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sympatric

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sympatric [sim′pa·trik]
(ecology)
Of a species, occupying the same range as another species but maintaining identity by not interbreeding.
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hispidus rodents are considered to be competent, mostly disease-resistant reservoir hosts for disease caused by sympatric VEE complex alphaviruses.
Experimental infection of potential reservoir hosts with Venezuelan ... by Deardorff, Eleanor R.; Forrester, Naomi L.; da Rosa, Amelia P. Travassos; Estrada-Franco, Jose G.; N / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The taxonomic characters of the larvae of northern sculpin in this study may help differentiate northern sculpin larvae from its congeners, and other sympatric sculpin larvae, and further aid in solving complex systematic relationships within the family Cottidae.
Description of early life history stages of the northern sculpin ... by Cartwright, Rachael L. / Fishery Bulletin
1987; Green and Rothstein, 1993; Takatsuki and Matsuura, 2000), it may be counterproductive to produce a poor daughter that will establish a sympatric home-range and compete for resources with the mother and other relatives.
Temporal variation in sex allocation of white-tailed deer by Ditchkoff, Stephen S.; Mitchell, Michael S.; Gray, William N.; Cook, Christopher W. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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