sympatric
sympatric
Definition
sym·pat·ric (sim pa′trik)
sym·pat′·ri·cally adverb
sym′·patry (sim′pə trē) noun
sympatric
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- specie: The number of endemic species is high with Mauritius and Réunion harboring four sympatric species and Rodrigues possibly three.
- population: In many host-parasite systems parasites are better able to parasitise their sympatric host population than hosts from other populations of the same species.
- speciation: Insects that live on a single host plant provide a model for sympatric speciation.
- parasitism: The graph shows observed parasitoid success after sympatric parasitism plotted against parasitoid success as predicted by the model.
- site: Canada Geese at the sympatric and allopatric sites ingested higher protein plant material than White-fronts at the sympatric site.
Browse dictionary entries near sympatric
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