habitat selection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhabitatandselection
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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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selection
noun
uk/sɪˈlek.ʃən/us/səˈlek.ʃən/
the act of choosing someone ...
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(Definition ofhabitatandselectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Foraging efficiencies of competing rodents: why do gerbils exhibit shared-preferencehabitatselection?
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We suspect that this technique would work even better for other herbivore species with strongerhabitatselectioncharacteristics than the generalist impala.
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There were significant relationships betweenhabitatselectionand abundance or frequency of occurrence but not with diet or body size.
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Critical resources that influencehabitatselectiondecisions by gastrointestinal helminth parasites.
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Studies ofhabitatselectionneed to address the scale of study quantitatively, if possible comparing two or more scales to determine the scale of selection.
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Quantification of the scale of measurement of habitat variables is necessary to determine the scale ofhabitatselectionanalysed in different studies.
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Studies comparinghabitatselectionat different scales would benefit from the combined use of these methods.
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The analysis of terrain ruggedness using simple indices may add to a better understanding ofhabitatselectionwithin a seemingly uniform landscape.
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This test provides a measure ofhabitatselectionat this small scale, between four directions around the central point.
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Despite this impact, relatively little is known about the factors, nutritional or otherwise, that influence food andhabitatselectionin elephants.
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Considering the size of small mammals, the meso- and micro-scales of habitat seem the most appropriate for evaluation ofhabitatselection.
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Detection ofhabitatselectionat small scales is only possible with the spool-and-line technique, a major advantage of this method over t he traditional use o f t raps.
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Conspecific reproductive success and breedinghabitatselection: implications for the study of coloniality.
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Most studies ofhabitatselectiondo not consider individual variation, concluding t hat a species is opportunistic or non-selective when no general pattern is detected for the species.
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