preferred habitat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferredandhabitat
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preferred
adjective
uk/prɪˈfɜːd/us/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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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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(Definition ofpreferredandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The young leaves on saplings may be a better food source for mangrove gastropods, or saplings may be theirpreferredhabitatfor other reasons.
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Parasites should show either a random distribution or apreferredhabitatas a result of adaptation to the host.
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Stream organisms generally exhibit preferences for specific microhabitats and the abundance ofpreferredhabitatoften limits species abundance.
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These suggested that loss ofpreferredhabitat, namely decreased coarse substrate availability, by sedimentation resulting from riparian deforestation had altered the shrimp assemblage structures.
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Finally, a reserve site would obviously be the mostpreferredhabitat.
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Thepreferredhabitatfor each species is defined by a combination of optimum factors for that species.
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The results suggest that the amount ofpreferredhabitatin a stream channel is an important factor affecting the local abundance of shrimp populations in this watershed.
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Regarding development, the interesting finding is children's early ability to discern thepreferredhabitat of categories 1-2 nouns and to demarcate narratives from expositories in their use of nouns.
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However, in the present study, the capture rates per plot of the endemic small mammals suggested, with one exception, moderate to low densities within the forest, theirpreferredhabitat.
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Written expository texts are thepreferredhabitatof abstract, categorical nouns from early on.
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The predominantly pastoral west is thought to provide morepreferredhabitatfor badgers than the arable east of the country.
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Theirpreferredhabitatis fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit.
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The species grows in eucalypt forest but no informative assessment of the likelypreferredhabitatfor the species is available.
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Thepreferredhabitatis open country, and the red-billed oxpecker eats insects.
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Itspreferredhabitatis mesquite and riparian woodlands.
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National forests have riparian streamside management zones which help in the preservation of theirpreferredhabitat.
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Itspreferredhabitatis amongst seaweed in the subtidal zone.
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Itspreferredhabitatis woodlands with sandstone or limestone.
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Theirpreferredhabitatare tropical and subtropical mangrove forests located above the level of high tide.
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