Collocations withhabitat
These are words often used in combination withhabitat.
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aquatic habitat
Depending on the type of soil and climate, eventually that waste reaches ground or surface water, potentially contaminating drinking water supplies and aquatic habitat.
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artificial habitat
In the artificial habitat analysed here, water is running all year round, and there is limited variation in water availability in the sinks studied.
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bear habitat
By 2018 or 2023 the burned area will be prime grizzly bear habitat and better for moose.
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critical habitat
Stocks of many large fishes have plummeted due to overfishing and destruction of critical habitat on the continental shelf by mechanized harvesting.
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degraded habitat
It is unknown, however, if the species can persist in a modified or degraded habitat.
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disturbed habitat
These results also suggest that the loss of dung beetle species from disturbed habitat is unlikely to result from a breakdown in the aggregation mechanism.
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diverse habitat
The site has a diverse habitat structure, including areas of ditch, hedgerow, grassland and ruderal/tall herbs.
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dry habitat
Many are of ecological importance because they are dominant plant species in very dry habitat types, and local animals depend on them.
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estuarine habitat
Marbled eels spend their adult lives in freshwater or estuarine habitats, and migrate to the ocean to reproduce.
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excellent habitat
A well-planted forest is attractive to tourists and provides excellent habitat for wildlife.
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forested habitat
The plant grows in the dry open, scrubby, and forested habitat of these mountains.
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freshwater habitat
This species lives in a variety of freshwater habitat types, including rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes.
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habitat conservation
In spite of these considerations, the entire ecosystem is more than just species and habitat conservation.
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habitat fragmentation
The hilly landscape resulted in habitat fragmentation by the creation of numerous islands and peninsulas of various shapes, sizes and degrees of isolation.
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habitat heterogeneity
From this and other studies it is clear that habitat heterogeneity is an important factor that allows coexistence of closely related tropical plants.
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habitat preference
Although each of the study species occupies a slightly different niche in terms of habitat preference and resource use, spatial overlap between species is considerable.
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habitat requirement
A detailed study of leopard distribution and habitat requirement is needed for the management of the species.
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habitat selection
Foraging efficiencies of competing rodents: why do gerbils exhibit shared-preference habitat selection?
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habitat specialists
Those habitat specialists were mostly confined t o t he lower altitudes.
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ideal habitat
Wildlife habitat connectivity investments establish corridors that connect patches of ideal habitat for the target species.
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intertidal habitat
The keystone species concept: variation in interaction strength in a rocky intertidal habitat.
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marginal habitat
The breeding system of these snails, by permitting the rapid establishment of evolutionary novelties, allows the group to exploit marginal habitats.
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marine habitat
I suggest that short term stability may be key to understanding the frequency of individual foraging specializations in the marine habitat.
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natural habitat
An experimental study of inbreeding depression in a natural habitat.
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nesting habitat
Left unharvested, the vegetation is good nesting habitat for some birds and waterfowl.
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potential habitat
Even if the lichen itself is undamaged in a storm, parts of its rare, limited potential habitat may be rendered unsuitable by disturbances.
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preferred habitat
The young leaves on saplings may be a better food source for mangrove gastropods, or saplings may be their preferred habitat for other reasons.
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prime habitat
The refuge was primarily set aside to protect prime habitat for various species of birds and particularly waterfowl.
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reef habitat
The total destruction from the grounding included 5,805 square meters of living corals and injury to 75,000 square meters of reef habitat.
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remaining habitat
The geographical location and geological history of the peninsula make the remaining habitat extremely valuable for ecological and other scientific reasons.
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riparian habitat
This species occurs in riparian habitat and seasonally moist depressions and bottomlands.
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riverine habitat
The rapid decline of about 58% between 1997 and 2006 was caused by increasing use of gill nets and the loss of riverine habitat.
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rocky habitat
It grows in many types of habitat, including bare, rocky habitat with clay or serpentine soils and recently burned areas.
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scrub habitat
The refuge is characterized by a thorn scrub habitat with rocky coastline surrounded by spectactular reefs.
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spawning habitat
Ideal spawning habitat was at the upper ends of riffles with sandy and gravelly bottoms interspersed with larger cobble.
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suitable habitat
Each locality was connected to each of the others by water, a suitable habitat, and so connectivity of populations should be very high.
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terrestrial habitat
The terrestrial habitat studied here is a 'fluctuating environment', which undergoes strong seasonal variation in rainfall and humidity.
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underwater habitat
Her works combine the traditions of body art, extreme performance art and human factors with underwater habitat and professional diving technologies.
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varied habitat
The varied habitat found within the park includes a seven-kilometre stretch of coast, coastal wetlands, forests, and dunes.
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wet habitat
It is most often found in moist to wet habitat, such as marshy meadows, and it can thrive in disturbed areas.
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wetland habitat
Because this tidal freshwater wetland habitat has a large annual species component, community dynamics are tied to the seed bank.
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wildlife habitat
The third theme explores whether transgenic crops are necessary for the production of wildlife habitat and wilderness, and to feed the world's population.
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