niche differentiation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnicheanddifferentiation
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niche
adjective
uk/niːʃ/us/nɪtʃ/
interesting to, aimed at, or affecting only a small number ...
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differentiation
noun
uk/ˌdɪf.ər.en.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdɪf.ə.ren.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of showing or finding difference between things that ...
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The results showed that soil resources influenced growth rates of the three distinctive plant species differently, suggesting that soil resources do contribute tonichedifferentiation.
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Late post-fire succession is predominantly driven by competition andnichedifferentiation(competitiondriven) and less by life-history events of the species in relation to fire (fire-driven).
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Such high diversity of closely related genera and species within a single area may partly be maintained vianichedifferentiationto patchily distributed vegetation types.
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In the first case, species are expected to shownichedifferentiation.
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With them, we review the importance of a regenerationnichedifferentiationon their coexistence.
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Thus reducednichedifferentiationmight result in the over-exploitation of certain prey types if all the predators now include these items in their diets.
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Our results highlightnichedifferentiationthrough the selection of nest sites among different types of shelter.
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There is evidence, however, to suggest that environmental factors other than light availability could provide opportunities fornichedifferentiationwithin rain-forest communities.
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Suchnichedifferentiationamongst the juveniles of tree species may play an important role in maintaining the species richness of rain-forest communities.
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Not all significant interspecific differences are large enough to promotenichedifferentiationbetween species.
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Evidence for a high level ofnichedifferentiationamongst this group would indicate a significant level of niche differentiation amongst the wider community of tree species.
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As some trees remain unoccupied by such colonies, our results highlight an aspect of thenichedifferentiation of each species through the selection of its nest site between different shelters.
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This variation presumably leads tonichedifferentiation, allowing coexistence of multiple similar species in the same habitat, by partitioning food resources.
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It is important to keep in mind thatnichedifferentiationand inter-specific competition can not always be considered linked.
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Because of this, the presence ofnichedifferentiationcan be methodologically difficult to prove or disprove.
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In the previous example,nichedifferentiationresulted in spatial displacement.
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Nichedifferentiationappears to limit competition between nematodes.
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Nichedifferentiationis a process which occurs through several different modes and on multiple temporal and spatial scales.
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Although these animals were roughly the same size, there is some evidence ofnichedifferentiationbetween the two.
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In most cases,nichedifferentiationhas created a relationship between two species where current competition is small or non-existent.
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