breeding colony

collocation in English

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breeding
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/
the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed ...
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colony
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/us
/ˈkɑː.lə.ni/
a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often ...
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We have established both abreedingcolonyof the voles and cultures of the nematode to test hypotheses concerning immunomodulation as a survival strategy in this host-parasite combination.
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They are about as common as abreedingcolonyof great auks.
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Since that time, an additional four potoroos have been sent to establish abreedingcolony.
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With thebreedingcolonyconcentrated on one small island this species is vulnerable to a catastrophic weather event.
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The common tern typically forages up to away from thebreedingcolony, sometimes as far as.
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On each occasion a smallbreedingcolonyappeared, but they have invariably died out after a few years.
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There is a noisybreedingcolonyof egrets, night herons and cormorants and also a colony of flying foxes.
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In 2010 twelve rats were found on the island, including a juvenile indicating that there is now abreedingcolonypresent.
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Many kinds of birds are known to congregate in groups of varying size; a congregation of nesting birds is called abreedingcolony.
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There is abreedingcolonyof this animal on the point.
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Individuals have been observed to feed at distances up to 300 km from any knownbreedingcolony.
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The critically endangered monk seal had abreedingcolonyhere until the 1960s.
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The paralytic disease spread rapidly through abreedingcolonyas well as through a laboratory population causing about 95% mortality.
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Thisbreedingcolonyhas more than 100,000 penguins.
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It contains an important sealbreedingcolony.
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Asynchronous arrival of mates at thebreedingcolonyis cited as the main reason for this because these penguins have extreme time constraints on their breeding.
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After the breeding season the adults spread out over a wide area although they travel no more than 800 to 1.600 km from thebreedingcolony.
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Most copulations in abreedingcolonyare done by only a small number of males and the rest may never be able to mate with a female.
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The new breeding colonies in danger of being established round our coasts are the areas which must be watched.
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