terrestrial ecosystem
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterrestrialandecosystem
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terrestrial
adjective
uk/təˈres.tri.əl/us/təˈres.tri.əl/
formal
relating to ...
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ecosystem
noun[C]
uk/ˈiː.kəʊˌsɪs.təm/us/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/us/ˈe.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and ...
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(Definition ofterrestrialandecosystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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My focus would be on the island'sterrestrialecosystem.
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It begins with a brief overview of theterrestrialecosystem, with a report on plants and land-based animals.
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There are thus cryptic and unsuspected, but in all likelihood extremely important, herbivore-consumer, and predator-prey, trophic interactions occurring in the island'sterrestrialecosystem.
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The maritime and terrestrial areas of this region are vulnerable and represent the essential components of theterrestrialecosystem.
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The peat, over time, will create aterrestrialecosystem.
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There is one type of extensiveterrestrialecosystemdue solely to human activities and eight types that are natural ecosystems.
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In everyterrestrialecosystem, the largest fraction of all net primary production is lost to herbivores and litterfall.
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Initiated in 1989, the design is inspired by aterrestrialecosystem.
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Tardigrades are metameric invertebrates and are found worldwide in various habitats such as marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Feeding preferences of amphibians may dictate consequences on ecosystem function in terrestrial ecosystems.
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More research is necessary to clarify the importance of amphibians in various types of terrestrial ecosystems.
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Terrestrial ecosystems have few equivalents of schooling or aggregating marine species such as krill, forage fish, and squid, which support vast suites of large predators.
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A consequence of efficiency and diversity is that natural terrestrial ecosystems are selfsufficient-requiring only inputs of sunlight and rainfall.
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Considering the current interest in such ecosystems, including the availability of a major volume on terrestrial ecosystems, this chapter is particularly disappointing.
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These inconsistent findings indicated that ecological roles of amphibians are not parallel in all terrestrial ecosystems.
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We suggest that ecological roles of ground-dwelling amphibians may be species-specific and vary with different terrestrial ecosystems.
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For example, international conservation groups have called for the total protection of 12 per cent of terrestrial ecosystems.
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And yet, as the authors acknowledge, the best example of a nonhuman cultural primate, the chimpanzee, comes from one of the most stable terrestrial ecosystems.
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The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems.
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The relationship with rainfall is due to the fact that water is usually a limiting factor for plants in most terrestrial ecosystems.
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