By sequencing multiple butterfly genomes and identifying patterns of genetic divergence in areas critical to biotic interaction, such as wing pattern and host - plant usage, he and his team hope to identify differences that reveal the causes of accelerated speciation and
greater biodiversity in the tropics.
«Flowering meadows benefit humankind:
Greater biodiversity in grasslands leads to higher levels of ecosystem services.»
Thanks to the symbiotic relationship between corals and their solar - powered algae, «this miracle of construction creates the foundation for
the greatest biodiversity in our oceans,» she said.
The great biodiversity in Amazonia is an issue widely studied.
The coral triangle has
the greatest biodiversity in the world.
Not exact matches
The green revolution, the
greatest success of technology
in increasing yields, has also made agriculture far more dependent on oil and reduced the
biodiversity that provides security against devastating pests.
Salvanatura is the main conservation organization
in El Salvador, and it has done a
great deal of work specifically with coffee farms, both research on
biodiversity, preparing and critiquing Rainforest Alliance certification guidelines, and aiding
in certification efforts.
Growing scarcity
In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and
biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures,
greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.
There, you can read about Hispaniola's
great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed
in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee
in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.
The Reserve contains the northernmost cloud forests
in the world and is considered as one of the
greatest biodiversity sites of North America.
The use of herbicide resistant plants can result
in greater use of herbicides, increasing the negative effects of intensive farming on natural
biodiversity.
Leonor Espinosa is known for taking
great pride
in the cuisine of her country, as well as nurturing and promoting the value of its
biodiversity.
(citation needed) Shaded Kona cultivation systems show
greater biodiversity than full - sun systems, and those more distant from continuous forest compare rather poorly to undisturbed native forest
in terms of habitat value for some bird species.
In The chemical senses and the development of flavor preferences in humans published in Hale and Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation, Dr. Mennella cites the research of Frederick D. Provenza which shows that «learned food preferences are transmitted from [mammalian] mothers to their offspring, resulting in greater biodiversity.&raqu
In The chemical senses and the development of flavor preferences
in humans published in Hale and Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation, Dr. Mennella cites the research of Frederick D. Provenza which shows that «learned food preferences are transmitted from [mammalian] mothers to their offspring, resulting in greater biodiversity.&raqu
in humans published
in Hale and Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation, Dr. Mennella cites the research of Frederick D. Provenza which shows that «learned food preferences are transmitted from [mammalian] mothers to their offspring, resulting in greater biodiversity.&raqu
in Hale and Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation, Dr. Mennella cites the research of Frederick D. Provenza which shows that «learned food preferences are transmitted from [mammalian] mothers to their offspring, resulting
in greater biodiversity.&raqu
in greater biodiversity.»
In the seven years that Picture This: Your
Great Outdoors has been engaging hundreds of photographers of all ages and abilities, the contest has catalogued a remarkable pictorial record of Massachusetts» natural beauty, its rich
biodiversity of plants and animals, and the people who cherish them.
A wondrous world of nature hides
in plain sight at the Chicago Academy of Sciences collections facility - Chicago Reader - March 21, 2017 The natural history haven
in North Center contains nearly 300,000 specimens that document the
biodiversity of the midwest, Illinois, and
greater North America.
The colors, sights and scents of people engaged by the thousand
in food politics,
biodiversity, human rights, sustainable farming, responsible consuming and really
great eating are both overwhelming and exhilarating.
He noted that partnerships have been crucial to Bay State land protection successes, resulting
in greater biodiversity, healthier watersheds, and more opportunities for citizens to connect with nature.
The group felt that there will need to be much
greater clarity on how the wider land reform proposals fit
in with the Scottish Government's own objectives
in terms of deer and game management and its aims to deliver landscape scale
biodiversity recovery across Scotland.
Needed improvements, it says, include more attention to the economic and human rights of traditional cultures and
greater grassroots participation
in government decisions that affect
biodiversity.
Our research will contribute to the
greater understanding of
biodiversity, breadth, and evolution
in the deep sea.»
«The Lake Eyre Basin is crucial to Australia's
biodiversity — at least 65 animal species and 13 plant species are found
in its iconic and threatened Mound Spring ecosystems, and other threatened species such as the
Greater Bilby, Yellow - Footed Rock Wallaby also live there.
«The evolutionary consequences of climate change are one of our
greatest areas of uncertainty because empirical data addressing this issue are extraordinarily rare; this study is a tremendous step forward
in our understanding of how climate change can influence evolutionary process and ultimately species
biodiversity,» said Ryan Kovach, a University of Montana study co-author.
And those five problems are climate change, petro - dictatorship — the rise of Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela — energy and natural resource supply, and demand constraints, and we see that from food to fuel today,
biodiversity loss, the fact that we are right now
in the middle of the sixth
great extinction phase
in the Earth's history that we know of; and finally something I call energy poverty, the 1.6 billion people on the planet we [who] still have no on - off switch
in their life because they've no direct grid electricity.
JUDGING from the number of letters and phone calls I get from readers of Thistle Diary, there is
great interest
in the challenges of
biodiversity.
The terrestrial nature of these creatures is a
great indicator of how
biodiversity has changed
in the Bahamas and what the ideal circumstances would be for these or similar species to return, said Florida Museum ornithology curator and study co-author David Steadman.
In the most thorough study of its kind, scientists have now analyzed global patterns of island vertebrate extinctions and developed predictive models to help identify places where conservation interventions will provide the
greatest benefits to threatened island
biodiversity.
The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion
biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases
in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a
greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.
Humans depend on high levels of ecosystem
biodiversity, but due to climate change and changes
in land use,
biodiversity loss is now
greater than at any time
in human history.
The EBP would focus on the natural world, providing a better understanding of
biodiversity by first sequencing
in great detail the DNA of a member of each eukaryotic family (about 9000
in all) and eventually generating coarser genomes for the other eukaryotes.
The rapid conversion of natural lands to cement - dominated urban centers is causing
great losses
in biodiversity.
The
greatest challenges the world faces: food security, climate change, loss of
biodiversity, the aging population and disease can all ultimately be addressed through biology based research,» Mark Downs, head of the Society of Biology said
in a statement.
«Warming
greater than 2 degrees Celsius above 19th - century levels is projected to be disruptive, reducing global agricultural productivity, causing widespread loss of
biodiversity and — if sustained over centuries — melting much of the Greenland ice sheet with ensuing rise
in sea levels of several meters,» the AGU declares
in its first statement
in four years on «Human Impacts on Climate.»
Oxygen levels are falling throughout the world's oceans, and the decline is expected to have the
greatest impact to
biodiversity in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
At the time of the research no clear legal guidelines existed
in France, but a new French
biodiversity law is now to «implement the 2010 Nagoya Protocol, which complements the international Convention on Biological Diversity and aims to guarantee a
greater control of the states rich
in biodiversity, and their indigenous populations, over how their
biodiversity resources are used and an equitable sharing of the benefits.»
Deforestation may have far
greater consequences for climate change
in some soils than
in others, according to new research led by Yale University scientists — a finding that could provide critical insights into which ecosystems must be managed with extra care because they are vulnerable to
biodiversity loss and which ecosystems are more resilient to widespread tree removal.
However, our study also shows that the effect of soil
biodiversity on ecosystem functions may be
greater in areas with higher precipitation.
This technique, known as barcoding of life, is taking
great value
in current studies of
biodiversity.»
«It's one of the
great research institutions
in comparative zoology,
biodiversity and natural history, and it has been one of the leading centers of research for more than 100 years,» says James Hanken, director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to predict the loss of thousands of species
in temperature - sensitive
biodiversity hotspots such as the
Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia, if temperatures go on rising.
The transformation of forested lands by human actions represents one of the
great forces
in global environmental change and one of the
great drivers of
biodiversity loss.
And how does one say that
biodiversity is
greater in one place than another?
In view of the huge significance of climate and biodiversity change for society and economic progress, this kind of information is currently in great deman
In view of the huge significance of climate and
biodiversity change for society and economic progress, this kind of information is currently
in great deman
in great demand.
That is why the field laboratories on
biodiversity, have put on the table an issue that brings
great knowledge to the training, not only for the scientific date are of
great importance
in research, but also as a process of awareness individually.
He spent a semester
in Australia studying the
biodiversity of the
Great Barrier Reef.
Then there's Brazil's
biodiversity: legendary
in scope, its diverse ecosystems boast the
greatest collection of plant and animal species found anywhere on earth.
Add to that, Brazil's
biodiversity: legendary
in scope, its diverse ecosystems boast the
greatest collection of plant and animal species found anywhere on earth.
Because of its
great biodiversity the country enjoys a natural advantage
in this sort of activity with the increasing demand for vacation packages, retreats, and rentals.
A platform reef perched close to the continental shelf drop - off, Wheeler is truly one of the best examples of marine
biodiversity in the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
In comparison to the
Great Barrier Reef (1,500 species) and Red Sea (600 species), Indonesian's coral reefs are the global center of marine
biodiversity.