niche breadth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnicheandbreadth
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niche
adjective
uk/niːʃ/us/nɪtʃ/
interesting to, aimed at, or affecting only a small number ...
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breadth
noun
uk/bredθ/us/bredθ/
the distance from one side ...
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Diversity of microhabitats used was considered as a measure ofnichebreadthfor tadpoles, and microhabitat diversity in streams was interpreted as available niche space.
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The tolerance index (or index ofnichebreadth) represents a measurement of thenichebreadthof species on the gills.
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The tolerance index presents measurements of thenichebreadth(table 3).
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The elephant achieved that by expanding its browsed speciesnichebreadthwithout a change in browsing height.
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The niche breadths of worms in different seasons were similar, althoughnichebreadthdid vary with the mean intensity of infection.
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Although some species have generalized diets in that they eat a variety of prey types, others are specialists with respect to prey types as reflected innichebreadthvalues.
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Levin's measure ofnichebreadthin plant species utilized by the different browsers was calculated.
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Dietarynichebreadthin a local community of passerine birds, an analysis using phylogenetic contrasts.
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A factor that may contribute to this widenichebreadthis the species ability to tolerate a wide range of stressors.
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In the case of isolationist communities, fundamental and realized niches should be similar, whereas niche breadths and overlap may increase with increasing population sizes.
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Neither niche breadths nor niche overlaps of tadpoles could be related to the number of species occupying streams.
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