Finally, the new knowledge generated by the analyses developed herein are combined with existing, conceptual and empirical process response models for the Jamuna to predict possible future morphological adjustments in ways helpful in identifying appropriate strategies for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh.
Mechanical stimuli such as wind speed or water motion induce morphological adjustments in both terrestrial and marine plants [ 4, 51].
These abiotic factors may induce morphological adjustments in broadly distributed species to optimize fitness under suboptimal conditions.
An important general feature of adaptive periodicities is that the developmental changes anticipate the conditions for which they will ultimately provide the appropriate physiological or morphological adjustment.
This morphological adjustment enabled the superior cultivars to access oxygen at the water surface earlier, which supported the growth of organs such as the primary leaf and root.
The morphological adjustment of the system to the forcing conditions shows the progression towards the next morphological stage, allowing the initial steps towards predicting the evolution to be taken.
Trees are able to respond to their local biotic and abiotic environment with morphological adjustments which improve resource acquisition and, thus, growth.
Enhanced biomass accumulation was paralleled by morphological adjustments such as increased root length and number of fronds per colony, and by increased photosynthetic efficiency.
These morphological adjustments can be seen as a positive adaptation to simultaneously reduce afterload on the heart and improve blood flow to peripheral tissues.
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