continuous forest

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuousandforest

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continuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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(Definition ofcontinuousandforestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainlycontinuousforestto the west, north and east.
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The fragments were isolated by distances of 70-650 m fromcontinuousforestand fenced to prevent encroachment by cattle.
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Seedling abundance was not correlated with distance from the edge ofcontinuousforestin any site (results not shown).
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Reserves ranging from 1-1000 ha in area were delineated in nearbycontinuousforestas experimental controls.
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Such presumed recovery of the litter-feeding termite fauna may help explain why litter decomposition occurred at the same rate in fragments as incontinuousforest.
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Herbivory levels increased from 4.66 % + 0.42% in the 1-ha fragments (n = 4 fragments) to 8.11% + 2.2% incontinuousforest(n = 3 sites).
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The species was sampled in eight forest remnants and two 'control' sites incontinuousforest.
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The study site has never been logged and is surrounded bycontinuousforestthat was selectively logged until the 1970s.
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The fragments may have had more nutrient-rich, pioneer tree foliage thancontinuousforest.
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Early successional tree species are likely to be more abundant in logged forest fragments than in logged,continuousforestbut this factor was not measured.
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The fragments were 0.7-1.5 km distant from each other and 13-18 km from thecontinuousforestsites.
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Our findings raise the interesting possibility that army ants in forest fragments may suffer less cleptoparasitic pressure than raids in adjacentcontinuousforest.
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All dry-season data were collected incontinuousforest.
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Plots were established in the centre of each fragment, while incontinuousforestplots were located more than 500 m from the forest edge.
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However, we found a higher bird species richness, larger flock size and greater total body mass of birds attending army ant swarms incontinuousforest.
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The study area is surrounded by large expanses (> 200 km) of mainlycontinuousforestto the west, north and east.
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We can presume that termite assemblages in acontinuousforestwould have experienced similar geological histories.
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The reserve comprises 1000 ha of undisturbed tropical rain forest (30-40 m in height) inserted in a much larger area ofcontinuousforest.
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For the purpose of these analyses,continuousforestsites were considered as having an area of 1000 ha.
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