Sentences with phrase «because acacia»

Because acacia leaves are touched mainly by ants» legs, she extracted the legs of mutualistic and parasitic ants and tested the effect of the extracts on the growth of bacterial pathogens in the lab.

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Without large grazing herbivores to eat them, acacia trees suffer because of a shift in the ant populations they house

Galloway says he decided on the topic because not as much research has gone into the restoration of fynbos veld after the removal of pines as have been done about the clearing of acacia trees.

For the individual place settings I used these acacia wooden chargers I got last year, with simple white plates, and a autumn checked napkin... I kept it fairly simple because I didn't want to detract too much from what was happening on the center of the table.

The bird used to be known as the European cuckoo (because they come from there) and they're seldom seen or heard in South Africa, although their staple diet is the hairy black and white caterpillars typically found in acacia trees.

Incidentally, giraffes spend a lot of time around the acacia trees because they feed on their leaves and twigs.

Since individuals of this species are usually occupied by obligate acacia - ants, the Beltian bodies are rarely seen because they are usually «harvested» as soon as the young leaves develop.

For the individual place settings I used these acacia wooden chargers I got last year, with simple white plates, and a autumn checked napkin... I kept it fairly simple because I didn't want to detract too much from what was happening on the center of the table.