Patchiness

(I'm the first to admit that there is a certain patchiness to the collection. ❋ Sharon Bakar (2005)

Now, that kind of patchiness could reflect horizontal heat transport as wella s vertical, but it MUST have involved oceanic transport, not simply sea-air transport. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What seems to be emerging is that heterogeneity, or "patchiness", and diversity is very much more important to nature than an ecologically correct apartheid between "exotics" and ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the late 1980s, my mentor Bob May had done studies with Michael Hassell of Imperial College, Silwood Park, on wasps that lay their eggs in or on insects which revealed there was a patchiness in the distribution of predator and prey. ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

The patchiness and brown color of many of the marshes are a sign that they are breaking up and dying. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It took her a few songs, on Tuesday, to get warmed up, but once the power had been massaged back into the voice and the patchiness had been largely thrown off, she seemed determined to stick around and enjoy it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ivory Coast's patchiness must be galling to tournament organisers who hoped to see an impressive African line-up. ❋ Kevin McCarra At Soccer City (2010)

Owing to the absence or patchiness of ice, spotted seals have increased access to the extreme inshore waters where smelt and saffron cod, and other food fishes, congregate in large numbers in early autumn. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The size of the experiments (2m x 2m?) may have been too small to allow for spatial heterogeneity and patchiness, which may be an important factor in real ecosystems. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This split helps explain the patchiness of the recovery that appears to be taking hold after the worst recession in a half-century. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Therefore, the replacement of Acomastylis rossii by Deschampsia caespitosa had positive feedbacks, and the litter could reinforce the patchiness of species composition and available N. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A LANDSAT MSS-derived fire history of Kakadu National Park, monsoonal northern Australia, 1980-1994: Seasonal extent, frequency and patchiness, Journal of Applied Ecology, 34. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On a smaller scale, disturbances associated with heuweltjies (ancient termitaria) maintain habitat heterogeneity and patchiness within the landscape. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Landscape boundaries are usually abrupt due to patchiness, natural disturbance, and human activity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Additional attention is given to the broad array of forces shaping land use decisions, the “thinness” of land use law as a set of rules and limits contrasted with its role as a source of tools, authority, and discretion, and the “patchiness” of land use regulatory authority in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These open system measurements were subject to diffusion and documentable patchiness, but temporal TCO2 changes appear to indicate the net direction of microbiological activity and join a growing body of literature showing dynamic variation in CO2 and O2 that exceeds estimates by 14C bottle assays of carbon fixation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“However, at Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll there was a considerable dearth of the much anticipated Gold corals, highlighting the variable patchiness of coral ecosystems.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

According to my beautician, my skin is extremely sensitive so I cannot use any product with alcohol in it without it drying it up and causing embarrassing patchiness and flaking, and apparently all supermarket cleansers have some sort of alcoholic ingredient in them – even the ones that are alcohol-free. ❋ Sierrazen (2006)

Devs: *don't do anything for a short amount of time* Everyone: [PATCHIE] PATCHIE WHERE'S MY PATCHIE DEVS SPENT MONEY ON PROSTITUTE [SNATCHIE] GET THESE SHIELD FUCKS OUT MY [MATCHIE] SKINS SO SHIT NEED A NEW BATCHIE GAME SO BUGGY LAGGY AND CRASHY MORDHAU DEVS SOLD OUT FOR THE CASHIE PATCHIE PATCHIE WHERE'S MY PATCHIE DEVS SPENT MONEY ON PROSTITUTE SNATCHIE ❋ Slurp_ee (2019)

Random European [chill kid] at Chipoltle: I'm a bit patchy right now. Random scene kid: WTF!! ROFL [HxC] SCENE! European kid: Fag. Guy: Have you brought the patchiness? Girl: [Hell yes], now let's get patchy! ❋ Makke :D (2009)

Person A: Aye [patchy], nice [tan]! Person B: [C’mon] it isn’t that bad! ❋ Itoldyouso (2021)

Wow, [KSI] got a [patchy] [beard] ❋ KSIMON Believer (2023)

[finna] [pull a] patchy ❋ Ilovegays;) (2019)

[Omar] [Abarca]!!!, just dont call him that, it [hurts] his feelings. hey patchy shut the fuck up. ❋ Notfudgepackersbrother (2008)

Dammit, that Nick kid is trying to come over. [That fucking guy] was caught blowing a dude in the bathroom. Why does that asshole think we want a gay hanging out with our group of [guy friends]? He's such a [patchy]. ❋ Guckfumby (2011)

Insurance Claims person “So you hadn’t even left the yard and you expect me to believe that the [horsebox] just... fell apart?” Owner “No. wait. The [patchy twat] took offence to the partition and galloped through the horsebox before he realised the front ramp wasn’t down.” Insurance claim person. “Oh.... [that’s fine]. Claim approved. You probably should have mentioned that your horse is a patchy twat at the start of the call.” ❋ ShiteEventer (2020)

Tried [riding] today but my [horse] is being a right [patchy twat] ❋ Nupty Dumpty (2020)

The [patchy twat] [threw me] at the first fence in [the cross] country today ❋ Poppy B (2020)