deer population

collocation in English

meaningsofdeerandpopulation

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deer
noun[C]
uk
/dɪər/us
/dɪr/
a quite large animal with four legs that eats grass and leaves. The male has antlers (= wide horns like branches) . The female is called a hind or a doe and the male a stag ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofdeerandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Does not the decline in the human population coincide with a rise in thedeerpopulation?
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There is every sign that the reddeerpopulationis declining.
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As a result, thedeerpopulationis much smaller than it was.
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I believe he is particularly worried about the explosion of thedeerpopulationin certain areas.
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In building up a case for conservation, he wants an overall plan for thedeerpopulation.
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We have already undertaken some research into thedeerpopulation.
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The totaldeerpopulationtoday probably exceeds 100,000, but here again no reliable information is available.
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There is no hunting there, yet there is a substantialdeerpopulationand perfectly satisfactorydeerpopulationmanagement.
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Of course, we shall ultimately get an overall plan for thedeerpopulation.
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Since hunting was introduced and the deer management system, of which hunting is a key integral part, thedeerpopulationhas increased.
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As a consequence of no longer having that hunt, the forest can support a much lowerdeerpopulationthan it previously did.
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There is clear evidence that, were stag hunting to be banned, thedeerpopulationwould suffer drastically.
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They never dispatched many deer, but they dispersed thedeerpopulationthroughout the forest.
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In those 27 years we have noticed a doubling of the roedeerpopulationand a trebling in the number of foxes in the area.
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There are many reasons why people are attracted to the countryside which have nothing to do with the increase in thedeerpopulation.
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Even in the southern areas they are not without some knowledge of thedeerpopulation.
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At the same time, do not let us exaggerate the incidence of gang poaching and its effect on thedeerpopulationas a whole.
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Is it realised that as a result of this combined operation, thedeerpopulationwas reduced by one stag?
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I believe that that figure is based on the assumption that the totaldeerpopulationis about 100,000.
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That keeps thedeerpopulationin balance and protects their environment from being destroyed by the deer themselves.
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That reads: "the size and density of thedeerpopulationand its impact on the natural heritage".
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