marginal habitat

collocation in English

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marginal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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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 ofmarginalandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It can grow in dry,marginalhabitat, such as roadsides, dry meadows, and talus.
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The breeding system of these snails, by permitting the rapid establishment of evolutionary novelties, allows the group to exploit marginal habitats.
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The capacity for gorillas and other primates to survive in marginal habitats is likely dependent on their ability to avoid nutritional stress.
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They may have a beneficial combination of traits allowing them to exploit new habitats or to succeed in amarginalhabitatwhere the two parent species are disadvantaged.
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However, in contrast to our expectations for predictability, helminth communities of lizards living in marginal habitats exhibited a higher homogeneity of composition than those sampled from typical habitats.
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In marginal habitats, densities as low as two badgers per kilometre have been recorded by researchers.
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While they may occur in forests and woodlands dominated by other tree types, these are marginal habitats for the family and are seldom used.
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The head is round and lacks ear tufts, a distinction from the slightly smaller short-eared owl, which favors more open, marginal habitats.
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It has, besides the open fresh water habitat, marginal habitats of reed swamp, species-rich fen and carr woodland.
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The varieties are largely limited to marginal habitats such as disturbed sites in the arid regions of the continent.
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Even-toed ungulates survived in niche roles, usually occupying marginal habitats, and presumably at that time they developed their complex digestive systems, which allowed them to survive on lower-grade food.
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