natural disturbance

collocation in English

meaningsofnaturalanddisturbance

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natural
adjective
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/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us
/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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(Definition ofnaturalanddisturbancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The recorded heart rates during these visits were compared with the heart rates duringnaturaldisturbance (including encounters with con-specifics and predators).
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Therefore, the lowernaturaldisturbanceboundary was used as a reference for identifying the recommended minimum distance to southern giant petrels.
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Also, these communities have been developing on these surfaces for long periods of time (hundreds of years) without any significant antropogenic ornaturaldisturbanceand unique populations may have evolved.
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This type of plant community depends onnaturaldisturbance, such as wildfire.
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A stable state may be maintained by regularnaturaldisturbancesuch as fire or browsing.
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Other important factors include fertility,naturaldisturbance, competition, herbivory, burial and salinity.
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Through land use changes (e.g. agriculture) andnaturaldisturbance, ecosystems are broken up into smaller parts.
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It is one of many ecosystems that depend upon such recurringnaturaldisturbance.
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Different kinds of wetland arise due to a few key factors, principally water levels, fertility,naturaldisturbanceand salinity.
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Some loggers cut one tree within the woods and leave the rest intact to mimicnaturaldisturbance.
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Fire is an extremely importantnaturaldisturbancein boreal ecozones that is required for the regeneration of stands.
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Group selection is designed to mimic larger, multi-tree mortality events, which in some environments may representnaturaldisturbanceregimes.
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This species requires regimes ofnaturaldisturbanceto keep the habitat open, such as flooding and wildfire.
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Diverse patches of habitat created bynaturaldisturbanceregimes are seen as critical to the maintenance of this diversity (ecology).
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Furthermore, biodiversity after regeneration harvest often mimics that found afternaturaldisturbance, including biodiversity loss after naturally occurring rainforest destruction.
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An important consequence of repeated, random clearing (whether bynaturaldisturbanceor human activity) is that contiguous cover can break down into isolated patches.
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The success of a wide range of species from all taxonomic groups is closely tied tonaturaldisturbanceevents such as fire, flooding, and windstorm.
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Projected changes in both temperature and moisture patterns suggest the boreal ecozones will be subjected to changes in both boundaries andnaturaldisturbanceregimes.
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It grows in areas with fluctuating water levels and other forms ofnaturaldisturbance, such as ice scour, which eliminate competing vegetation.
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The loss of a normal fire regime is a threat because it is an important vector ofnaturaldisturbancethat the plant relies on.
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At lower latitudes, the species grows in former clearcuts, burned areas, thinned forests, and areas ofnaturaldisturbance, such as avalanche areas and river flood zones.
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The plant relies on regimes ofnaturaldisturbanceto keep the forest open enough for it to thrive; in some areas the disturbance comes in the form of storms.
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