIRTEEN months after Congress required new tire safety measures, out of concern over Ford Explorer rollovers caused by the failure of Firestone tires, studies by the Transportation Department show that there is still much to be done to improve the safety of the small but crucial patch where rubber meets the road.
Unfortunately, the spatial arrangement of properties on a surface patch plays a crucial role in determining the function of the surface patch.
Engineered mutations within this hydrophobic patch attenuate the interaction with the Mlp1 C-terminal domain but do not alter the interaction with Gfd1, indicating that this patch forms a crucial component of the interface between Nab2 and Mlp1.
The elastic deformation of the inner core, which is a crucial source of sound in previous patch studies, is found to be insignificant to sound production in these smooth cores.
However, due to the ephemeral nature of clearcuts, species using this type of environment face a "shifting mosaic" in which their ability to successfully relocate to another habitat patch may play a crucial role in the species' persistence in the landscape.
The parameters minps and noc have a crucial effect on the type of patches that are counted.
But a crucial trial completed in 1999 showed that the patch delivered 30 to 38 micrograms of estrogen into the bloodstream each day, according to company documents.
Intact forest patches and their connectivity are a crucial prerequisite to biodiversity conservation in a highly fragmented forest area.
The availability of suitable patches and gaps in the landscape is a crucial determinant of invasibility for alien plants.
As it happens, I also withheld from her a crucial detail about your appearance, namely your highly visible nose hairs, and ear hairs, and sporadic patches of back hair".
