Sentence examples for shelter availability from inspiring English sources

Thus, we examined the dynamics of this thermoregulation shelter use trade-off using the cornsnake, Pantherophis guttatus, and a repeated measures 2 × 2 factorial design in a thermal gradient where shelter availability and immune activation status were manipulated.

However, we examined whether the percent cover of algae, shell and cobble/boulder habitat and shelter availability differed between quadrat surveys conducted at MI and GI using Mann-Whitney U tests.

In addition, there was a significant interaction between group and shelter density, with a larger positive effect of shelter availability for the first arrivals (Table  2a).

Even though our results of a prior residence effect on growth and energy, as well as the increased effect with increasing shelter availability, are according to predictions from the VA hypothesis, these results cannot entirely exclude the RHP hypothesis.

Shelter availability (Finstad et al. 2009) is known to influence growth and emigration rates of stream salmonids, and was therefore used as a measure of the quality of potential territories.

The higher growth rates and energy densities in residents may be explained by occupation of better territories, either in terms of superior feeding sites resulting in higher feeding rates and/or better shelter availability which reduce energy expenditure (Finstad et al. 2007).

Finally, the quality of shelters and availability of sanitation facilities was not consistent across sites we observed.

The three camps in Bukavu located in this region reported good organization of the sites, with shelters available for all refugees, laid out in lines and rows, and the availability of medical support.

A vicious legal battle between the city and advocates left even picayune details of shelter operation — the availability of milk-bottle warmers, for example — up to the courts.

Ecological variables covered four broad domains that affect animals: climate, space, shelter and food availability.

Ecosystem engineers that increase habitat complexity are keystone species in marine systems, increasing shelter and niche availability, and therefore biodiversity.