local extinction
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local
adjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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extinction
noun[U]
uk/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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(Definition oflocalandextinctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Apparently, species with smaller niches (= specialists) have less chance to survive deforestation and are more prone tolocalextinctionthan those with wider niches.
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Climatic warming due to thermal-radiation from an urban area as possible cause for thelocalextinctionof a land snail.
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Autogenic species, which should be more persistent locally, also are less likely to recolonize an ecosystem oncelocalextinctionhas occurred.
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However, highly virulent pathogens are prone tolocalextinction, and there are a number of strategies for persistence.
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On each island, one species is nearest its minimum sustainable population size, and thus at greatest risk oflocalextinction.
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More serious is the prediction oflocalextinctionwhen cattle are dosed repeatedly.
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The probability oflocalextinctionshould be one of the most striking factors determining the structure of a component community over time.
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Genetic variability and effective population size whenlocalextinctionand recolonization of subpopulations are frequent.
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For example, the greater the extent of population reduction on fragments as compared to unfragmented habitat, the greater the likelihood oflocalextinction.
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Approximately half of all species collected at least once throughout the pre-drought period were not caught after the drought, probably due tolocalextinction.
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The component communities of long-lived snails should be more resistant tolocalextinctionif trematode infections are rather permanent at the infracommunity level.
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In general, autogenic trematodes (those completing their life cycles within a single ecosystem) should have lower probabilities oflocalextinctionthan allogenic trematodes.
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Plant species exhibiting certain dispersal modes may also be more vulnerable tolocalextinctionwith increasing fragmentation.
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What repercussions will thelocalextinctionof elephant populations have on the botanical composition of forests?
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This was suggestive of metapopulation dynamics where the higher the chance of recolonization, the lower thelocalextinctionprobability.
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Key predators can prevent one or more prey species from becoming over-abundant and driving other species tolocalextinction, especially when they compete for attachment space on rocky substrates.
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Genetic-variability and effective population-size whenlocalextinctionand recolonization of sub-populations are frequent.
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Agouti appear to be a critical a part of some tree species' regeneration ecology, such that the loss of the rodent may ultimately precipitate thelocalextinctionof the tree.
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Interspecific competition increaseslocalextinctionrate in a metapopulation system.
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