The overfishing of its prey and environmental fluctuations were believed to be partly responsible.
A review is done of the role of environmental fluctuations in the distribution of vegetation.
To ensure reproducible patterning, their profile is invariable despite genetic or environmental fluctuations.
Secondly, post-closure monitoring has frequently been too short to detect changes amongst natural environmental fluctuations.
Barrier systems contain lengthy, but complex, records of long-term environmental fluctuations.
Amplifier lakes link long-term, high-amplitude tectonic processes and short-term environmental fluctuations.
It is a fact that there have been environmental fluctuations and mass extinctions, yet life has continued.
The ability to adapt behavior to environmental fluctuations is critical for survival of organisms ranging from invertebrates to mammals.
Still, Stephenson thought the effects of the drought might have started to become visible on sequoia seedlings, which are typically more vulnerable to environmental fluctuations than mature trees.
"What we must remember is that there are environmental fluctuations all the time, along with changes in technology and in society.
However, environmental fluctuations have been neglected in many existing studies.
