superior competitor

collocation in English

meaningsofsuperiorandcompetitor

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superior
adjective
uk
/suːˈpɪə.ri.ər/us
/səˈpɪr.i.ɚ/
better than average or better than other people or things of the ...
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competitor
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɚ/
a person, team, or company that is competing ...
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(Definition ofsuperiorandcompetitorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuperior competitor

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The scenario in which the small herbivore is thesuperiorcompetitorat low plant standing crop seems to be most plausible on allometric grounds.
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These cycles result from overutilization of the resource by thesuperiorcompetitor, allowing the other species to maintain a positive population density.
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It is rare when a trematode component community consists of asuperiorcompetitorthat also is the most abundant (prevalent) in the assemblage, although there is considerable variation.
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Thissuperiorcompetitorwill out-compete the other with more efficient use of the limiting resource.
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On the other hand, it can drive down an ant population when hosts become locally rare or superior competitors are faced.
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Elephants may suffer from competition for grasses with herbivores like buffalo or impala, which are superior competitors.
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Generally, some trade-off is necessary, whereby inferior competitors require dispersal abilities greater than superior competitors for coexistence to be permanent over long time-scales.
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Larger diaspores should demand more time and energy to be brought to the nest, exposing the ants to higher risks of predation and/or to superior competitors.
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Parasites can function like keystone species, reducing the dominance of superior competitors and allowing competing species to co-exist.
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That is, with inverse ranking of competitive and colonizing abilities, plants can coexist in space and time as disturbance removes superior competitors from patches, allowing for establishment of superior colonizers.
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