"differential species" is a correct and usable term in written English.
The term typically refers to different species that live in different geographic regions, or are distinct from one another in other ways. For example, "The differential species of birds found in the Arctic region are fascinating."
Overall, then, there may be anagenetic increases within lineages creating a trend that is counteracted by the effects of differential species longevity.
On the other hand, a severe disturbance will re-initiate an even aged directional successional trajectory, but the details will depend on disturbance legacies and differential species availability at the time of the event.
Differential species occurrence along a catena is presumably due to physiological or morphological variation among species that affects responses to soil conditions (Walters and Reich [1996]; Baltzer et al. [2005]; Baraloto et al. [2007]; Engelbrecht et al. [2007]; Comita and Engelbrecht [2009]; Russo et al. [2010]).
Therefore, the climate constitutes probably merely the ultimate cause for the differential species distribution.
Differential species include Acacia ataxacantha, Combretum kraussii, Eugenia natalitia, Gymnosporia mossambicensis and Faurea galpinii.
Differential species burden patterns observed were not surprising as similar observations have been reported elsewhere [ 14, 23].
In addition, differential species-dependent hormetic responses can be very important in inter-plant competition and in shaping the plant community structure.
Differential species-specific induction of antibody responses may allow for more direct analysis of functional versus non-functional B-cell epitopes.
In many cases, environmental variability stabilises coexistence as a consequence of differential, species-specific responses to fluctuations in resources and opportunities for recruitment (e.g. [6], [10]).
Differential species-specific expansion was reported previously for a subset of genes from the human ZNF45 subfamily on chromosome 19 compared with its mouse counterpart [ 29].
The differences in ecology and life history of taxa, however, often result in differential species-specific responses to similar climatic events [ 5– 7] and a simple explanation describing speciation processes hardly exists.
