climatic variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclimaticandvariation
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climatic
adjective
uk/klaɪˈmæt.ɪk/us/klaɪˈmæt̬.ɪk/
relating to general ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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However, anyclimaticvariationcannot account for the differences in exclosure and control arthropod densities demonstrating that avian insectivory strongly affects arthropod abundance.
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These factors include disease, fire, large and small browsers and grazers,climaticvariation, competition with grass, seed predation and anthropogenic impacts.
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These results indicate that there is genetic variation in temperature-induced phenotypic plasticity and suggest that this plasticity can evolve in response toclimaticvariation.
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Long-term tree ring chronologies from sympatric tropical dry-forest trees: individualistic responses toclimaticvariation.
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The pollen record is one proxy for past vegetational change that can be used as an indicator ofclimaticvariation.
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Furthermore, the journals contain information or proxy data that admits statements onclimaticvariation.
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As a result, it has considerableclimaticvariation, as discussed below.
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This species is subject to considerable seasonal andclimaticvariation.
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The mountains can also cause wide variation in local wind speed and direction due to their sheltering and channeling effects adding to theclimaticvariation.
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This could be linked to year-to-year climatic variations, but we did not have rainfall records at the study site corresponding to the period of study.
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To reduce noise from climatic variations, the model was restarted 15 times with different starting years.
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They are grown and harvested throughout the year due to climatic variations between these two zones.
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The role ofclimaticvariationon deep-sea benthos is not well understood, although large-scale changes in the structure of seafloor communities have been observed over the last two decades.
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These results strongly support the hypothesis that irrigation water conservation policies need to account for climatic variations.
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He is credited with providing evidence that the desert is not man-made, but the result of major climatic variations.
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Climatic variations also influence the weathering rate of granites.
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They adapt to climatic variations in fruit availability by feeding on a diverse range of species of invertebrates and vertebrates.
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Any human-induced changes in climate will occur against the background of natural climatic variations.
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Studies of isotopes and various atmospheric constituents in the core have revealed a detailed record of climatic variations reaching more than 100,000 years back in time.
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