Sentence examples for expansion in range from inspiring English sources

At one time their food would have been largely invertebrates, small mammals and birds, but the pine marten's recent expansion in range and numbers has changed the emphasis.

When I sent him your question, Werner A. Kurz, a leading Canadian scientist, wrote back that while the beetle is indeed native to the region, "it has experienced an expansion in range northward and to higher elevations as climate warming has allowed the species to occupy areas that were previously too cold".

Those parasites with the greatest potential for harmful effects are predicted to experience the largest expansion in range.

All the fulmarine petrels readily feed on fisheries discards at sea, a habit that has been implicated in (but not proved to have caused) the expansion in range of the Northern Fulmar in the Atlantic.

We suggest that P. chinensis be regarded as an invasive species on the basis of its abundance alone, but also its apparent impacts, expansion in range over the last 80 years [39], and known public health threat [26], [36].

While, during the Late Holocene an expansion in ranges of maritime mobility for subsistence is detected, which was associated with an increase in the representation of birds and fish in the zooarchaeological record.

Recent years have seen a great expansion in the range of alterations in regulation, dosage or DNA sequence shown to disturb imprinted gene expression, and the correspondingly broad range of resultant clinical syndromes.

Last week, one of the key stakeholders, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet address system, approved plans for a vast expansion in the range of addresses available.

New patterns of behaviour with regard to time management help explain the expansion in the range of individual travel.

Polycom has installed over a million telepresence suites, and its CEO Andy Miller forsees a drastic - and potentially worrying - expansion in their range of uses.

Poleward expansion of the tropics also appears to be linked to an expansion in the range of tropical cyclones, potentially bringing weather events to regions which previously have not encountered them.