ecological characteristics

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ecological
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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These three marine systems, suggest that external factors involving history and the ecological characteristics of parasites and hosts are the key.
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Section 3 gives a brief overview of the national park being studied and its ecological characteristics.
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Snapping and uprooting of trees: structural determinants and ecological characteristics.
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These responses are likely to be a species-specific expression of ecological characteristics (feeding strategies, year-round nutritional requirements, shelter requirements and susceptibility to predation).
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The majority of tick species therefore occurred on hosts with very distinctive biological, behavioural and ecological characteristics.
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Table 1 summarizes the ecological characteristics of the studied species.
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However, it is difficult to correlate these differences with their ecological characteristics.
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The underlying causes of differences in ecological characteristics of species in local assemblages are clearly complex and no single factor can be identified.
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The species (or the group of species, like structural class) reflects the intrinsic ecological characteristics, while tree size and neighbourhood reflect, through crown exposure, the inter-individual competition for light.
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Thus, it seems when an intervention focuses on the specific ecological characteristics affecting proximal risk factors such as parenting and school adjustment, violence prevention can be effective.
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A watershed service can be defined as the improvement or maintenance of the ecological characteristics of the watershed that results from soil and water conserving land uses.
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Neither has anyone investigated the relationship between the kind of seed dormancy (or non-dormancy) and the various seed or ecological characteristics of the constituent species at the community/vegetation-type level.
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It is a region with a vast mosaic of habitats and a fragile yet extensive patchwork of ecological characteristics.
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The ecological characteristics of marine fish, for example, affect the forms that privatization, industry structure and regulation can take.
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The area is sparsely populated with low aquatic and terrestrial ecological characteristics.
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The theory directly links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics; a core principle of social disorganization theory is that place matters.
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One purpose of the exclosure is to determine how the area would develop (in biodiversity, vegetation height, ecological characteristics, etc.) if grazing were not conducted.
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In addition to their ecological characteristics, analog forests are also designed to provide economic benefits.
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The above two areas have similar physical and ecological characteristics.
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