1. in a manner relating to or occurring in sympatry, where populations of different species occupy the same geographic area
Usage: biology; ecology

Examples

• The two bird species evolved sympatrically in the same forest region.
• These insects speciate sympatrically without geographic isolation.
• The populations diverged sympatrically despite sharing the same habitat.
• Researchers studied how the fish adapted sympatrically in the lake.
• The plants hybridized sympatrically in overlapping territories.
• Evolution can occur sympatrically when species share geographic ranges.