Sentence examples for ecological strategy from inspiring English sources

The earliest invaders are fugitive species, and disturbance is a basic requisite of this common ecological strategy.

Species traits which may explain differences in ecological strategy usually vary widely.

Hedgerow communities shifted towards species associated with higher soil fertility, a more competitive ecological strategy and, in unmanaged hedgerows, greater shade tolerance.

Certainly, grouping species has the drawback of masking the variation of ecological strategy within each group, but it can also reveal important environmental factors influencing the structure of the vegetation.

We hypothesised that root system size is closely linked to the plant's ecological strategy, and that seed size is correlated with root diameter, as a result of anatomical constraints.

Separately, Kraft et al. [111] found that ecological "strategy differentiation" among species is another major factor in the maintenance of Yasuní's high tree diversity.

CVCA operationalises a set of landscape ecological strategies for urban planning.

Species-specific trait differences and unique ecological strategies affect population dynamics and the functioning of entire ecological communities (Wiegand et al. 2007).

LMA is a key structural trait that measures plant investment and is widely used as an indicator of plant ecological strategies (Westoby et al. 2002).

However, future research should test the applicability of this technique for tree species with various ecological strategies, i.e. shade-tolerant species.

Insects represent the full scope of heterotrophic adaptive life history strategies, from sessile species whose ecological strategies resemble those of plants to social insects whose range of behavioral attributes resembles that of advanced vertebrates.