isolated fragments

collocation in English

meaningsofisolatedandfragment

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isolated
adjective
uk
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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fragment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/us
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/
a small piece or a part, especially when broken from ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandfragmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, thisisolatedfragmentis too small for a reliable identification.
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The animal was found in anisolatedfragmentof dry deciduous forest amid land cleared for maize cultivation.
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Traditional forms of text - narratives - are dissolved into isolated fragments that can then be juxtaposed in a pastiche.
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We hypothesize that populations of small isolated fragments have lower genetic diversity than others.
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Even traders whose actions are questionable may perform positive functions in linking otherwise isolated fragments of the business system.
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Our findings show a tendency of lower genetic diversity within small and isolated fragments and higher genetic differentiation among them.
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In this study, there was some evidence of genetic erosion in more isolated fragments.
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Small isolated fragments are expected to have smaller population size, low genetic variation, increased interpopulation genetic divergence due to increased random drift, elevated inbreeding and reduced gene flow.
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However, they now remain primarily as isolated fragments.
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In the case of inbreeding, the problem lies in the increase of the isolated fragments where golden lion tamarins live.
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This species distribution has been reduced to patchy, geographically isolated fragments mainly due to the loss of its habitat to agriculture.
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Some other isolated fragments and a few watchtowers also remain in various parts of the city.
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The remaining forest is distributed in small, isolated fragments.
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Despite having written all these works, nothing but isolated fragments survived from the ancient world.
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The proverb speaks of these emotions, not as isolated fragments of feelings, but as elements that make up the whole of the human existence.
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Small and isolated fragments hold in general fewer species than larger and less isolated areas.
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Restorative projects can increase the effective size of a habitat by simply adding area or by planting habitat corridors that link and fill in the gap between two isolated fragments.
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