Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the same species " in BNC.
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| 1 | the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances ; and |
| 2 | They were originally thought to have been two closely related species occurring together in the same rocks , but these ‘ pairs ’ were so consistently found together that it became more and more probable that they were sexual forms of the same species . |
| 3 | Neither is he able , usually , even as an adult human , to distinguish the sounds made by individual birds of the same species — though the birds themselves can do this . |
| 4 | Just why there was such a dramatic difference in experiences with the same species really baffled me . |
| 5 | Arctic stocks of Oxyria digyna ( Mooney and Billings , 1961 ) and meadow rue Thalictrum alpinum ( Mooney and Johnson , 1965 ) have lower optimal photosynthetic temperatures than alpine stocks of the same species . |
| 6 | I took it upon myself to suggest that two-tone bream are simply another variety of common bream ( not another breed ) just as black fish and bronze fish in the same water are varieties of the same species , and as mirror and leather carp are varieties of the same species . |
| 7 | I took it upon myself to suggest that two-tone bream are simply another variety of common bream ( not another breed ) just as black fish and bronze fish in the same water are varieties of the same species , and as mirror and leather carp are varieties of the same species . |
| 8 | It is important to understand variations in the growth patterns of plants of the same species . |
| 9 | The specialized hummingbirds do not normally maintain feeding territories or defend patches of flowers but ‘ trapline ’ to flowers on other plants of the same species . |
| 10 | These conflicting experimental results may in fact be indicating that different batches or strains of the same species of plant , too , may exhibit different reaction patterns to the same homoeopathic remedy , and serve to underline the difficulty of using animal or plant models in a situation where , even with a cooperative patient giving a good history , remedy selection can be extremely difficult . |
| 11 | The significant point , at least according to Huxley , is that the allometric variation that is so clearly observable between different sized individuals of the same species , can also be observed between animals of different size in different ( though related ) species . |
| 12 | We are familiar with the complex societies of the insect world where we see the cooperation of many individuals of the same species to produce the highly organized colonies of the bees , ants and termites . |
| 13 | All individuals of the same species are not identical . |
| 14 | Mysids Mysis relicta by contrast have a two-yearly cycle ; females require the same amount of energy for breeding as individuals of the same species in warmer climates , but take a year longer to accumulate it ( Lasenby and Langford , 1972 , 1973 ) . |
| 15 | Thus two individuals of different species from the same place look more alike than two individuals of the same species from different places . |
| 16 | According to the sociobiologists , competition between individuals of the same species to achieve this end is what it is all about ; the Mendelian modification of Darwin 's dogma concerning " the survival of the fittest " is made to explain almost everything . |
| 17 | They also act as a badge of ownership , particularly to other males of the same species . |
| 18 | All of the authors regularly exchange the young with each other , and with other breeders of the same species . |
| 19 | For example , in a sample of 725 copulating pairs of two species of cicada , which are distinguishable but similar in appearance to the human eye , only seven contained members of two species ; the other 718 were matings of the same species . |
| 20 | The Index Kewensis lists more than 250 species of dodder and while some of these are possibly synonyms of the same species collected from different localities , the dodder appear to be native to all the large temperate and tropical land masses of the world . |
| 21 | All particles of the same species obey the same statistics . |
| 22 | The chirrups of the crickets are calling songs , designed to attract females of the same species as the calling male . |
| 23 | Since such altruistic acts are typically performed between members of the same species , and usually within a fairly stable social group , it is best to start by asking what causes animals to come together in groups . |
| 24 | Retribution can take a variety of forms : members of the same species may become generally scarce ; the hunter may have bad luck in future hunting , and/or he or a member of his family or social group may be afflicted with injury , illness , madness or even death . |
| 25 | Pheromones offer all kinds of possibilities : they are chemicals produced by an animal that effectively act as external hormones , and attract ( or repel ) members of the same species . |
| 26 | But we do not readily understand the subtle nuances of meaning and expression which members of the same species can communicate to each other . |
| 27 | Feeding behaviour among cetaceans is also of some fascination and there is clearly social co-operation between members of the same species , especially among Killer whales , which tend to hunt in packs , as do lions or wolves , using particular strategies for catching their prey . |
| 28 | Some insects , for example , emit a pheromone as an alarm signal , warning other members of the same species of impending danger . |
| 29 | Obviously members of the same species can live in harmony together and this is made possible by the chemical messages which pass between coelenterates to allow individual coral polyps in a colony to recognise and avoid stinging one another and to signal that other neighbouring colonies of the same species are not a threat . |
| 30 | The essentially Darwinian forces of struggle for existence , involving competitive interactions between members of the same species and between different species , played a negligible part in the interpretation of natural vegetation . |