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  • adverb ecology in the same or overlapping geographical areas

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Examples

  • First observed in 1997, it is closely related to Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa, with which it sometimes occurs sympatrically.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • Well, is it a coincidence that desmognathines occur in an area where plethodontid diversity is extremely high (with up to 11 direct-developing species occurring sympatrically), where non-desmognathine plethodontids dominate all ecosystems available to salamanders except for stream habitats, and in an area where direct-developing plethodontids are (get this) THE most important vertebrates in terms of biomass (Burton & Likens 1975)?

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Both L. colubrina and L. frontalis occur sympatrically around Vanuatu.

    Sea kraits: radical intraspecific diversity, reproductive isolation, and site fidelity Darren Naish 2006

  • Both L. colubrina and L. frontalis occur sympatrically around Vanuatu.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Once considered conspecific with the Peregrine, they now can be seen to breed sympatrically, separated by habitat preferences.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • Once considered conspecific with the Peregrine, they now can be seen to breed sympatrically, separated by habitat preferences.

    "Ten Birds" Part 2 2006

  • First, the pattern of distribution of finches differs from the patterns for tortoises and mockingbirds in one crucial way: Closely related species are living sympatrically.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • As the geneticists in their labs became engrossed with the phenomenon of mutation which seemed to suggest that new species might arise suddenly and sympatrically, they too overlooked the significance of geographical isolation.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Let these represent H. griseus, H. simus, and H. aureus, existing sympatrically.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • In the forest at Ranomafana, three closely related species within the genus Hapalemur were living sympatrically, having somehow partitioned the role of bamboo-eating lemur into three distinct niches.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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