ecological significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofecologicalandsignificance
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ecological
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌiː.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to ecology or ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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(Definition ofecologicalandsignificancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Because its definitive host species (a fish) is unknown, theecologicalsignificanceof its phenology is uncertain.
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To test whether such ' cost ' of resistance to herbicides is expressed through lower resource acquisition, changes in resource allocation, or both, is ofecologicalsignificance.
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Do their leaf area differences have anyecologicalsignificance?
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But although this shows that reflectances are rarely of primaryecologicalsignificanceit does not begin to show that colors are not reflectances.
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Here we examine the question of status using a molecular approach, and conclude with comments on the possibleecologicalsignificanceof these findings.
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This objection relies on the assumption that selection cannot act to produce detectors for properties that lack primaryecologicalsignificancefor an organism.
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Theecologicalsignificanceof priming and evolutionary origin of these traits remain to be studied.
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Both strategies entail stratification of communities so that the spatial distribution of pigments has a cumulative effect ofecologicalsignificance.
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Nevertheless, burial improved emergence and mean survival, and induced differences in specific leaf area of seedlings that could haveecologicalsignificance.
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Studying the occurrence of physical seed dormancy in species from different ecosystems will help us to understand its evolution andecologicalsignificance.
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These differences could have anecologicalsignificancein terms of species strategy.
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Therefore, further research is needed to determine theecologicalsignificanceand physiological mechanisms involved in this interaction.
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Theecologicalsignificanceof these deep roots in terms of water and nutrient uptake is in need of further exploration.
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On the contrary, this feature of reflectances is entirely welcome because color is rarely of primaryecologicalsignificance.
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One objection starts by pointing out that reflectance-types have no primaryecologicalsignificance.
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It was ofecologicalsignificancethat this mortality effect was detected under field conditions using several years of empirically-collected population dynamics data.
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The way the resistance cost is expressed via change in acquisition or allocation is therefore ofecologicalsignificance.
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Theecologicalsignificanceof these findings is discussed.
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