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  • adjective biology Having the ability to coexist without interference with the other species.

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Examples

  • The two forms are “sympatric” (both occur in the continuous environment of the upper Snake River drainage without physical isolation), but they are not “syntopic” (they do not occur together at the same site at the same time).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The two forms are “sympatric” (both occur in the continuous environment of the upper Snake River drainage without physical isolation), but they are not “syntopic” (they do not occur together at the same site at the same time).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The two forms are “sympatric” (both occur in the continuous environment of the upper Snake River drainage without physical isolation), but they are not “syntopic” (they do not occur together at the same site at the same time).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The two forms are “sympatric” (both occur in the continuous environment of the upper Snake River drainage without physical isolation), but they are not “syntopic” (they do not occur together at the same site at the same time).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Chris O'Bryan, "Susceptibility of frog virus 3 in syntopic amphibian larvae."

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2010

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