Essays about: "trait utility"
Found 3 essays containing the words trait utility.
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1. Floristic change in the province of Scania in southernmost Sweden 1800-2020: using fragmented data to study landscape-level shifts
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologiAbstract : Vascular plant observances were compiled for 10 well-documented parishes throughout southernmost Sweden from published floras, herbarium specimens, modern inventories, and a large citizen-science database to provide presence/absence of species from 1800-2020 at the decade level. A regionally-specific database of species-specific plant traits and ecological indicator values was used to examine floristic and ecological changes across an extended timeline which indicates that several of the most apparent conservation issues including climate warming, woody encroachment, and soil chemistry alterations have acted for long over a century. READ MORE
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2. The role of time perspective bias and personality trait in subjective importance of perceived utility in future and present scenarios
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Önskan att ta risk och analysera nyttan är en av de viktigaste aspekterna som kan beaktas i personliga beslut. Senare studier har visat att den egna uppfattningen om tid och personlighetsdrag påverkar uppfattningen av den upplevda nyttan. I denna studie användes ett frågeformulär av 162 frågor. READ MORE
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3. Adaptive trait utility in the feeding apparatus of European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) : Relationships between feeding morphology and maximum and minimum prey size in the diet of whitefish
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapAbstract : Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) populations diverge into morphs that differ in body size along a benthic-limnetic axis and throughout the depth of the water column. This process is assumedly initiated by the presence of northern pike (Esox lucius) and is followed by morphological adaptations to available food resources. READ MORE