species richness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspeciesandrichness
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species
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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richness
noun[U]
uk/ˈrɪtʃ.nəs/us/ˈrɪtʃ.nəs/
the quality of having a lot of something that is valuable ...
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(Definition ofspeciesandrichnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Speciesrichnessand species ranges estimated from using tree census plots: how accurate are incomplete inventories?
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Speciesrichnessconveys no information on the taxonomic structure of an assemblage.
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Speciesrichnesswas tabulated for each sample and cumulativespeciesrichnessfor seeds associated with each focal tree.
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However, it may not always be the case thatspeciesrichnessof bird attendants is lower in montane habitats.
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Speciesrichnessseems to be more due to the host characteristics than to parasite interactions.
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Speciesrichnessat the infracommunity level was in most cases 2, 3 or 4, and occasionally up to 10 different helminth species.
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Speciesrichnessat each bait station per day was low, as we sampled ants at only 33% of all baits.
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Speciesrichnessand diversity of diatom assemblages illustrated a variety of responses to the temperature and light conditions.
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Speciesrichnesscan therefore neither be optimized by frequent fires nor by fire suppression.
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Speciesrichnessis specified as the total number of species in a standardized sample size.
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In our study, we found no relationships between water reservoir area and parasite community similarity,speciesrichnessor diversity.
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Speciesrichness, forest dynamics and sampling: questioning cause and effect.
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Speciesrichnessin the ploughed sites is much higher than those recorded in literature for disturbed tropical sites with comparable histories of land use.
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Speciesrichnessof small mammals decreased with the magnitude of forest disturbance.
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Speciesrichnesswas highest in the wet season and greater in forest than in pasture.
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Speciesrichnessand thus composition differed significantly between communities of primary and exploited forest sites in both realms.
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Speciesrichnessvalues are thus underestimated because many of the unidentified individuals represent rare species.
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