Sentence examples for a decrease in resources from inspiring English sources

The Resource Allocation Principle states that if resources are limited, two or more functions compete directly and an increase in resources allocated to one function will result in a decrease in resources allocated to the other(s) [1].

A lower H2O2 may therefore carry a cost in terms of a decrease in resources available for other traits such as body reserves or growth [ 2, 3, 6].

The second type of trade-off arises from responses that result in an advantage that is manifest later, such as the presence of predators inducing the young of the water flea to develop defensive armor in adulthood, the trade-off being a decrease in resources for reproduction.

Evidence suggests that the use of OBT-A may be associated with a decrease in resource use.

In our case, the increase in deleterious effects may be explained by at least three mechanisms that may act separately or synergistically: a decrease in resource availability [49], an increase in contact rate, and/or pollution by conspecifics.

Roots determine the spatial distribution of water and nutrient uptake and can cause an increase or a decrease in resource availability [ 31].

It is likely that such a decrease in resource use is only possible at low economic growth rates: at or below the rates of physical technical improvement.

A copy of the scoring tool is available in Additional file 2. In our pooled data of nearly 1,000 patients, the mean differences in average daily TISS points were +33% for days on invasive MV relative to days off MV and +26% for days on NIV versus days off MV, indicating a decrease in resource needs as the need for MV is reduced toward discharge.

An alternative explanation could be a decrease in financial resources; this could explain the decrease in consumption among the youngest mothers, as it often is the youngest who have the smallest financial resources.

Since reproduction has not yet begun in L1 larvae, which do not even have gonads, the distinctive profiles of the long-lived mutants cannot be entirely due to a decrease in metabolic resources allocated to reproduction.

Replacing one of the two annual rheumatologist monitoring visits by a nurse-led monitoring visit resulted in no additional contacts to the rheumatology clinic, but rather a decrease in use of resources and a reduction of costs.