colonize
Juan de Oñate initiated the Spanish colonization of New Mexico in 1598.
Asante was unable to prevent European colonization.
Russian conquest and colonisation of Siberia gathered force by the middle of the eighteenth century.
He estimates that it would take around $50 billion to fund a full-scale Mars colonization project.
Mushrooms grow well on sawdust because the abundant surface area between particles provides easy opportunities for colonization.
He describes the bacterial colonisation process.
The artificial reef offers an ideal environment for the colonisation of fish and colourful corals.
We are strongly opposed to any religious colonization of public education.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Colonization & self-government
acknowledgement of country
annex
annexation
anti-colonial
anti-colonialism
commonwealth
condominium
crown colony
declare independence
decolonization
independence
Independence Day
intercolonial
land acknowledgment
Nat
secede
secession
self-determination
self-governing
self-government

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Animal & plant biology - general words
Animal dwellings - natural
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
Controlling and being in charge

Examples of colonization

colonization
Two contrasting dispersal models, one purely diffusive and one stratified, were then chosen to simulate colonization for the two contrasting initial genetic structures.
Diversity may have been influenced by radiation subsequent to colonization, or by secondary radiations in contemporary host taxa.
The influence of this mycorrhizal colonization observed under the semi-controlled environment here might be substantially modified in natural conditions.
Estimating rates of local species extinction, colonization, and turnover in animal communities.
This variation could be attributed to the extent of initial colonization of the dispersed population, followed by local differentiation.
Vaccinated hosts can only be colonized with the latter, and dual colonization is excluded.
The distribution and spread of lymnaeid vectors are also related to the colonization of fascioliasis in new environments and geographical areas.
In hosts in whom colonization is not eliminated, bacteria with a mutation towards a higher resistance level may replace the original strains.
Here we describe the colonization of heavily shocked gneiss by heterotrophic bacteria in a natural setting.
Evidently, fungicide applications did have strong effects on some plant species, but in general only modest reductions in colonization were observed.
Colonization-inhibition may require all three mechanisms for full inhibition.
A scanning electron microscopic study of periphyton colonization in a small stream subjected to sodium chloride addition.
This study constitutes a promising strategy for preventing the microbial colonization of silicone rubber voice prostheses.
Scaling of colonization processes in streams: parallels and lessons from marine hard substrata.
Understandably, inhabitants of villages adjacent to the colonization centres were reluctant to be resettled.
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