low fertility
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflowandfertility
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low
adjective
uk/ləʊ/us/loʊ/
not measuring much from the base to ...
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fertility
noun[U]
uk/fəˈtɪl.ə.ti/us/fɚˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/
(of animals and plants) the quality of being able to produce young ...
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(Definition oflowandfertilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This 'augmentation effect' could occur, for example, by increasing organic matter contents inlowfertilitysoils.
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In addition,lowfertilityand relatively high mortality in the village were also important factors.
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Problems such as plant sensitivity to soils withlowfertilityare described by several authors15.
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This group has fairly high proportions marrying young, yet relativelylowfertility.
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The first involved a developing crisis oflowfertilityand rising mortality in the nineteenth century.
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The offspring of a dysgenic cross exhibit various phenotypic features, includinglowfertilityand male recombination.
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Therefore, selecting legumes adapted to soils oflowfertilityis important in many tropical areas.
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This location represents the newly reclaimed sandy soil oflowfertilityand low water-holding capacity.
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The women in the sample have relativelylowfertilityand represent a fairly late stage of fertility decline.
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Therefore, we must look atlowfertilityfarming.
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Thelowfertilityof hybrids will add a second barrier to the evolution of their progeny, even when they bear beneficial transgenes.
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In general where fertility was high, mortality was also high, and, equally,lowfertilityand mortality were frequently found in association.
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At the same time, the working-age population will shrink or grow only very slowly due to thelowfertilityrates of the past decades.
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The initial growth of these species in the final succession phases may depend on the duration of the cotyledon reserves, mainly when they are inlowfertilitysoils.
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Different levels of phosphate fertilization did not increase dry matter production for any legume, indicating that the evaluated species are adapted to soils oflowfertility.
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After 2000 the model is simulated according to the scenario oflowfertilityby assuming unchanging fertility at the levels observed during 1996 -2000, and unchanging mortality.
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There are, first, those that are poor but havelowfertility.
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In my county we farm a lot of marginal land of verylowfertility.
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Characteristics include albino coloring, a docile behavior, andlowfertility.
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