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Environmental resistance

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noun

The resistance presented by the environmental conditions to limit a species from growing out of control or to stop them from reproducing at maximum rate.


Supplement

Environmental resistance includes a mixture of abiotic factors such as temperature, and biotic factors such as natural enemies (biological control agents) to limit the organism for expressing its full capacity to reproduce.


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Re: About Physiological Darwinism:From Fitness to Optimality

... to phenotype is regulated and influenced by both internal and external environmental factors. The concept "DNA sequence is the deterministic ... physiological theories are gradually converged towards two aspects, resistance theory and plasticity theory. The formation of phenotypic plasticity ...

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by wellalt
Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:45 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: About Physiological Darwinism:From Fitness to Optimality
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Re: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?

... the environment where they evolved, both mutations decreased cellular resistance to osmotic stress. Moreover, one mutation reduced fitness during ... experiences a trade-off where a temporary benefit for surviving one environmental condition is provided at the expense of systems used for other ...

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by AFJ
Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:17 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Flagellum Motor:Is this Scientific?
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Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)

... sense. It sounds like every trophic level is able to operate with zero resistance (ie competition, disease, environmental hazards, etc). I know that every factor added to your application will greatly ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:44 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)
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Eductation -- Mixture of Science / Programming ??

... science would be my recommendation. I'm currently an undergrad studying environmental and evolutionary biology. One of our professors here is an ... medicine, such as designing new drugs in response to the evolution of resistance in pathogens. It seems to me like evolution would nicely encompass ...

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by alextemplet
Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:56 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Eductation -- Mixture of Science / Programming ??
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Views: 707

Re: GM crops and canola

... crop area while stacked genes for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance (both in cotton and in maize) occupy 11%. Genetic engineering ... (Brookes G, Barfoot P (2005) GM crops: the global economic and environmental impact-the first nine years 1996-2004. AgBioForum, 8:187-196). ...

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by chousta
Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:48 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: GM crops and canola
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