breeding habits

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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habit
noun
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪt/us
/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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This salamander is increasingly rare and perhaps endangered, likely a result of its restricted range and specificbreedinghabitneeds.
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A large mass of literature, dealing with its general habits, is extant, but the breeding habits and the larva have not been described.
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This demonstrates more than anything else a lack of knowledge in this country about fish, their environment and their breeding habits.
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The incursion of extreme noise in such areas can affect, for example, the breeding habits of birds.
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It is purely a question of the breeding habits of salmon, and there is nothing we can do to speed up the process.
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What is known now about the breeding habits of seals is not likely to remain without change for many years.
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Everyone may agree to those limits, but they are not necessarily related to the breeding habits of fish.
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Little is known of the honey badger's breeding habits.
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It excavates a nest hole in a tree but little else is known about its breeding habits.
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Little is known about its breeding habits; the only known nest was a cup built high in a tree which contained at least two young.
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Although its breeding habits are largely unknown, it is thought that it gives birth to two or three young annually or semiannually.
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This provides the researchers to study further this species and its breeding habits.
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Not much is known about its breeding habits, but a litter of four has been recorded.
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Little is known of its breeding habits but the larvae are planktonic, seeking out suitable locations on which to settle.
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However, not a lot is known of its breeding habits.
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More information is needed about their breeding habits in coastal regions as these forests are likely to represent different conditions compared to their inland counterparts.
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Very little is known about their breeding habits.
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Here, he made important discoveries about the breeding habits of mosquitoes and their need for bromeliad water reservoirs to breed.
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All bustards have polygynous breeding habits, in which one male displays to attract several females, and mates with them all.
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It builds nests high in trees, which has limited the study of its breeding habits.
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