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Secondary species occurred mainly or exclusively in successional stands and/or the fire-degraded stand, whileprimaryspecieswere encountered chiefly in mature stands.
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At the undisturbed rain-forest site, traps were placed under the canopy to catch later secondary/primaryspecies.
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Secondary species are expressed as a proportion of sites occupied by theprimaryspecies.
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In small gaps, pioneer species showed higher mortality rates and were theprimaryspeciesthat persisted.
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Closer to the forest border, the richness ofprimaryspeciesis higher.
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This indicates that even at intermediate and older successional stages, contiguous forest remnants serve an important role as sources ofprimaryspeciespropagules.
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As the forest matures,primaryspeciesoutcompete secondary species.
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There is a balance between the linear relationships forprimaryspecies(positive) and secondary species (negative) along the chronosequence.
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Smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye are itsprimaryspeciesof fish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some cases the new species may outcompete the present ones for nutrients leading to theprimaryspeciesdemise.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Primaryspeciesof fish include bass, bluegill, channel catfish, redear, crappie, and northern pike.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Salmon are one of theprimaryspeciesof the rainforest, spawning in the forest streams.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to its abundance, it may be one of theprimaryspeciesin a fishery.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Threeprimaryspeciesof seagrass are found in the park: turtlegrass, shoal grass and manatee grass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Typical habitats are mountain screes and glacier forelands, but it will also form old growth forests as theprimaryspeciesor in mixed forests with deodar, birch, spruce, and fir.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although the region contains only about one-tenth of the continent's habitat area for breeding of waterfowl, roughly half theprimaryspeciesof game ducks on the continent breed there.
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