terrestrial habitat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterrestrialandhabitat
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terrestrial
adjective
uk/təˈres.tri.əl/us/təˈres.tri.əl/
formal
relating to ...
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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 ofterrestrialandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theterrestrialhabitatstudied here is a 'fluctuating environment', which undergoes strong seasonal variation in rainfall and humidity.
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Humans in a centralterrestrialhabitatand morphology look down and up at two peripheral extremes: an aquatic habitat and morphology, and a treetop habitat and morphology.
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It generally grows in wet or moistterrestrialhabitatsuch as vernal pools.
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Rodents have adapted to almost everyterrestrialhabitat, from cold tundra (where they live under snow) to hot deserts.
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This is mainly due to their delicate body structure andterrestrialhabitat, making it unlikely to be found in sediments.
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It grows in moist and wetterrestrialhabitat, and in shallow water.
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The high intertidal zone is only covered by the highest of the high tides, and spends much of its time asterrestrialhabitat.
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This is an adaptation to its primarilyterrestrialhabitat.
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The river drains hugely diverseterrestrialhabitattypes ranging from grasslands, mountains and karoo to dessert.
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Males move from drier,terrestrialhabitatto aquatic breeding sites where they form choruses.
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They also occur as a smaller part of the vegetation in almost every otherterrestrialhabitat.
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The layer the fossils were found in, does not consist of marine sediments, but contains land plant debris; this is seen as an indication of a moreterrestrialhabitat.
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Terrestrialhabitatrequirements of nesting freshwater turtles.
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Living in aterrestrialhabitatcauses a few problems for the common raven, it constantly must intake water and salts to balance its water/salt content in the blood.
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A classification scheme for foraging behavior of birds in terrestrial habitats.
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Both in aquatic and terrestrial habitats, different patterns of habitat partitioning can occur, in which species may have either distinct or shared preferences.
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Their similar characteristics have evolved independently triggered by similar environmental challenges in completely different terrestrial habitats.
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The species inhabiting terrestrial habitats are active only when surrounded by at least a film of water.
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Many species are associated with wetlands, although the family is found in everyterrestrialhabitat except dry deserts, polar regions, and alpine areas above the snow line.
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