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patchiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unevenness, variability |
| Derivation | patchy |
Examples of patchiness
patchiness
Such forests accumulate deadwood fuel and lose patchiness, increasing connectivity.
From the newscientist.com
In fact, science shows fishers prosper in managed forests that mimic this patchiness.
From the washingtontimes.com
This patchiness could be due to a natural social ecology not seen before, says Dupain.
From the newscientist.com
Some vocal patchiness suggested that Mr. Sykes might have been struggling with a cold.
From the nytimes.com
Where once was a thick, lush mane, there is now a sparseness or patchiness.
From the abcnews.go.com
The Galileo images also showed some patchiness in the ring on the scales 500-1000 km.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This explained the delays, patchiness and cost blowouts of the projects.
From the economist.com
Fire creates environmental mosaics and a patchiness to ecosystem age and canopy structure.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Those studies, she says, helped lead to new revelations about the importance of patchiness.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Unevenness in quality or performance
- The condition of being patchy
- (patchier) comparative form of patchy: more patchy
- Within a larger ecosystem, the presence of smaller areas that differ in some physical conditions and thus support somewhat different communities; promotes diversity in a system or area.
- Localized variation in environmental conditions within an ecosystem, arranged spatially into a complex of discrete areas that may be characterized by distinctive groups of species or ecosystem processes.
- The density of patches or the fineness of the mosaic
- Uneven distribution of resources or organisms, as opposed to uniform distribution.
