Sentences with phrase «species discovery efforts»

Species discovery efforts are usually hampered by under - sampling, but the UMass Amherst - AMNH study enjoyed unusually large sample coverage.

Species discovery efforts are usually hampered by under - sampling, he adds, but because of his continent - wide collecting, the study enjoys an unusually large sample.

Not exact matches

These nest discoveries give hope that conservation efforts may save this species from extinction.

Now, after years of efforts to reintroduce the frogs to the Santa Monica Mountains outside of Los Angeles, the National Parks Service announced the discovery of nine clusters of red - legged frog eggs in the region's streams — the first evidence in decades that the species is sustaining a population in the area.

«This discovery highlights the need for increased study throughout the tropics, for example Manu NP and its surrounding areas have been well studied, but despite these efforts, new species are being continuously discovered,» points out first author Alex Shepack, a PhD student in the laboratory of co-author Dr Alessandro Catenazzi at Southern Illinois University.

Nevertheless, this effort produced a notable discovery: a new species of fossil crab from the Upper Cretaceous (~ 90 million - year - old) Hidden Lake Formation.

«Although it seems extraordinary that it has taken us until 2017 to publish the first global, authoritative list of tree species, it is worth remembering that GlobalTreeSearch represents a huge scientific effort encompassing the discovery, collection and describing of tens of thousands of plant species,» says Paul Smith, secretary general of BGCI.