Sentences with phrase «alien plants»

Invasion by Bombus terrestris also promotes the spread of alien plants, which compete with native species.

To prepare for the coming flood of exoplanet data researchers are now compiling lists of possible biosignatures, from spectral hints of gases that might emanate from living things to pigments that could reside in alien plants or microbes.

Conservation and management actions will include extending the habitat into favourable adjacent areas, implementing measures to reduce the risk of fires, and removal of invasive alien plant species.

There has been considerable media coverage in recent times in relation to the prevalence of Japanese Knotweed and other Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) in building sites and in close proximity to dwellings and the risks associated with this.

«Alien plants often gain advantages in their new environment because they lack natural enemies, and in this case the lack of strong competitors amongst alpine plants may be the key to success for generalist native species,» says ecologist Ann Milbau, assistant professor at the research station Climate Impacts Research Centre in Abisko, Sweden.

Harsh and cold climates don't seem to stop alien plants from establishing themselves in high altitudes, where they now successfully penetrate the alpine vegetation.

One of the best alien plant - based real - time strategy games ever created, Pikmin 2 originally hit the Gamecube in 2004, capturing the hearts of gamers everywhere with its unique mob - based gameplay and delightful design.

In Grow Home you play as B.U.D. (Botanical Utility Droid), a robot on a mission to save his home planet by harvesting the seeds of a giant alien plant.

Sure, you can eat a weird alien plant or sip a bottle of water by holding it to your face, but why not let us players go all out and take advantage of our virtual limbs?

Her more recent works are loudly colored paintings depicting polka - dotted hallucinations filled with eyeballs and alien plant forms.

In highly disturbed habitats, bees make greater use of alien plants — not because the bees prefer them, but simply because introduced plants are more common where people have transformed the landscape.

«You can not generalize and say it is good or bad to have alien plants,» says Aizen.

Problems arise when the alien plants become so widespread in an ecosystem that they lower the diversity of species.

Britain's gardens, with their rich exotic array of plants, provide ample opportunities for no less than 50 000 alien plants to jump the garden fence.

by Plant - life) points out that these alien plants are «bound to have an ecological and genetic effect on the flora (and vegetation) of this country», although any deleterious effects on native plants are not yet clear.

Every road has its roadside: a bare, often harsh netherworld that invites the growth and spread of alien plants.

Logging, poor forest management and alien plants that overwhelm native vegetation are also factors.

However, research at Umeå University's climate research centre in Abisko and University of Antwerp shows that alien plants are no longer rare above the arctic circle.

Alien plants and animals introduced to the US have caused damage costing at least $ 97 billion this century.

Letters to the editor on environmental economics, the color of alien plants, and nuclear smuggling

SYNOPSIS: A little shop becomes exceptionally successful after flower shop assistant Seymour finds an alien plant.

Take a local guide to explore the natural beauty of the island off the beaten path, who can show and explain about endemic and alien plants, animals, birds, insects and conservation efforts on La Digue island.

Well, what every space dweller living on an alien planted does in this situation: turn to your holographic friends.