patchiness

Again, then, we see the patchiness of the marine environment, both in space and time.

What are the factors, then, that cause such unexpected patchiness?

The size of the oil slick, and its patchiness, could turn the experiment into a failure.

The patchiness of the album was not received well.

The third major cause of patchiness is energy subsidy.

Within particular countries, there would not be a uniform leveling of population but rather "patchiness."

To a great extent, his presence covers up the film's patchiness in the second half".

The patchiness of brilliance and pure darkness made it hard, at first, to make out very much.

Actually there were only intermittent signs of some congestion or patchiness in her singing.

This can also generate patchiness within the community.

This patchiness of background revelation raises other questions - Where are the parents of these young people?

The tentacles the skin - with its patchiness that spoke of increasing age - were clear giveaway.

The sample-based approach accounts for patchiness in the data that results from natural levels of sample heterogeneity.

These make it worth visiting, but there are not enough of them to compensate for the overall patchiness of the production.

Wind whistled off the ocean, forcing lawns into patchiness.

The figure in the right side shows us the general trends in abundance and detail scale patchiness along the observation area.

Huffaker introduced patchiness into the system by replacing oranges with rubber balls of a similar size.

This proves to be problematic because of the extensive diversity and 'patchiness' of the forest.

And Michael Langham's direction fails to find a sure tone to smooth out the play's patchiness.

(That patchiness was evidenced by the cancellation of his 4:20 flight to Chicago.)

Huffaker set up 3 different "universes" to examine the effect of patchiness on the prey species' population dynamics.

But for several seasons, her singing has been troubled by midrange patchiness, unstable pitch and edginess.

For a discussion of the possible importance of patchiness of vegetation within a site see the habitat characteristics section.

Zooplankton patchiness can also be influenced by biological factors, as well as other physical factors.

His "biological patchiness was a given".