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  1. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
    “That’s a real concentration of biological activity, a lot of complex nature.”
  2. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
    Its verdant carpet produces more new growth in a given year than is produced in similarly sized patches of the surrounding plains, attracting a crowd of plant and seed eaters from insects to mice to birds to bison.
  3. plain
    an extensive tract of level, open land
    Its verdant carpet produces more new growth in a given year than is produced in similarly sized patches of the surrounding plains, attracting a crowd of plant and seed eaters from insects to mice to birds to bison.
  4. custodian
    one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
    The prairie dogs, as architects and custodians of their immediate environment, are largely responsible for this concentration of life.
  5. immediate
    very close or connected in space or time
    The prairie dogs, as architects and custodians of their immediate environment, are largely responsible for this concentration of life.
  6. crop
    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    Their constant cropping of vegetation stimulates faster and more nutritious growth, while their burrows provide homes and hunting grounds for many organisms, large and small.
  7. vegetation
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
    Their constant cropping of vegetation stimulates faster and more nutritious growth, while their burrows provide homes and hunting grounds for many organisms, large and small.
  8. stimulate
    cause to act in a specified manner
    Their constant cropping of vegetation stimulates faster and more nutritious growth, while their burrows provide homes and hunting grounds for many organisms, large and small.
  9. nutritious
    of or providing nourishment
    Their constant cropping of vegetation stimulates faster and more nutritious growth, while their burrows provide homes and hunting grounds for many organisms, large and small.
  10. burrow
    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
    Their constant cropping of vegetation stimulates faster and more nutritious growth, while their burrows provide homes and hunting grounds for many organisms, large and small.
  11. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
    The resulting patches of habitat make the plains ecosystem more complex, diverse and biologically active than it would otherwise be.
  12. diverse
    many and different
    The resulting patches of habitat make the plains ecosystem more complex, diverse and biologically active than it would otherwise be.
Created on Mon Jun 10 16:46:11 EDT 2019 (updated Fri Jun 14 14:20:22 EDT 2019)

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