Sentences with phrase «amount of habitat»

The following figure, which presents the FTA's estimates of habitat converted to cropland as of 2100, shows that the amount of habitat lost to cropland may well be least under the richest - but - warmest scenario (A1FI), but higher under the cooler (B1 and B2) scenarios.

So, Ewers, Reuman and their colleague Oliver Wearn came up with a formula that relates species extinction to the timing and amount of habitat loss.

«We have seen declines in species in landscapes that have already lost a massive amount of habitat,» said Matthew Betts, lead author and professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.

We have to find a compromise and cut down the amount of habitat destruction.

In this new study scientists calculated how much it would cost to set aside land in priority landscapes across the whole Atlantic Forest in order to restore the minimum amount of habitat needed to conserve biodiversity and maintain ecosystem functions.

Not exact matches

The amount, composition, and structure of shade cover is the main proxy for habitat preservation and the conservation of biodiversity, especially birds, in coffee production areas.

Layered like shingles, tens of thousands of glass panes let in precise amounts of sunlight to maintain habitats from arid to tropical.

It will be up to the Wauwatosa Common Council to put teeth in this proposal by using their zoning power to limit the amount of development to that which is planned, restrict the kinds of development to that which is planned, and especially to protect the parkland and habitat as intended in the plan.

The researchers used information on a reef's habitat, depth, nearby human population and amount of fishing to model how many fish could live at each site.

Based on instrumental records of oxygen in the lake water, the scientists calculated that since 1946 the amount of oxygenated lake - bottom habitat decreased by 38 percent.

Urbanization reduces the amount of vegetation in a habitat and increases impervious surfaces such as roads and rooftops.

She assessed the environmental effects of these dams in 14 categories, including the area and quality of habitat lost, the length of river channel affected, the amount of conservation land impacted, and the landslide risk.

However, the amount of suitable habitat, for instance areas with clear water, is limited.

We need to begin to look more carefully at how farms compare to the reefs in terms of the habitat they provide, the amount of water they filter, and the spawn they put out.

North America and Europe generate the greatest amount of research on the effect of habitat loss on felids.

Coastal habitats, including mangrove forests and sea grass beds, cover only a small fraction of the world's surface, but these fringe ecosystems harbor an enormous amount of carbon.

Out of the three skin habitats that we measured, the upper back had the both highest amount of active bacteria (11 %).

The project will develop ways to quantify the amount of carbon that these marine ecosystems can sequester, and to value the ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats.

«They provide habitat for dozens of species, they provide food for many predators and occupy a large amount of space, so are truly a «dominant» species.»

But the majority of lemur species — sixty percent — could lose considerable amounts of suitable habitat before the end of the century due to climate change alone.

Because they are habitat specialists requiring a very specific amount of precipitation, they are likely to be unprepared to face ongoing temperature variability and changing precipitation levels.

Madslien points to a clear positive connection between the amount of pine forest in the habitat of the moose and the infestation intensity of deer keds in the coats of the moose.

With this amount of climate change, no level of habitat restoration, the scientists conclude, will prevent populations of these drought - sensitive butterflies from going locally extinct by 2100.

«This technology,» says Cruzan, «has the potential for the acquisition of large amounts of information with minimal effort and disruption of natural habitats.»

On 10 April, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) in Tucson, Arizona, joined three other organizations — the Humane Society of the United States, Defenders of Wildlife, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation — to file a federal lawsuit calling for the government to increase the amount of space designated as critical habitat for the whales under the US Endangered Species Act.

She says the findings are consistent with a paper she published in 2008, which showed that FWS preferred using biological criteria, such as proximity to a nest or den, that tend to minimize the amount of critical habitat.

The study identifies such climate change refugia based on the amount of natural habitat present and the risk that regions shift to a different type of natural vegetation due to climate change — a phenomenon known as «biome shift».

The hydrogen trapped in the water as a result of our first equation can be brought back to produce more and more methane, with a large amount of oxygen being produced that could serve as a huge backup to the life - support system of the Mars habitat.

«The nearly 4 million hectares of Sabah's forests are a kaleidoscope of many different habitats and management histories, which required a wall - to - wall mapping effort to truly quantify the amount of carbon they contain,» Asner explained.

The study says that massive sponges like this one provide «key ecosystem services such as filtering large amounts of seawater, as well as providing important habitat to a myriad of invertebrate and microbial species.»

Another potential feedback might occur if reduced timber yields force loggers to compensate by enlarging the amount of area harvested, resulting in higher CO2 emissions through deforestation and associated fires, as well as increased rates of habitat fragmentation / degradation and species extinctions

Split a class into teams and get them to compete in a game show, where the aim is to guess the habitat using the least amount of clues.

To ensure that your pet mouse or rat gets a proper amount of exercise, you should make sure they have certain features in their habitats they can play with.

The The Hamster / Gerbil Skyscraper is for the hamster owner who wants the maximum amount of space to build the habitat of any hamster's dream.

The type of herp, as well as the habitat from which it comes, both help dictate the type and amount of UV lighting that is needed.

By planting these corridors, the park hopes to increase the amount of butterflies and expand their habitat — creating a change that is as beautiful as the butterflies themselves.

The one day kayak tours are affected the most since they spend the shortest amount of time in the orcas» habitat.

If the crops failed, these communities contained too many people to survive on local foraging or hunting — both because population densities were so high and because the habitat destruction caused by farming had reduced the amount of local wild food.

Extent, for once, is crucial in determining the amount of absorbed solar radiation, the area of polar bear (and other animals») habitat, the amount of snow that falls onto sea ice, etc..

When bat habitats, called «hibernacula», are disturbed by noise, light or human contact, bats can use up critical amounts of energy, threatening their ability to survive the winter.

«And while humans are the species most responsible for transforming oxygen into complaints, it's important to note that other animal life, including mammals, birds, and reptiles, also convert massive amounts of O2 into displeased growls and screeches about their habitats and food sources.»

But tar sands activity will pollute and remove substantial amounts of that important habitat.

Paula Del Giudice, Director of NWF's Northwest Natural Resource Center, notes that «global warming will add an enormous amount of pressure onto what's left of the region's prime cold - water fish habitat.»

Key elements include curbing human carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, improved control of local pollution sources, reducing coastal habitat destruction, and better preparing coastal human communities to withstand the amount of ocean acidification and climate change that is unavoidable.

As someone said about the windfarm invasion of Maine's eagle habitat, this amounts to «killing the babies here, and building an orphanage there».

However destruction of wildland habitats to make way for agriculture continues to erode the amount of carbon stored in the biomass and soil.

«A better understanding of how tree diversity affects carbon storage will be useful for developing guidelines to design carbon projects that store high amounts of carbon and have additional benefits such as providing more habitat for wildlife.»

Coastal marshes absorb and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere; they help filter out pollution in coastal waters; provide habitat for wildlife; help protect coastlines from erosion and storm surge; and can store huge amounts of floodwater, reducing the threat of flooding in low - lying coastal areas.

One concern is that harvesting massive amounts of naturally occurring seaweed for bioenergy could have comparable effects on atmospheric carbon dioxide and habitat loss or fragmentation as large - scale deforestation.

Coal mining destroys habitat and pollutes our air and water, while coal - fired power plants consume massive amounts of water to operate, straining our rivers and aquifers.