sym·pat·ric

(sĭm-păt′rĭk)

adj.

1. Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.

2. Occurring among populations having such a distribution: sympatric speciation.

[syn- + Greek patrā, fatherland (from patēr, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots) + -ic.]

sym·pat′ri·cal·ly adv.

sym′pat·ry (sĭm′păt′rē, -pə-trē) n.

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sympatric

(sɪmˈpætrɪk)

adj

(Biology) (of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in the same or overlapping geographical areas. Compare allopatric

[C20: from syn- + -patric, from Greek patra native land, from patēr father]

symˈpatrically adv

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sym•pat•ric

(sɪmˈpæ trɪk, -ˈpeɪ-)

adj. Biol., Ecol.

originating in or occupying the same geographical area.

[1900–05; sym- + Greek pátr(ā) fatherland (derivative of patḗr father) + -ic]

sym′pa•try (-pə tri) n.

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Adj.

sympatric - (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

allopatric - (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another

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Thus, allopatric or peripatric distributions of populations or species are inconsistent with parapatric, peripatric, or sympatric divergence without major changes in distribution of one or both daughter lineages; parapatric distributions are inconsistent with sympatric divergence, but may result from peripatric or allopatric divergence with minor changes in breeding distributions; and sympatric distributions are most consistent with sympatric divergence, but may result if allopatric, parapatric, or peripatric divergence are followed by changes in breeding distributions.

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The reason for the low prevalence of WNV in these California owls despite a high prevalence in sympatric avian species in the same region is unknown and should be a topic for further research.

Low prevalence of West Nile virus antibodies in select northern California owl species (2007-2014)

edwardsii) are sympatric in many areas of their distribution range in the Potohar Plateau.

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To the Editor: The timely study on the relative risk for ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease in which the tick vectors, Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes scapularis, are sympatric notes that knowledge of tickborne diseases is "startlingly low" (1).

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heterophylla is the only representative of the genus in the studied site, thus selfing is not likely a mechanism to reduce interspecific pollen flow among sympatric species as proposed by Matallana et al.

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Differences in the body sizes of sympatric herbivores may mean they prefer forage of different heights and quality (Kuiters et al.

Habitat selection and their interspecific interactions for mammal assemblage in the Greater Khingan Mountains, northeastern China

Anadromous threespine stickleback were trapped in nine lakes and streams (5% of sites sampled) and seven of these nine sites also contained resident freshwater threespine stickleback, giving rise to sympatric species pairs (Appendix 1).

Freshwater fish inventory of the Aleutian Archipelago, Alaska

Gastrointestinal helminths from six species of frogs and three species of lizards, sympatric in Para State, Brazil.

Helminths of the frog Pleurodema diplolister (Anura, Leiuperidae) from the Caatingain Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil

84 EMERSION AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON GROWTH RATES AND BYSSAL THREAD PRODUCTION IN TWO SYMPATRIC MARINE MUSSEL SPECIES

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Bobcats and coyotes are sympatric throughout most of their ranges, and, although competition may occur between the species, it has been difficult to evaluate and likely varies among areas and with availability of prey (Palomares and Caro, 1999).

Use of prey by sympatric bobcat (Lynx rufus) and coyote (Canis latrans) in the Izta-Popo National Park, Mexico