Sentence examples for proxy of competition from inspiring English sources

Finally, stand structure parameters of the plots were used as proxy of competition (Coomes and Allen 2007).

Our proxy of competition for light (B L ) did not improve the tested models when used as an explanatory variable.

A proxy of competition for light was defined as the sum of basal areas of trees that had diameters larger than the target tree within the plots.

Moreover, contrary to our expectations, the method did not produce reliable results when a basal area parameter was used as a proxy of competition for light.

Because taller neighbours intercept light first, the basal area of larger neighbouring trees has been often used as a proxy of competition for light.

Nevertheless, using the distances to the nearest competitor or slavemaking colony is a suitable proxy of competition or parasitism risk.

Clutch size was used as a species-specific proxy of sibling competition in the nest based on the assumption that for a similar amount of parental feeding effort sibling competition would be higher in nests with larger broods.

Our results suggest that using basal areas of taller trees as proxy of light competition is either not relevant or it needs to be measured at a smaller scale than the whole plot (see Coomes and Allen 2007).

Our results revealed a significant negative correlation between the length of CatSper1 N-terminus and relative testes mass, a reliable proxy of sperm competition.

Our results revealed a negative correlation between sequence length of CatSper1 and relative testes mass, a very good proxy of sperm competition levels.

However, as emphasized by Simmons and Fitzpatrick [ 20] in their recent review on the evolution of male fertility, caution is required before considering relative testes mass as an absolute proxy of sperm competition level.