An important problem in the detection of gastric metaplasia is its patchy distribution.

Because of its patchy distribution and likely small population, it probably does not easily colonize new habitats.

It has a very patchy and scattered distribution, as much of the land throughout its range has been cleared for agriculture.

B. prionotes thus has a very patchy distribution east of the scarp.

It has a widespread but patchy distribution around the world.

They have a wide, but patchy, distribution on all continents but Antarctica.

This process may also be seen as a cause of the patchy distribution of dissipation mentioned in Section 20.3.

The species has a patchy distribution and the full extent of its geographical range is uncertain.

This vegetation type has a patchy distribution in areas topographically protected from fire.

It has a patchy distribution in central and east Africa.