sympatric

sympatric Definition

sym·pat·ric (sim pa′trik)

adjective

Ecol. of or pertaining to closely related species of organisms occurring in the same geographic area

Etymology: sym- + patr(i)- + -ic

sympatric Related Forms

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.

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