Sentence examples for expanded ecological from inspiring English sources

Whatever the precise causes, the species' expanded ecological range is likely to affect the future dynamics of its invasive spread.

These findings suggest an expanded ecological range that, intriguingly, is consistent with the recent evolution in North American P. cespitosum populations of adaptive plasticity in response to high light.

While these 'fused' populations may exhibit fitness advantages (Weeks et al. 2011) or display adaptation to an expanded ecological range (Rieseberg et al. 2003), Endler et al. (2010) warned that maladapted genotypes may become fixed by genetic drift before natural selection can facilitate fitness rebound.

Accordingly, the expanded ecological repertoire that can fuel a species' invasion in a new region may result from evolutionary change in only a subset of its populations (Sakai et al. 2001; Lee and Gelembiuk 2008), suggesting that invasion dynamics may be shaped in part by population-level evolutionary events and constraints.

Our results suggest that overmature planted forest stands, particularly those that are mixed-woods with high basal area, are an effective means to connect and expand ecological networks of ancient old-growth forests in historically deforested and fragmented landscapes for ectomycorrhizal fungi.

This event is best remembered for the expanding ecological catastrophe that seemed like it would never end, but an explosion on April 20, 2010 set the oil spill in motion.

This event is best remembered for the expanding ecological catastrophe that seemed like it would never end, but an explosion on April 20, 2010 set the oil spill in motion.

Specifically, we asked the following questions: over the last 15 years, has P. cespitosum measurably expanded its ecological range in northeastern North America?

A study of comparable multi-population field datasets indicates that in the 15 years between 1994 and 2009, the introduced Asian annual P. cespitosum measurably expanded its ecological range in northeastern North America.

Reconceptualizing the epidemic within an expanded socio-ecological framework may provide an opportunity to better confront its challenges.

ONE OF DR. SANDERSON'S ONGOING efforts is to expand the ecological survey of "Mannahatta" to all five boroughs.