Sentence examples for examine a gradient from inspiring English sources

We examine a gradient of increasing habitat disturbance from primary forest through once-logged and twice-logged forest to oil palm.

The objectives of this study were to examine (a) whether the marked gradient in serotiny in Pinus banksiana along its southern range limit is related to differences in fire regimes and (b) at what scale serotiny varies most strongly in P. banksiana in the US Midwest.

Ninety-nine study plots were examined across a gradient of interaction severities from a 1997 blowdown, subsequent salvage logging, and a 2002 fire in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest.

Assessment of such effects is commonly carried out through measurements of phenotypic selection (such as selection gradient analyses) that examine a phenotypic value against a measure of fitness, partitioned by sex (Fig. 2).

Using depth profiling and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on the resulting fracture surfaces, we examine the gradient of molecular components through the thickness of the bulk heterojunction layer.

The aim of this paper was to examine the gradient in the microstructure and texture that develops during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP).

In order to examine the gradient of mortality across floors we restricted our analyses to residents of buildings with at least four floors.

Thus, the Andes provide an opportunity to examine how gradients (here changes in elevation) and disturbances (here old fields recovering after agricultural use) affect cloud forest structure, function and dynamics.

The Whitehall II study was established in 1985 as a longitudinal population-based study to examine the socioeconomic gradient in health and disease among 10,308 civil servants (6,895 men and 3,413 women) [ 6, 7].

A potentially more powerful analysis to examine latitudinal gradients would be based on standardized sampling protocols to avoid any biases introduced by varying collection methods.

Halsey et al. did examine HRA and gradient walking and found significant relationship to VO2, albeit weaker than on level ground [19].