the ability of an organism to move about freely and migrate
Word origin
[1935–40; vagile + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bingo, blitz, prime mover, roadblock, unit trust-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity
Examples of 'vagility' in a sentence
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Conversely, low vagility organisms seemed to be largely affected by history.
CLAUDIO VALDOVINOS, ANDREA KIESSLING, MARÍA MARDONES, CAROLINA MOYA, ALEJANDRA OYANEDEL,JACQUELINE SALVO, VIVIANA OLMOS, ÓSCAR PARRA 2010, 'Distribución de macroinvertebrados (Plecoptera y Aeglidae) en ecosistemas fluvialesde la Patagonia chilena: ¿Muestran señales biológicas de la evolución geomorfológicapostglacial? Distribution of macroinvertebrates (Plecoptera and Aeglidae) in fluvialecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia: Do they show biological signals of the postglacialgeomorphological evolution?', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2010000200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Because of their low vagility, mygalomorph spiders are usually absent from oceanic islands.
Vera Opatova, Miquel A. Arnedo 2014, 'Spiders on a Hot Volcanic Roof: Colonisation Pathways and Phylogeography of the CanaryIslands Endemic Trap-Door Spider Titanidiops canariensis (Araneae, Idiopidae)', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0115078. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The former species has shown higher capabilities of both dispersal and vagility.
Frederico S. Barbosa, D. P. Pereira da Costa, F. Arruda 1984, 'Competitive interactions between species of freshwater snails. I. Laboratory studies:Ib. Comparative studies of the dispersal and the vagility capabilities of Biomphalariaglabrata and Biomphalaria straminea', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761984000200002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Their presence in patchy habitats and low vagility may lead to long term isolation, allopatric isolation and possible cryptic speciation.
Carlos A. Santamaria, Joanna K. Bluemel, Nancy Bunbury, Melinda Curran 2017, 'Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of Seychellois Ligia isopods', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/3894.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Terrestrial amphibians are good bioindicators for this kind of research because of low vagility and high philopatry.
Paula Eveline Ribeiro D’Anunciação, Marcela Fernandes Vilela Silva, Lucas Ferrante,Diego Santana Assis, Thamires Casagrande, Andréa Zalmora Garcia Coelho, Bárbara ChristinaSilva Amâncio, Túlio Ribeiral Pereira, Vinícius Xavier da Silva 2013, 'Forest Fragments Surrounded by Sugar Cane Are More Inhospitable to Terrestrial AmphibianAbundance Than Fragments Surrounded by Pasture', International Journal of Ecologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/183726. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, the historical events would have had weaker impacts relative to current ecological requirements on organisms of high vagility.
CLAUDIO VALDOVINOS, ANDREA KIESSLING, MARÍA MARDONES, CAROLINA MOYA, ALEJANDRA OYANEDEL,JACQUELINE SALVO, VIVIANA OLMOS, ÓSCAR PARRA 2010, 'Distribución de macroinvertebrados (Plecoptera y Aeglidae) en ecosistemas fluvialesde la Patagonia chilena: ¿Muestran señales biológicas de la evolución geomorfológicapostglacial? Distribution of macroinvertebrates (Plecoptera and Aeglidae) in fluvialecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia: Do they show biological signals of the postglacialgeomorphological evolution?', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2010000200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The small mammal results were unexpected but may reflect the reduced vagility and immigration potential of this group.
DOUGLAS A. KELT 2001, 'Differential effects of habitat fragmentation on birds and mammals in Valdivian temperaterainforests Efectos diferenciales de la fragmentación del hábitat sobre aves y mamíferosdel bosque valdiviano', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2001000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Signatures of such associations may be retained in the genomes of ecologically specialized (stenotopic) taxa with limited vagility.
Robert W Bryson, Brett R Riddle, Matthew R Graham, Brian Tilston Smith, Lorenzo Prendini 2013, 'As Old as the hills: montane scorpions in Southwestern North America reveal ancientassociations between biotic diversification and landscape history.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541388?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)