For example, the higher proportion of nonsynonymous changes in the mitochondrial genomes of dogs (Björnerfeldt et al. 2006) and domestic yaks (Wang et al. 2011) has been attributed to relaxed selection on metabolic efficiency in domesticated lineages, due to humans changing their habitat, selecting for tameness, and providing protection from predators.
While patterns were similar across systems, bears at sites with poorer quality habitat selected development more consistently than bears at sites with higher quality habitat.
Habitat selected by maras was characterized by a high proportion of bare soil, low β diversity, open herbaceous steppe, and proximity to fences.
A quadrat is a metal, rectangular frame used to assess a small area of habitat selected at random to quantify values such as the distribution of plants, weed pressure, yield or biomass.
We describe the main environmental factors, both natural and human, that are associated with warren presence as an indicator of the habitat selected by maras at the landscape scale.
The data suggest that designation of MPAs in the Tuscan Archipelago should proceed through management of multiple shores and types of habitat selected to guarantee protection to a representative sample of assemblages and to the processes responsible for maintenance of spatial patchiness at different scales.
With a different focal species (or habitat) selected by each community, when considered together, these CCAs formed a wide network of local protected areas.
To estimate the conservation value of the myrtle habitat, selected households from both urban and rural communities of Dooreh were asked to participate as part of our sample population.
However, in the most intensive agricultural zone, the quality of habitats selected by little bustard males increased, while density decreased, against the expected.
So, a total of 20 habitats selected from urban and surroundings were surveyed by using a questionnaire and landscape assessment approach.
