Sentence examples for explain the dispersal of from inspiring English sources

The movement of the Chortis Block is proposed as an alternative to explain the dispersal of a growing list of plants from north to south in the Americas.

This characteristic could explain the short dispersal of the species and therefore its limited distribution in Martinique.

The cpDNA phylogeny indicates that the disjunction between South and North Africa is best explained by the dispersal of southern African ancestors into North Africa.

Results from AFLP fingerprinting confirmed a lack of genetic diversity in the area of introduction, which is best explained by the dispersal of clones.

The occurrence of the species on this latter area could be explained by the dispersal of some individuals from the Chaquean sub-region through the Andean region; but the most likely explanation would be the dispersal over the Amazonian area due to the existence of M. bracteatum and M. atropurpureum on this sub-region at the present time.

Against a background of a map of northern Africa, the booklet explains, "is depicted the dispersal of the sons of Noah — Shem, Ham and Japheth — after the voyage of the Ark".

Dispersal of less fit individuals can explain the evolution of high dispersal rates even under high costs of dispersal, and even when a uniform increase in dispersal rate is not favored by selection.

It is possible that a change in the general level of activity could explain the increased rates of dispersal observed in flies with mating experience (Fig.  5).

Such plasticity might even help to explain the evolution of long-distance dispersal involving a high cost of dispersal through high seed mortality [ 86], but this topic calls for further research.

Results from measuring the general locomotor activity of mated and virgin flies suggest that a change in the general locomotor activity alone was insufficient to explain the effect of mating on the dispersal of females, and further indicate that the influence of activity on dispersal of males is dependent on their mating status.

The fragmentary nature of estuary and spring habitats, in combination with limited dispersal, can explain the patterns of strong population affiliation observed within each of the two sampling areas.