small mammal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandmammal
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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mammal
noun[C]
uk/ˈmæm.əl/us/ˈmæm.əl/
any animal of which the female feeds her young on milk from her own body. Most mammals give birth to live young, ...
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(Definition ofsmallandmammalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Trapping of small mammals only occurred during one season, so seasonal variation of infection with bartonellae could not be assessed in thesmallmammalpopulation.
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The results suggest that the species richness of thesmallmammalassemblage was not determined by the spatial heterogeneity of the vegetation structure.
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This number represents about 32% of the total number ofsmallmammalspecies captured during the study.
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Asmallmammalhas not necessarily been equipped by natural selection to deal with the conditions it meets in psychological laboratories.
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Proposed standard protocol for samplingsmallmammalcommunities.
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Eachsmallmammalwas dissected and examined microscopically in saline for molluscan-transmitted helminths.
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However, no formal demonstration of infection of the varioussmallmammalspecies present in the area has ever been given.
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The vegetation discontinuity was correlated with a large change in thesmallmammalcommunity.
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There was a large change in the structure of thesmallmammalassemblage coincident with the vegetation discontinuity.
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Natal nest location andsmallmammaltracking with a spool and line technique.
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This suggests that at the regional scale landscape can affect human disease distribution through interaction withsmallmammalcommunities and their population dynamics.
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This prey - predator relationship is governed by many factors, including the spatial distribution of fox faeces, as well as fox andsmallmammalpopulation densities, making transmission intensity higher.
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Fig. 3 shows the distribution ofsmallmammalassemblages in both landscapes.
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