单词 | overharvest |
释义 | overharvestn. = overharvesting n. ΚΠ 1956 Ecology 37 676 There have been more examples of under-harvest than of over-harvest of game in this country. 1981 Amer. Midland Naturalist 105 2 Potential factors responsible for the reduced [mussel] fauna are pollution, overharvest and habitat destruction. 2003 Sunday Oklahoman (Nexis) 2 Mar. 12 c Others think it [sc. a longer season] will result in an overharvest of young bucks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overharvestv. transitive. To harvest (a population of animals, an ecosystem, etc.) to an excessive degree; to exploit unsustainably. Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΚΠ 1972 N.Y. Times 10 Sept. 61/3 There has been increasing concern among local residents that perhaps the popular mammal [sc. the porpoise] is being overharvested. 1978 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 9 349 The fishermen were trapped into continuing to overharvest in order to continue making payments for their boats. 1990 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Sept. 24/3 At least half a million acres of..riparian scrublands overharvested by woodcutters, and recreational areas ravaged by off-road vehicles. 1999 M. A. Santos Environmental Crisis ii. 29 Their only option is to overharvest arid and semiarid areas for fuel and food. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1956v.1972 |
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