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- noun Plural form of
ecotype .
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Its main ecotypes are estuarine and marine, mangrove swamps, coastal savanna, broadleaf gallery forest, humid subtropical forest (10-15% of the area), very humid tropical forest (~80% of the area) and on the ridge tops, elfin forest, according to Herrera-MacBryde (1995) on whose descriptive summary the following is based.
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But as researchers began observing killer whales more closely, they discovered that the marine mammals seem to belong to several different groups, called ecotypes, with different feeding habits and appearances.
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Using this method, researchers isolated several "ecotypes" of killer whale.
TreeHugger 2010
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Using this method, researchers isolated several "ecotypes" of killer whale.
TreeHugger 2010
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Using this method, researchers isolated several "ecotypes" of killer whale.
TreeHugger 2010
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Experimental ecology of Dryas octopetala ecotypes.
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Thus, an initial response to climate change in such species is likely to be a change in the distribution and abundance of ecotypes within a species distribution [20].
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
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Taxonomic affinities show that many of its species migrated from tropical regions and are closer allied to tropical ecotypes than to temperate ones.
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Such a strategy preserves complete gene pools and specially adapted ecotypes, and provides maximum opportunity for natural migration and disturbance recovery.
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The park facilitates studies on structure and functioning of natural ecosystems, natural succession, and the flow of substances and energy within ecosystems (as well as observing human impacts on these processes), the circulation of parasites in natural and modified ecosystems, classification of animals (especially of lower systematic units), forest management, biological control of pest insects, genetically valuable ecotypes of indigenous tree species, and the improvement of forest productivity.
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