Sentences with phrase «ecoregions for»

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For example, last September Possingham, Kerrie Wilson (a biologist at the University of Queensland), and a team of researchers assessed the cost and outcomes of various conservation actions in 39 «Mediterranean» ecoregions identified by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF).

Using this data, the app uses the data to provide initial search locations and has filters for ecoregion and terrain.

For instance, the second module of the book, «Classifying the World: The Animal Kingdom,» provides students with opportunities to work with real - world data in three separate activities using visualizations of data about ecoregions and animal habitats.

Mongolia / Russia • The landscapes of Dauria, an example of the Daurian Steppe ecoregion, which extends from eastern Mongolia into Russian Siberia and northeastern China, including grassland, forest, lakes and wetlands that serve as habitats for rare species of fauna.

Meanwhile sanctuaries such as the La Tovara National Park and mangrove ecoregion in San Blas is «one of the most important winter habitats for birds in the Pacific, home to 80 % of the Pacific migratory shore bird populations.»

A paradise for bird enthusiasts, this ecoregion has the highest concentration of migratory birds and features over 250 species of birds, including the black - bellied tree duck, great blue heron, roseate spoonbill, and endemic birds, including the bumblebee hummingbird and the Mexican woodnymph.

After all, the computer models used to predict a dire future for polar bears combined the Chukchi Sea with the Southern Beaufort, as having similar ice habitats («ice ecoregions»).

The program currently supports grantees working to: create international protections for species and ecoregions of the High Seas; educate scientists and the public about the value and vulnerability of the ocean as a world system; and foment civil society movements to protect Arctic waters and Arctic coastal communities.

In the Virginian ecoregion, stratification and surface warming begin earlier in the year, and summer temperatures exceed 20 °C for many months [26].

Because this is a large region, various ways have been proposed for dividing it ecologically, from a few large ecosystems to many smaller ecoregions (e.g., [243], [244], [245]-RRB-.