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Meanings of dominant species in English

Catalan
domini ecològic
Spanish
dominio ecológico

Degree to which a taxon is more numerous than its competitors in an ecological community, or makes up more of the biomass.

Related terms
domini ecològic
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Examples for "dominance"
Examples for "dominance"
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Growing political authoritarianism has coincided with greater state dominance over the economy.
The Guardian
2
Yet China's official bank card has achieved Hu's dream of global dominance.
Reuters
3
The point was to ensure Sky's continuing dominance of the pay-TV market.
The Guardian
4
The promised auto investment could help Mexico challenge regional dominance by Brazil.
Reuters
5
New data shows China's aid dominance in the Pacific is being overstated.
Radio NZ
1
Unfortunately, there are no simple explanations for the diversity and ecological dominance of the flowering plants.
BBC
2
There are no simple explanations for the diversity and ecological dominance of the flowering plants In fact, the two had already begun working together.
BBC
Usage of dominant species in English
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Humankind became Earth's dominant species through evolution, natural selection, survival of the fittest.
Shade's children
2
FQs and TCs were the dominant species among all the antibiotics.
Pubmed
3
We're just vessels for a much tinier but all-pervasive dominant species.
The Irish Times
4
They are a dominant species that are aggressive towards normal ants and other species.
Radio NZ
5
It easily becomes a dominant species and replaces native plants.
Radio NZ
6
The body you have is that of a great animal, but not a dominant species.
Midnight at the well of souls
7
And once established, once it became the dominant species on its new planet, what then?
Gravity
8
In the beginning, they had been the dominant species.
Armageddon's Children
9
If dolphins had opposable thumbs, they'd replace us as the dominant species in a heartbeat.
Darkness on the edge of town
10
If so, why did man survive and become the dominant species, with eyes less perfect?
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
11
Because we are the dominant species on the planet Earth, you assume we are superior beings.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
12
What kind of a dominant species is that?
Midnight at the well of souls
13
Would homo sapiens become the dominant species again?
Wired
14
Computer models of inter-species competition soon collapse, with rich diversity inevitably replaced by a few dominant species.
Wired
15
Welcome to why we're the dominant species.
Heart of stone
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Now the shearwater colony has spread across the plateau and is the dominant species on the island.
Radio NZ
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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