source of mortality

collocation in English

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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mortality
noun[U]
uk
/mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/us
/mɔːrˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
the way that people do not live ...
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(Definition ofsourceandmortalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since natural enemies are an importantsourceofmortality, conservation biological control is a tactic to be considered.
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The greatestsourceofmortalityfor these seedlings was breakage/herbivory, where all that remained was a leafless stem.
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Consequently, egg mortality is treated as a randomsourceofmortalityin the larval survival analysis.
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This has allowed this newsourceofmortalityto be identified from empirically collected field data (fig. 8) indicating significant ecological impact.
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Rainfall is a majorsourceofmortalityin bush fly and levels of susceptibility differ markedly between stages.
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The mainsourceofmortality, however, is industrial tuna fisheries.
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Notoedric mange, a disease caused by mites, becomes epidemic in western gray squirrel populations and is a majorsourceofmortality.
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In dense populations, a majorsourceofmortalityfor embryos is superposition of redds by later-spawning fish.
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Ship strikes are anothersourceofmortality.
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Secondly, it assumes that all sources of mortality are genetic.
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Accidents are an additionalsourceofmortality.
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Roads are one cause of fragmentation, as well as a directsourceofmortalityfor many types of animals, but they can also have some beneficial effects.
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Trawl nets in general, and shrimp trawls in particular, have been identified as sources of mortality for cetacean and finfish species.
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Trawl nets in general, and shrimp trawls in particular, have been identified as sources of mortality for species of finfish and cetaceans.
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