Sentence examples for shift in geographic from inspiring English sources

This passion for the natural world is part of what has come to be called "the Francis factor," and clearly flows from a shift in geographic power within the Catholic Church.

Our analysis of the population dynamics of bowhead whales has documented the survival of lineages through the Pleistocene Holocene transition, with evidence of an increase in effective female population size concurrent with a shift in geographic distribution.

The impact of harvesting on wallaby space use was quantified separately at two harvested sites in terms of home range size, core range size and overlap (95 and 50% fixed kernels), and the shift in geographic centre of location (GCL).

These boost the growth of renewable energy investments setting a record high in 2015 of US$249 billion, with a shift in geographic concentration in the developing countries around the Asia-Pacific region (Bloomberg 2016).

Aside from overall growth, another trend worth examining is the shift in geographic concentration of art investments.

The increase in the proportion of adolescents with point-prehypertension from the semi-urban area to the urban area may be supportive of the claim that a shift in socio-economic gradient [that is usually correlated with an upward shift in geographic place of domicile (rural to urban)] often comes with lifestyle changes that predispose to chronic diseases [ 36, 40].

This process does not rely on biological invasions and associated shifts in geographic ranges of nonindigenous species.

Two generally accepted responses of animal populations and communities to global warming are latitudinal or elevational shifts in geographic distribution and changes in the seasonal timing of critical biological events, such as reproduction, migration, or emergence from hibernation.

Increasing heat stress is highly likely to lead to shifts in geographic distributions or even to complete extinction of many species (Field et al. 2014).

Pathogen transmission and patterns of emerging disease may become further altered through spatial and temporal shifts in geographic range, patterns of reproduction, and longevity for vectors (Patz et al., 2000; Hoberg et al., 2008b).

We then use this phylogeny to reconstruct the ancestral range of Banksia, and to compare rates of diversification between regions, using recently-developed methods that allow for reciprocal effects of diversification and shifts in geographic distribution [ 16].