Indeed, dominance becomes the special case because it is dependent on a particular juxtaposition of tectonic and/or climatic elements over a protracted interval in a given area.
Both Minnewaska and Mohonk reveal a protracted drought interval in the middle Holocene, ~ 5700 4100 cal yr BP, during which Pinus rigida colonized the watershed, lake levels fell, and frequent fires led to enhanced hillslope erosion.
I had evidence that we were doing it better, and could never have imagined the protracted interval of shame I would experience as an adult, when people around me would ask, quite rightly, just what Americans thought they were doing.
In ovarian cancer, for example, it has been shown that response is less likely in patients who have failed the previous treatment after only a short interval compared to those who have a protracted failure-free interval [Gynecol. Oncol. 36 (1990) 207].
There was mail call, sometimes at protracted intervals, which might mean some (censored) letters from home and perhaps a not-new newspaper or a miniature "pony edition" of Time or The New Yorker.
A phylogenetic analysis of reading frames indicate repeated transposition of distantly related genes into the fish genome over protracted intervals of evolutionary time.
Sequence analysis of the transcribed genes suggested repeated transpositions at protracted intervals.
Report of a protracted meeting.
Plans for a protracted meeting in October.
George Balcom come and assist vith a protracted meeting.
Mr. Umarov, the object of a protracted manhunt by the police and security forces, has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks throughout Russia, including two suicide bombings in the Moscow subway in March.
