Sentence examples for explain population from inspiring English sources

This study indicates that environmental characteristics influence amphibian immune defense traits and may explain population differences in pathogen resistance.

Taking into account that P. speciosa is clearly dominant and B. pictus is subordinate, it seems that plant-to-plant competition would not suffice to explain population abundance within this community.

STRUCTURE provides a model-based Bayesian approach to explain population structure by using our entire AFLP markers data set to identify K clusters to which the program then assigns each individual.

We therefore advocate the additional examination of individual-level cascades to predict and explain population- and community-level cascades of plant species loss on higher trophic levels.

For example, aggression patterns in California sea lions have been shown to be influenced by habitat conditions such as temperature and sea condition [54] and extrinsic factors have been suggested to best explain population dynamics of elephant seals [55].

The changes in land-use practices (agricultural intensification and pesticide use) and direct persecution have traditionally been the causes proposed to explain population declines in both kestrel species [37] [40].

However, taxes alone cannot explain population-wide decreases in tobacco consumption, but rather coordinated efforts across all sectors has made tobacco control one of the most successful public health interventions to date (11).

One of the key insights of research in social networks has been that a person's location in a network can explain his or her behaviour, and variation in the structure of networks can explain population-wide outcomes.

The study takes a different approach to explaining population changes.

Measures related to propagule input and site conditions were recorded and their role in explaining population occurrence and persistence assessed through GLMs and proportional-hazard models.

These traits may also be important in explaining population decline and extinction risk in frogs [8], [11], [12].