viable population

collocation in English

meaningsofviableandpopulation

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viable
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/us
/ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/
able to work as intended or able ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofviableandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the summer of 1997, two-thirds of its seal population were wiped out within two months, extremely compromising the species'viablepopulation.
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No data are available on minimal hammock size needed to support aviablepopulationof tree snails.
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It is intended to release a total of sixty birds, to ensure aviablepopulation.
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Assessing minimumviablepopulationsize : demography meets population genetics.
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Assessing minimumviablepopulationsize: demography meets population genetics.
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To this is added the cost of conserving a minimumviablepopulation.
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The minimum number required to maintain aviablepopulationwill vary according to a range of factors.
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Today crofting is aviablepopulationholding measure.
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The objective of the less favoured area measures is to increase the level of profit of farming in those areas, while maintaining aviablepopulation.
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There has to be aviablepopulationthere.
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If there is to be aviablepopulationthat is not necessarily connected with agriculture, there must be a change in the planners' attitude towards those areas.
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It provides scope for selected culling of seals in the interests of conservation and management of seal stocks to enable a healthy andviablepopulationof seals to be maintained.
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Thatviablepopulationis rapidly disappearing.
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Even with all these efforts, the total current population is not necessarily above the minimumviablepopulationwithout further elements of protection.
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One conservation strategy in maintainingviablepopulationsize is manatee rehabilitation.
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For aviablepopulationboth genders must be present.
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This process holds many of the same variables contained withinviablepopulationestimates, and thus should not be difficult to incorporate into policy.
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Mortality must have been very low; to maintain aviablepopulationless than about 2% of birds may have died each year.
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