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A demonstration of a fire escape chute on the streets of Daegu, South Korea. An escape chute is a special kind of emergency exit, used where conventional fire escape stairways are impractical. The chute is a fabric (or occasionally metal) tube installed near a special exit on an upper floor or roof of a building, or a tall structure.
Escape and radiate coevolution is a hypothesis proposing that a coevolutionary 'arms-race' between primary producers and their consumers contributes to the diversification of species by accelerating speciation rates. The hypothesized process involves the evolution of novel defenses in the host, allowing it to "escape" and then "radiate" into ...
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
Joseph Connell published his hypothesis in 1970 in Dynamics of Populations. [2] Unlike Janzen, Connell proposed experiments that focused on the key prediction that exclusion of host-specific predators would cause a decrease in diversity as tree species with greater establishment or competitive ability formed low-diversity seedling and sapling communities where dominance was concentrated in a ...
Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided; Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly; Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire escapes are impractical; Mail chute, a letter collection device
2. To make contact with something (usually with force). 3. These help you navigate/explore the internet. 4. The last part of these words is related to popular brands (hint: each one is known for ...
A college football player with a history of sexual assault raped a 17-year-old girl aboard a Carnival Cruise ship as she was celebrating the holidays with her family — before heartlessly asking ...
The No. 2 vs. No. 7-seed games in the NFL playoffs have often been lopsided, as just two of the eight contests have been decided by one score. In the No. 2 seed's seven victories, it has outscored ...