competitive interaction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetitiveandinteraction
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competitive
adjective
uk/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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interaction
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌɪn.təˈræk.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈræk.ʃən/
an occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to ...
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Movement to deeper tissues was interpreted as part of thecompetitiveinteractionbetween the two trematodes and coevolution was suggested.
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Subjects also rated their expectations for self- and peer behavior prior to the twocompetitiveinteractiontasks.
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The widely accepted explanation of this phenomenon is acompetitiveinteractionhypothesis in which inputs from the two eyes are struggling for the common synaptic space.
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Finally,competitiveinteractionbetween the two memory systems (see above) suggests that the improvements in declarative memory during childhood may be accompanied by an attenuation of procedural learning abilities.
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His research interest in marketing strategy is specifically related to innovation, organizational learning andcompetitiveinteraction.
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Even more uncommon are studies of organisms with complex life cycles in which interspecific competitive interactions in both larvae and adults a re assessed.
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Second, slower growing clones would be expected to lose out in competitive interactions in mixed infections.
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While these lines of evidence may be somewhat convincing, only further experiments can elucidate the mechanisms of the competitive interactions between larvae of these species.
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This negative relationship between coccidian infection rates and degree of habitat overlap may be an indicator of competitive interactions among parasites.
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There is also a need for experimental studies on actual patterns of resource use or on competitive interactions.
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These data suggest that asymmetric competitive interactions are important influences on the dynamics of these populations.
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We hypothesized that the outcome of competitive interactions among the seven species would vary with soil nutrient availability.
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Relative competitive performance is the per cent reduction in total biomass due to competitive interactions.
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Prior to strong competitive interactions, some species growth was better in competitive stands than in single plants, although this effect is magnified for small plants.
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From year 14, strong competitive interactions occur among poplar trees due to the closure of canopies.
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It is robust to parameter changes and can function for a wide range of frequencies, resulting from competitive interactions between nonlinear oscillators.
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Competitive interactions among the immature stages of acanthocephalans within the intermediate host could create additional costs of host sharing, however.
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To our knowledge, this is only the second time that competitive interactions among acanthocephalans in their intermediate hosts have been demonstrated.
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When they are extremely strong, competitive interactions can lead to the exclusion of one species by the other, the most extreme numerical effect possible.
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