dominant species
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dominant
adjective
uk/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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species
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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Instead, they saw a shift in the productivity, degree of dominance and identity of thedominantspecies.
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Changes in the identity and relative abundance of adominantspeciesin space or time are reflected in corresponding changes in levels of community similarity.
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Surprisingly, the helminth community structure has a low number ofdominantspecies, namely three, and amongst these no prevalent species is found.
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Second, thedominantspeciesaccounted for 40 % of parasite abundance at the infracommunity level.
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Thedominantspeciescontributed between 40 % and 95 % of the number of monogeneans to each infracommunity in more than 90 % of the fishes.
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Since sal trees, which aredominantspecies, have the ability to coppice, natural regeneration is the common method of improving natural forest conditions.
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Green foxtail, and red root pigweed were thedominantspeciesamongst treatments (data not shown).
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However, all the seedbank data were derived from sites where heather was thedominantspecies, usually in the mature phase.
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In general, the most frequently infected host at a given site was not the numericallydominantspecies.
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Where grazing occurred, thedominantspeciesof livestock is indicated.
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Why are some communities characterized by one or a fewdominantspecies, whereas others show no pronounced dominance by any species?
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The spirurids were thedominantspeciespresent, accounting for up to 0.87% of total host body weight.
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For each vertical stratum of the forest stand the following structural parameters were taken into account:dominantspecies, vegetation height and cover.
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All otherdominantspecieswere present in both habitats, even if at low frequencies.
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The assemblage ofdominantspecieswas consistent with the ordination analysis that indicated transitional rain-forest areas had a similar floristic composition to stable areas.
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