suitable habitat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuitableandhabitat
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suitable
adjective
uk/ˈsuː.tə.bəl/us/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/
acceptable or right for someone ...
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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 ofsuitableandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each locality was connected to each of the others by water, asuitablehabitat, and so connectivity of populations should be very high.
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Before the rains started the nearestsuitablehabitatfor these moistureloving species was about \\\\ miles from the laboratory.
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Even accounting for those overlooked, a marked proportion of birds were not present in allsuitablehabitatpatches.
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It is possible that breeding occurs even further into the floodplains, provided asuitablehabitatis present.
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Moreover, large wings may increase the chance of the seed becoming trapped before it can float to asuitablehabitat.
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The advent of fish farming simply adds to the number and character ofsuitablehabitatpatches for the parasite.
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These numbers are further restricted if the species are unable to use fragment edges, lowering the amount ofsuitablehabitatavailable.
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The lack of ballooning in this group appears to be due to a lack of exposure tosuitablehabitatconditions, rather than physical constraints such as mass or body size.
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Alternatively, if individuals remain faithful to a patch o fsuitablehabitat, they may be able to rally with other group members by searching the available leaves in that patch.
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Glossina swynnertoni, like other tsetse, has a patchy distribution becausesuitablehabitatis also patchy from natural and man-made causes.
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Herzig et al. (1994) noted that only 20% of the lake area provided asuitablehabitatfor eels, leading to an estimated density of 750 eels per ha.
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When mink escape and settle into asuitablehabitat, they can establish themselves and live in reasonable harmony with the existing ecology.
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Having asuitablehabitator suitable environment will not alone deal with the problem.
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One cannot hunt unless there is asuitablehabitatfor the species concerned.
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The directive is concerned only with the quality of waters, both estuarial and coastal, and to that end seeks to ensure that designated waters provide asuitablehabitatfor shellfish.
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Although many populations are found, the range is limited, andsuitablehabitatis easily lost to development.
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This bird is critically endangered due to a severe loss ofsuitablehabitat, and is also hunted for food.
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Five finless porpoises were first introduced in 1990 to see if it was asuitablehabitat.
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With a healthy macaw population, such events could have been beneficial by creatingsuitablehabitat.
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It is locally suffering from habitat loss, but there are large areas ofsuitablehabitatremaining.
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