Sentence examples for dispersal concept from inspiring English sources

Ecological invasions have been defined similarly by Vermeij (1996) as, "the geographical expansion of a species into an area not previously occupied by that species" that is consistent with the dispersal concept.

Under the Projected Dispersal Envelope concept of Webber and Scott (2012) regarding natural dispersal and time, it is unambiguously an alien plant on the Auckland Islands.

The 'Projected Dispersal Envelope' concept of Webber and Scott (2012) argues for a definition that is based instead on the potential limit of a species, the distribution margin being determined by (i) the natural mechanisms that could move the dispersal unit the furthest distance within its native range and (ii) the time period regarded as relevant (e.g. post-glacial).

We also address the unresolved status of O. lyallii on the Auckland Islands according to the Projected Dispersal Envelope concept of Webber and Scott (2012) and determine whether its history and ecological role suggests that it poses a threat to the ecological integrity of the Auckland Island ecosystems.

We here present a new index (probability of connectivity, PC) that is based on the habitat availability concept, dispersal probabilities between habitat patches and graph structures.

Dispersal is a key concept in evolutionary biology.

However, if the patterns we observe represent biogeographic reality, we might explain this observed pattern with a combination of the niche preemption concept and organisms' dispersal ability133,134,135.

The transience of the installation is key to the artistic concept, with the dispersal of the poppies into hundreds of thousands of homes marking the final phase of this evolving installation.

The approach builds on the metapopulation concept to produce a dispersal model based on repeated simulations of stochastic extinction-colonization dynamics across multiple landscapes of variable connectivity.

In a BTV-endemic reginn, in the absence of clinical disease, the concept of evaluating predicted dispersal pathways is seemingly more difficult.

Whilst aerial collections [ 11- 14] have provided some evidence supporting the concept of long-distance dispersal of Culicoides, confirmation of their exact pathways of windborne movement is not currently possible [ 6].