Sentence examples for trophic characters from inspiring English sources

In contrast, predictions about the influence of pharyngeal jaw modifications on evolution of other trophic characters are more direct and lend themselves to hypothesis testing [ 19].

Our analyses question the taxonomic utility of trophic characters (e.g., teeth shape or jaw modification), as previously done by Rosen [ 47] on the basis of intermediate morphological states between Astyanax fasciatus and Bramocharax baileyi.

For this reason, trophic interactions have a fundamental character due to the principle of mass conservation.

Such cascades, where the removal of one trophic level (in this case, top predators) causes knock-on effects through other trophic levels, are well documented from aquatic communities7.

Future research on additional morphological characters such as body shape, trophic structures or coloration and genetic differentiation might lead to future descriptions of several thick-lipped species in those crater lakes.

PC1 describes extreme differences in the size of the preorbital region of the skull, particularly jaw length (Figure 4), which is a character of great significance to trophic ecology [21], [33] [35].

Rossoll, D. et al. Ocean acidification-induced food quality deterioration constrains trophic transfer.

Studies of trophically diverse lineages using cladistics and assessment of digestive tract characters could be useful in elucidating the process of evolution of herbivorous-detritivorous trophic habits [ 17].

Duffy, J. E. et al. The functional role of biodiversity in ecosystems: Incorporating trophic complexity.

The endemic character of the Antarctic nearshore fauna and its uniquely truncated trophic structure [5] [7] are products of climatic cooling that began in the Eocene and led to the growth of an ice sheet on Antarctica at the Eocene Oligocene boundary ∼33.5 Ma (million years ago) [8], [9].

Character mapping indicates that all three of the major pomacentrid trophic groups contain members of several different damselfish lineages that have evolved these habits independently [ 68, 69].