ecological constraints
collocation in Englishmeaningsofecologicalandconstraint
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ecological
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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constraint
noun
uk/kənˈstreɪnt/us/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition ofecologicalandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The seeming ambiguities of individual arrays emanate from failures to consider relevant ecological constraints and higher-order variables.
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But these properties may significantly differ between organisms in the universe, due to varying ecological constraints.
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First, agricultural practices designed to incorporate ecological constraints are supposed to consume less external energy inputs.
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Both factors helped to overcome ecological constraints imposed by a growing scarcity of land and timber.
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Breeding occurred throughout the year, but its intensity was lower during the long dry season corresponding with the period of higher ecological constraints for shrews.
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From a management perspective, the ecological constraints associated with dioecy make it difficult to assess how reduction in male density or distribution would affect reproduction.
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Our findings simply suggest that entrepreneurs (and for that matter members and patrons) are affected by ecological constraints.
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These agendas cannot reflect social factors and ecological constraints since external donors cannot easily understand local needs and the environment from which participative mediation should arise.
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Reproductive strategies are related to ecological constraints.
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San women could be explained by local ecological constraints and could be considered as evolutionarily adaptive.
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It is biologically irrelevant whether a variable that specifies a useful property of the organism-environment system is granted by ecological constraints or by physical laws alone.
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If the definition of sustainability is non-declining human well-being, then what is argued is that human well-being is decreased unless all specified ecological constraints are observed.
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Its focus is how to operate an economy within the ecological constraints of earth's natural resources.
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Increasing reproductive success under social and ecological constraints is the primary reason for brood parasitism.
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They argued that understanding ecotype in relation to existing ecological constraints and releases may be more important than the taxonomic relationships between populations.
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