Sentence examples for lower dispersal from inspiring English sources

Terrestrial and freshwater groups, both of presumed lower dispersal abilities compared with aerial dispersers, have also occupied most of the islands that we studied, e.g. lizards [ 34- 38] and frogs [ 28].

Nevertheless, the lower dispersal rate of philopatric strains suggests that they freely tolerate higher densities without dispersing massively.

The trait composition of arthropods in woody LLE was more K-selected (lower dispersal ability, a higher food specialization or trophic level) than in herbaceous LLE.

Furthermore, fragment area was more important for species groups with lower dispersal capacity, while species with higher dispersal ability had stronger responses to connectivity measures.

Continuous population models predict that a species with a lower dispersal rate always drives a competing species to extinction in the presence of spatial variation of resources.

Uniola virgata had a steeper slope that reflected lower dispersal ability, particularly when considering that much of its dispersal could have come from unburned patches near the trail, while the primary seed source for both M. maximus and L leucocephala was the roadside vegetation of PR-325 near the start of the bulldozer trail.

Our results suggest that a strong preference for cultivated fruits by carnivores may influence their spatial foraging behaviour and lower their dispersal services to wild species.

Longer pelagic development is expected to result in greater dispersal, lower genetic differentiation and better-connected populations [18], [19].

When there were relatively few mites present, there were more larvae (Fig. 1), but each larva on average attained a lower mass by dispersal (Fig. 3).

This observation was not surprising, for it has been shown previously that laboratory strains exhibit lower levels of dispersal than wild strains (Mikasa and Narise 1980; Tantawy et al. 1975).

There are only few ways by which a primary freshwater fish can reach a new river basin: by river capture [ 8], by downstream river confluence when the sea level is lowered [ 9], by dispersal over the sea under lower salinity conditions ("lago-mare" phase; [ 10]), or by lakes formed during the retreat of glaciers [ 6].