r-selection
r-selection Selection for maximizing the
biotic potential (
r) of an organism so that when favourable conditions occur (e.g. in a newly formed
habitat) the species concerned can rapidly colonize the area. Such species are opportunists. An opportunist strategy is advantageous in rapidly changing environments as in the early stages of a succession. See also
BET-HEDGING;
BIOTIC POTENTIAL;
POPULATION EXPLOSION. Compare
K-SELECTION.
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Data on asthma described by researchers at University of Marburg.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 9/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...literature," wrote M.L. Conrad and colleagues, University of Marburg (see also Asthma). The researchers...prevention strategies.." Conrad and colleagues published their...contact H. Garn, University of Marburg, Biomedical Research Center...
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Findings from R. Conrad and co-researchers advance knowledge in environmental microbiology.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...and structure," wrote R. Conrad and colleagues. The researchers...methanogenic microbial community." Conrad and colleagues published the...additional information, contact R. Conrad, Max Planck Institute Terr...von Frisch Str, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. The publisher of...
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Studies from R. Conrad and colleagues reveal new findings on limnology.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 5/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...CH4 production," wrote R. Conrad and colleagues. The researchers...deeper sediment layers." Conrad and colleagues published their...obtained by contacting R. Conrad, Max Planck Institute Terr...von Frisch Str, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. The publisher of...
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Vitae sanctae Katharinae
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...To the modern reader, the worst trial she has to endure is not opposition but the sadistic protection afforded by Conrad of Marburg, her confessor. And yet, despite their differences, Katharine and Elisabeth belong together. When Osbert Bokenham...
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Processus Bernardi Delitiosi: The Trial of Fr. Bernard Delicieux, 3 September-8 December 1319
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...exempt from the brush which has tarred northern-European trials. "Tarred"? Think only of the mad inquisitors Conrad of Marburg and Robert Le Bougre, the tortured Templars, and Lerner's Free Spirit suspects. Now, the Languedocian depositions...
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Die Vita der heiligen Elisabeth des Dietrich von Apolda.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...To the modern reader, the worst trial she has to endure is not opposition but the sadistic protection afforded by Conrad of Marburg, her confessor. And yet, despite their differences, Katharine and Elisabeth belong together. When Osbert Bokenham...
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Procès de canonisation au Moyen Age: Aspects juridiques et religieux/Medieval Canonization Processes: Legal and Religious Aspects
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...describes the "new norms" (p. 123) for questioning witnesses that Pope Gregory LX outlined in a letter to Conrad of Marburg in October 1232. Paolo Golinelli repeats this idea in his essay. They were, in fact, far from new. Canon 38...
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ROW: Robbins bid for national team not over yet
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 4/15/2007; 480 words
; ...respectively in the single sculls on Saturday. In the men's, James Tomkins (VIC), Sam Conrad (Queensland), Cameron McKenzie McHarg (VIC) and James Marburg (VIC) were the fastest in the coxless fours. Meanwhile, in the double sculls South...
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Row: History beckons for Australian men's eight
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 8/26/2006; 558 words
; ...tomorrow. Victory at Eton for James Chapman, James Marburg, Matthew Ryan, Sam Conrad, Tom Laurich, Karsten Forsterling, Cameron McKenzie...final and ours," Chapman said. Team-mate Conrad also rated Australia's chances against the Americans...
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Row: Australia wins first gold in world-best time
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 8/26/2006; 614 words
; ...old piece of history beckons when they line up in tomorrow's final. Victory for James Chapman, James Marburg, Matthew Ryan, Sam Conrad, Tom Laurich, Karsten Forsterling, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Jeremy Stevenson and cox Marty Rabjohns...
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Conrad of Marburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Conrad of Marburg d. 1233, German churchman. He was confessor (1225-31) of St. Elizabeth of Hungary and administrator of her husband's...
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Moench, Conrad
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
MOENCH, CONRAD ( b . Kassel, Germany, 20 August 1744; d . Marburg, Germany, 6 January 1805...professors were transferred to Marburg and incorporated into the Philipps...in the teaching of botany at Marburg. Under his supervision, a...
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Elizabeth, St, of Hungary
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...from court on the ground that her charities were exhausting the State finances. She settled at Marburg; under the direction of Conrad of Marburg she gave up her children and led a life of great austerity. Feast day, 17 (formerly 19, as in...
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Saint Elizabeth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...it that her children's welfare was taken care of and retired to a small cottage near Marburg. There, under the spiritual direction of Conrad of Marburg , she led an austere life. St. Elizabeth died at the age of 23. Feast: Nov. 19.
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Medicus, Friedrich Casimir (Medikus, Friedrich Kasimir)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...read at the time. He undoubtedly greatly influenced Conrad Moench at Marburg, whose relatively well-known Methodus plantas horti...and “ Early Marburg Botany, ” in Conrad Moench, Methodus plantas horti … , Otto...
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