dispersal distance

collocation in English

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dispersal
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈspɜː.səl/us
/dɪˈspɝː.səl/
the action of spreading across or moving away over a large area, or of making people or things ...
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distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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Seedling survival of tropical tree species: interactions ofdispersaldistance, light-gaps, and pathogens.
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Seedling survival of tropical species: interaction ofdispersaldistance, light gaps and pathogens.
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Seedling survival of tropical tree species: interactions ofdispersaldistance, light gaps and pathogens.
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Seedling survival among tropical tree species: interactions ofdispersaldistance, light gaps and pathogens.
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The effect of fledging condition ondispersaldistancewas negative, so that birds that fledged in poorer condition dispersed further.
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Thedispersaldistanceattained by seeds passed through gut probably depends on the management of the sheep, but it can be extremely great.
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Thus, distance from centroid is considered as a measure of the two-dimensional variance indispersaldistance.
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No relationship was detected between the meandispersaldistanceand diaspore traits.
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This provides a conservative estimate ofdispersaldistancefor those individuals, which have moved and survived, of about 100 m per month.
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A conservative estimate ofdispersaldistancefor those individuals which had moved and survived was about 100 m per month.
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The category with the meandispersaldistancefor each group is indicated by ''.
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The distance that is culled around the infected area for optimal profit is found to be approximately three times thedispersaldistanceof the disease.
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This analytical theory allows us to provide an effective method for estimating pollendispersaldistancein a population with adult genetic structure.
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This compact store of energy has advantages in terms of maximizingdispersaldistance, and also in terms of provisioning for early seedling growth.
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Neither the revisiting of certain fruit sources, nor time of day influenceddispersaldistance.
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Seedling survival of tropical tree species: interactions ofdispersaldistance, light gaps, and pathogens.
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Therefore, from a genetic standpoint, thedispersaldistanceof 20 km appears to be an overestimate.
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Factors that influence seed removal rate and seeddispersaldistanceinclude habitat characteristics and ant-specific characteristics, such as ant body size and behaviour.
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However, less time in the gut could also reduce the seeddispersaldistance.
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The fruits that fell on the tower were regarded as 0 m indispersaldistance.
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