Monocultures is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Monocultures meaning
plural of monoculture
Using Monocultures
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of monoculture
- In the example corpus, monocultures often appears in combinations such as: of monocultures, monocultures are, monocultures of.
Context around Monocultures
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monocultures
- In this selection, "monocultures" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, political, rice and scale stand out and add context to how "monocultures" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1845 49 monocultures are generally and are planted monocultures of trees. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monocultures" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monocultures
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sometimes the term "integrated aquaculture" is used to describe the integration of monocultures through water transfer. (16 words)
These industrial monocultures are very susceptible to disease, which has decimated shrimp populations across entire regions. (16 words)
In comparison to the forest, agriculture is still quite conventional and dominated by large structures and monocultures. (17 words)
In 1871, the last old original natural woods were cut down, and most woods today are planted monocultures of trees like Scots pine and trees that are not native to the Netherlands. (32 words)
But another advantage over rice monocultures is that farmers save on costly chemical the fish provide a natural pest control by eating weeds and harmful pests such as the rice planthopper. (31 words)
They also suggest that farmers add genetic variability to their crops and animals to reduce epidemics caused in part by monocultures and too many closely related animals living in close quarters. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to the GOP and Big Business demands.
As we Irish discovered in the great famine of 1845-49, monocultures are generally not a good idea and we abandon biodiversity at our peril.
He said: The monocultures of Bluebells found in British woodlands are indeed a unique phenomenon not seen elsewhere in the species atlantic European range.
But another advantage over rice monocultures is that farmers save on costly chemical the fish provide a natural pest control by eating weeds and harmful pests such as the rice planthopper.
They also suggest that farmers add genetic variability to their crops and animals to reduce epidemics caused in part by monocultures and too many closely related animals living in close quarters.
We witnessed three occupied villages near Dourados being evicted, to make way for large scale monocultures (where one crop is grown).
In 1871, the last old original natural woods were cut down, and most woods today are planted monocultures of trees like Scots pine and trees that are not native to the Netherlands.
In comparison to the forest, agriculture is still quite conventional and dominated by large structures and monocultures.
Sometimes the term "integrated aquaculture" is used to describe the integration of monocultures through water transfer.
These industrial monocultures are very susceptible to disease, which has decimated shrimp populations across entire regions.
Common combinations with monocultures
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of monocultures 2×
- monocultures are 2×
- monocultures of 2×