empty niche

collocation in English

meaningsofemptyandniche

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empty
adjective
uk
/ˈemp.ti/us
/ˈemp.ti/
not containing any things ...
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niche
noun[C]
uk
/niːʃ/us
/nɪtʃ/
a job or position that is very suitable for someone, especially one that ...
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(Definition ofemptyandnichefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theemptynichein the bedrock pit may be a similar example.
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Are evolutionary outcomes defined by setting a goal, finding anemptyniche, or adopting a set of operational heuristics (in order to make decisions in process)?
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In other cases, the new species may fill a previouslyemptyniche, and play a positive role.
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Invasive species typically spread at a faster rate when they have no natural predators or when they fill anemptyniche.
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Releasing such animals into the wild would fill the previouslyemptynicheand allows a natural dynamic between the species of the ecosystem to re-evolve.
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Some species-poor habitats may, however, benefit in diversity if an invader can occupy anemptyniche.
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Percentage similarity and both asymmetrical percentage similarity at component population level were the same because there were no empty niches at this level, due to the summed data.
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The rapid spread of introduced species often gives evidence of empty niches, but such rapid spread in many instances has taken place in disturbed areas.
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It has a west door above which is a three-light window with empty niches on each side.
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Typically, r-selected species exploit empty niches, and produce many offspring, each of whom has a relatively low probability of surviving to adulthood.
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This portal, which has remained unfinished, is prominent in relation to the faade and has several archivolts with empty niches.
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The walls are decorated by empty niches while statuary adorns the crowning parapet.
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Their isolation and high availability of empty niches leads to increased speciation.
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This perspective of niche allows for the existence of both ecological equivalents and empty niches.
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As the keeping of livestock spread throughout the world, the cattle egret was able to occupy otherwise empty niches.
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There are two smaller empty niches measuring 1.30 metres.
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Mammals and birds filled the empty niches left behind by the reptilian megafauna and, while reptile diversification slowed, bird and mammal diversification took an exponential turn.
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Later, species diversify and occupy empty niches.
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