競合遷移

English translation: competitive evolution

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Japanese term or phrase:競合遷移
English translation:competitive evolution
Entered by: Troy Fowler

07:25 Mar 28, 2008
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology
Japanese term or phrase: 競合遷移
Here's the original sentence.

***は,抽水植物ヨシやヒメガマの動態を,現地観測・刈取り実験と生長解析により定量評価し,群落の拡大,競合遷移,人為的影響による減少量などを解明したものである。

What is 競合遷移?

Competitive movement???

If anyone can provide a translation + explanation, that would be super!

Thank you.
Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 08:50
competitive evolution
Explanation:
competition + transition -> competitive evolution
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Angel Yamada (X)
Local time: 12:50
Grading comment
I'm sorry Casey, but I felt Angel's answer was more concise on this one, despite the positive feedback from others.

Thanks to all for their input.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +3Ecological succession based on (produced by) competition
casey
2survival of the fittest
dosanko
1competitive evolution
Angel Yamada (X)


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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Ecological succession based on (produced by) competition


Explanation:
I think "competition and ecological succession" would work, too.

I'm guessing you already have a handle on the rest of the sentence. I can give it a shot if you like. The Wikipedia article does a better job of explaining it than I can, so I'll just refer you to it.

This is out of my field, but I'm procrastinating with one of my jobs right now. :)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession
    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%B7%E7%A7%BB_%28%E7%94%9F...
casey
United States
Local time: 11:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nobuo Kameyama: Perfect references!
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nobuo.

agree  Roger Johnson: damn good answer!
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Roger. Someone still may have a better one, though.

agree  dosanko: at least you are procrastinating productively!
20 hrs
  -> Ha, ha. :)
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
competitive evolution


Explanation:
competition + transition -> competitive evolution

Angel Yamada (X)
Local time: 12:50
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I'm sorry Casey, but I felt Angel's answer was more concise on this one, despite the positive feedback from others.

Thanks to all for their input.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
survival of the fittest


Explanation:
From the sounds of things, Casey's answer would work better here. But if you are looking for a more colloquial translation, this term might be better known by general audiences. Just for reference.

dosanko
Japan
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Roger Johnson: cool, sounds like marine corps basic training!
4 hrs
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