long-lived species
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-livedandspecies
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long-lived
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈlɪvd/us/ˌlɑːŋˈlɪvd/
lasting or living for a ...
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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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This conclusion relies uponlong-livedspeciespaying a high energetic cost for repair mechanisms and shortlived hosts suffering severe parasite-induced pathogenesis.
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Thus, short-lived and elong-livedspeciesmay contribute to liana diversity in both young and oldgrowth forest by recruiting into light gaps.
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Because forest trees are verylong-livedspecies, their present genetic variability is likely to reflect ancient colonization events.
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Somelong-livedspeciesestablish early in succession and persist for many years.
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If this is the case, i many populations o flong-livedspeciesof seasonally dry environments whose population growth depends on occasional favourable y ears will be dramatically affected.
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Many relativelylong-livedspeciesencounter rates and types of environmental change, whether self-induced or independent, that their genes do not have the capacity to handle, and they frequently become extinct.
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It is a slow-growing andlong-livedspecies, which is especially prone to damage caused by fishing gear and careless divers.
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This is along-livedspecies, with a maximum age of 14 years having been recorded.
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It has a stable population structure and low mortality rate and is along-livedspecies.
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It is considered along-livedspecieswhose lifespan is over 15 years of age.
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Once established, they are generally along-livedspecies.
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The hellbender is another large,long-livedspecieswith dwindling numbers and fewer juveniles reaching maturity than previously.
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It is along-livedspeciesand has been recorded as surviving for 15 years.
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Ceramic targets containing actinides can be bombarded with neutrons to induce transmutation reactions to remove the most difficultlong-livedspecies.
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The great northern tilefish is a slow-growing andlong-livedspecies, which has four stages of life.
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It is used particularly forlong-livedspecies.
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It is along-livedspecies, reaching 100 years of age or more, though it does not begin to fruit until it is around 20 years old.
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This is along-livedspecies: one bird has returned to its burrow for ten consecutive years, and the lifespan is estimated to be about 16 years.
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Pillar coral is a slow-growing,long-livedspecies.
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