Depensation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Depensation is a noun meaning (ecology) A decrease in the breeding population and thus of offspring.
Meaning
(ecology) A decrease in the breeding population and thus of offspring.
Example Sentences
To do so, the Allee effect intensity (i.e., the number of spawners that effectively participate in reproduction) is modelled as a function of the river basin watershed area wa j through the parameters η and θ (Table 1 ) with depensation intensity positively correlated to parameter η and negatively correlated to parameter θ.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include defaunation, depauperation, depopulation, decretion, depravation, depopulant.
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