dispersal ability
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dispersal
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈspɜː.səl/us/dɪˈspɝː.səl/
the action of spreading across or moving away over a large area, or of making people or things ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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Clearly,dispersalabilitywill continue to affect the organization of the tree community.
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However, depending ondispersalability, density- and distance-dependent mortality may operate at different spatial scales in different species.
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Given insects' small size, high reproductive potential, anddispersalability, even accidental releases may lead to gene flow with wild populations.
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In addition, wing development might not be linearly correlated with bat flydispersalability, as assumed by our ranking scheme.
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Neither fruit mass nordispersalabilitywere changed after painting.
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The prediction that core species would be more widely distributed and have a higherdispersalabilitywas met only in part.
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The distribution of small-seeded species is achieved through their greaterdispersalabilityand seed production, both of which increase the chances of reaching a relatively open site.
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Because colonization opportunities do not exist when bats are in flight, hostdispersalabilityand home-range size likely have little effect on exposure of bats to ectoparasites.
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Dispersalabilityof parasites depends on multiple factors, and while morphology certainly plays a role, other factors, such as complexity of the life cycle, are also important.
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In order to prevent extinctions, some scientists and practitioners are considering assisting the dispersal of species that have poor naturaldispersalability.
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Once a fragment has lost its population of grey-crowned babblers, natural recolonisation rarely occurs because of its poordispersalability.
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Thus, species with greaterdispersalabilitymay in fact have lower speciation rates.
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The expansion of these populations was then dictated by thedispersalabilityof the population.
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However, elongated body increases risk of desiccation and decreasesdispersalabilityof the salamanders; it also negatively affects their fecundity.
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The standard deviation we used for long-distance events (50 km) seems rather excessive when compared with known dispersal abilities of biological vectors.
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Ultimately, testing a metapopulation dynamic explanation would require a ranking of species dispersal abilities that are too little known.
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These authors observed low dispersal abilities of adults when adults dispersed from heavily defoliated areas to local areas where no defoliation had occurred before.
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Generally, some trade-off is necessary, whereby inferior competitors require dispersal abilities greater than superior competitors for coexistence to be permanent over long time-scales.
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In return, owing to their great dispersal abilities over the water, bats can probably use islands as temporary feeding and/or resting places.
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Nematodes also have limiteddispersalability.
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