competitive exclusion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetitiveandexclusion
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competitive
adjective
uk/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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exclusion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪkˈskluː.ʒən/us/ɪkˈskluː.ʒən/
the act of not allowing someone or something to take part in an activity or to enter ...
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and in rain forest trees.
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The role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and rain forest trees.
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Competitiveexclusion, to prevent salmonella, has been in wide use for over 20 years.
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This suggests their population size is related to habitat rather thancompetitiveexclusionas previously postulated.
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Competition becomes more important as soon as the vegetation reaches the low-biomass grassland state, andcompetitiveexclusionmay occur.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and rain forest trees.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and in rainforest trees.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and in rain forest.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and in tropical rain forest trees.
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If mechanisms such ascompetitiveexclusionare acting, though, one would expect the distribution of richness values to depart from that expected by chance.
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Furthermore, the weak disperser was also inferior judging by the observedcompetitiveexclusion.
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These include specific colonization-inhibition (competitiveexclusion) in which the protective bacteria exert a profound resistance to establishment and colonization by other related bacteria.
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Therefore, it is possible that these sets of species evolved in isolation and represent an evolutionary effect and notcompetitiveexclusion.
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Moreover, spatial separation or restrictions in habitat use of herbivores may preventcompetitiveexclusion, at least on a small timescale.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine mammals and in rain forest trees.
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Prospects for 'competitiveexclusion' treatment to control salmonellosis and other foodborne pathogens in poultry.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine animals and rainforest trees.
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In fertile sites,competitiveexclusionmay occur within the light-demanding species, resulting in a decline in local tree diversity.
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On the role of natural enemies in preventingcompetitiveexclusionin some marine mammals and in rainforest trees.
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Competitiveexclusionfrom these tundra communities can further be prevented through gap creation by over-winter frostheaving or death of adults.
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