natural vegetation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandvegetation
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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vegetation
noun[U]
uk/ˌvedʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌvedʒ.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
plants in general, or plants that are found in a ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandvegetationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There are of course substitutes fornaturalvegetationas a factor of production.
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Therefore, studies on host specialisation by herbivores need to include their distribution in thenaturalvegetation.
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This may be related to lesser adaptability of calliandra to acid soils than thenaturalvegetation.
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Thus, the availability of substitutes may allow for a reduction innaturalvegetationbut it is unlikely that it will be optimal to eliminate thenaturalvegetation.
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Pollen records poorly reflect cyclical droughts seen in isotopic records, asnaturalvegetationhas adapted to these fluctuations.
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Fuel wood from improved fallows on far m may provide a means to conserve thenaturalvegetation, which is under threat due to deforestation.
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However, such a relationship was not found with thenaturalvegetation, indicating that maize benefited from calliandra trees in the fallow.
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As a result, land clearing abates and, with time, people who already have settled on the frontier choose to abandon their farms and ranches, which are reclaimed bynaturalvegetation.
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The movement allows regeneration ofnaturalvegetation.
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It is not common for farmers to plant a cover crop in addition to thenaturalvegetation.
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This lack of basic information is compounded by extensive deforestation and habitat degradation in regions where dry forest is the predominantnaturalvegetationtype.
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The fallow period plays the important role of replenishing the fertility of the land by allowingnaturalvegetationto grow.
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Thenaturalvegetationis incorporated into the soil as natural fertility (usually as ashes after burning it) at the time of cultivation.
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If the movements are too short, they lead to insufficient growth ofnaturalvegetationand consequently to low soil fertility and soil instability.
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Detrimental effects of the ongoing degradation ofnaturalvegetationon plant-pollinator interactions might therefore first be noted in such very specialized interactions.
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Tillage in traditionally rain-fed olive orchards is considered necessary to avoid competition with thenaturalvegetationfor water and nutrients, to reduce compaction and to improve infiltration.
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Although soils of the humid tropics which holdnaturalvegetationsuch as rainforests have higher levels of organic matter, soils of agricultural lands are often deficient in organic matter.
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Prior to their release, the pheasants had been maintained in a 2500-m2 pen withnaturalvegetationand abundant perches, and fed with commercial pelleted food.
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As a consequence, the fallow lands were always young and thenaturalvegetationnever reached, in cultivated regions, the status of forest.
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Thenaturalvegetationis much more developed in the sparsely populated eastern regions compared with the densely inhabited region around the capital.
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