Converse of object

• eat: European barn owls, in contrast, eat very few invertebrates.

• associate: The lack of weed leaves and invertebrates associated with winter stubbles is held responsible for the population declines in bird populations.

• collect: We will also collect terrestrial invertebrates by hand ashore.

• include: The loss is not only botanical but includes invertebrates and other animals which rely on the habitat.

Adjective modifier

• aquatic: The site also supports some notable species of aquatic invertebrate.

• benthic: The fish utilize food sources naturally present in the waters, including freshwater shrimp, benthic invertebrates, snails and insects.

• saproxylic: Phellinus tremulae is the most serious pathogen of Aspen and may help create the ideal habitat for a range of saproxylic invertebrates.

• terrestrial: We will also collect terrestrial invertebrates by hand ashore.

• marine: The first was developed by chemical modification of a toxin from a marine invertebrate.

• scarce: This section supports species rich plant communities, rare and scarce aquatic invertebrates and a range of fish species.

Modifies a noun

• fauna: We do have some data on the invertebrate fauna within the hazel woodland.

• phylum: AIMS: To illustrate through words, pictures and hands-on examination of living and dead animals the enormous variety within the invertebrate phyla.

• zoology: Find a good introductory textbook on invertebrate zoology and plunge.

• taxon: Thirty-six invertebrate taxa found in the Indian Ocean sites overlap with taxa previously known only to live in the Pacific.

• assemblage: The hard coastal cliffs of west Britain supports a western oceanic invertebrate assemblage of European significance.

• prey: Predicting the effects of marine climate change on the invertebrate prey of the birds of rocky shores.

Noun used with modifier

• freshwater: Do you need to record the freshwater invertebrates in the river?

• soil: They are third-level consumers, feeding on soil invertebrates they're size or larger.

• stream: With Mike I worked on growth and trophic ecology of NZ stream invertebrates.

• specialist: The aim was to survey the habitat resource and to characterize the sediment types favored by the specialist invertebrate fauna.