One of the causes of forest dieback is acid rain.
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Dieback
Synonyms for "dieback" (7 found)
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5 entriesbiological processecological disturbanceenvironmental changeplant diseaseplant pathology phenomenon
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3 entriesapical diebackcrown diebackroot dieback
Collocations
6 entriesapical diebackcrown diebackdieback diseaseforest diebackroot diebacktree decline
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesdieback conditiondieback diseasedieback syndrome
Sample sentences
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The whole world is talking about forest dieback.
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Even under future scenarios in which atmospheric greenhouse gases rise dramatically, the models project the dry season in the southern Amazon to be only a few to ten days longer by the end of the century and therefore the risk of climate change-induced rainforest dieback should be relatively low.
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The National Trust reports that 30,000 ash trees on its land will have been felled this year owing to ash dieback. “Dieback” sounds like a gentle, seasonal withdrawal. In fact, ash dieback is a devastating disease caused by a fungus, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, likely to have been carried into the UK on imported ash saplings in the early part of this century.
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