Later, we learned about their population numbers [and] preferred habitats. (discovermagazine.com)
And if warming Arctic temperatures increase the area of snow algae's preferred habitat of just - below - freezing snow, the microbes might expand their range further. (sciencenews.org)
A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University and the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that habitat fragmentation and the addition of makeshift perches such as transmission polls in sagebrush ecosystems are creating preferred habitat for common ravens that threaten sensitive native bird species, including greater sage grouse. (sciencedaily.com)