habitat heterogeneity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhabitatandheterogeneity
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habitat
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/us/ˈhæb.ə.tæt/
the natural environment in which an animal or plant ...
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heterogeneity
noun[U]
uk/ˌhet.ər.ə.dʒəˈneɪ.ə.ti/us/ˌhet̬.ə.roʊ.dʒəˈneɪ.ə.t̬i/
the fact of consisting of parts or things that are very different from ...
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From this and other studies it is clear thathabitatheterogeneityis an important factor that allows coexistence of closely related tropical plants.
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Thus, although changes in colonization processes associated with partridge density may cause variations in nestedness, this does not preclude other effects of parasitehabitatheterogeneity.
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Both variable sets clearly show that the open forest has a greaterhabitatheterogeneitythan rain forest.
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The results of this study suggest that one of the striking features of the wet sclerophyll forest is the high degree of spatialhabitatheterogeneity.
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However, the evenness, and therefore the diversity of the assemblage, was strongly affected byhabitatheterogeneity.
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However, the demographic response of plant populations to this particular type ofhabitatheterogeneityhas been poorly documented.
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Spatialhabitatheterogeneitymay itself be correlated with the spatial distribution of species.
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Sitespecific differences in the grain ofhabitatheterogeneityat larger scales may have led to these differences in aggregation patterns.
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Variation was likely related tohabitatheterogeneity, changing conditions at the sites and dispersal of beetles within and between sites over time.
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Most allogenic and autogenic ecosystem engineering is spatially explicit and frequently contributes tohabitatheterogeneity.
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Valley bottoms are a major source ofhabitatheterogeneitywithin the study area, thus contributing to beta diversity.
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Hence,habitatheterogeneitymay be a key factor promoting fruit bat species diversity in old-growth palaeotropical forests.
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Habitatheterogeneitywas significantly higher in the mixed open forest/ecotone area than in the adjacent rain forest.
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In particular, purely spatial turnover in species composition across sites, as well as environmental variables indicative of spatialhabitatheterogeneitypredating fragmentation events, are frequently neglected.
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Diversity is usually partitioned into at least two components, species richness (alpha diversity) andhabitatheterogeneity(beta diversity).
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Farmland biodiversity: ishabitatheterogeneitythe key?
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Habitatheterogeneitywas studied using ordination procedures based on floristic data and to identify the characteristic species of three plant communities: granite outcrops, valley forest and upland forest.
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Bonaccorso (1979) showed that in tropical ecosystems the great variety of food items available year-round together withhabitatheterogeneitymight explain the abundant number of bat species.
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