Sentence examples for preferred genera from inspiring English sources
It seems that within each module, bats of the same genus play redundant roles in the dispersal of plant species of their preferred genera.
Knief et al. [ 36] reported based on the metagenomics and metaproteomics approach that alphaproteobacterium are found more frequently in rice phylosphere than in rice rizosphere, where the most abundant genera are Rhizobium and Methylobacterium indicating that these genera prefer the host plant environment.
Giraffes browse on the twigs of trees, preferring trees of genera Acacia, Commiphora and Terminalia, which are important sources of calcium and protein to sustain the giraffe's growth rate.
It is known from population studies that: (i) some bat species depend more on fruits than others, and (ii) that some specialized frugivorous bats prefer particular plant genera.
Members of all three genera prefer moist, dark, surface microhabitats (e.g., under rocks and logs), but are sometimes found in caves.
Is most cases, species of the three main genera of frugivorous phyllostomids were found together in the same module with the plant genera assumed to be their preferred (Artibeus = 0.67, G = 7.94, P = 0.004; Carollia = 0.78, G = 16.81, P<0.001; Sturnira = 0.67, G = 7.94, P = 0.004), although some plant genera were dispersed by more than one bat genus (Fig. 1).
Others prefer to keep the genera separate, while still recognizing them as sister taxa.
This question divides opinion among the present authors; most of us advocate recognition of a single genus, whereas RMB would, on balance, prefer to recognize seven genera.
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