selected species

collocation in English

meaningsofselectandspecies

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select
adjective
uk
/sɪˈlekt/us
/səˈlekt/
of only the best type or highest quality, and usually small in size ...
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species
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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(Definition ofselectandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The threeselectedspeciesof fungi produce three-dimensional adhesive nets in the presence of nematodes.
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Mark-recapture estimates of population parameters forselectedspeciesof small mammals.
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Table 1 lists the life-history traits of theselectedspecies.
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Factors affecting the population sizes ofselectedspecies.
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The largest trees of eachselectedspeciesgenerally had rounded crowns and relatively thick limbs indicating maturity or old age.
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Spearman rank correlation was used to assess correlations between cover values ofselectedspeciesand species numbers.
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These include removingselectedspecies, creating gaps for regeneration of new individuals, recycling nutrients, and dispersing seeds.
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Assessment of theselectedspecieswill provide baseline information on the current status of biodiversity.
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The results of monitoring by ofselectedspeciesat high risk show few signs of recovery.
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Gradually, if the player monitors the species progress, moves them to more appropriate habitats and climate zones, theselectedspecieswill feed, breed, and prosper.
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Studies on food, feeding, reproduction, spawning, life cycles and behavior ofselectedspecies. b.
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It has been found that the plants chosen are not those that are the most abundant but areselectedspecieswith high nutritive value.
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By arranging theselectedspeciesin a circular pattern, he designed a clock that indicated the time of day by the flowers that were open at each given hour.
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