Sentences with phrase «as ecological traps»
Keesing, F., J. Brunner, S. Duerr, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. Schmidt, H. Vuong, and R. S. Ostfeld, 2009: Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease.
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Yet, the birds are less successful at reproducing in gas well areas, suggesting these areas may be serving as ecological traps.»
«Meyer et al. provide a critical test of whether non-native plant species can act as ecological traps for nesting birds.
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It is possible that these areas act as an «ecological trap» and jeopardize the populations in the nature reserves,» explains Hallmann.
As traditionally practiced in southeast Asia, oil palm cultivation is responsible for widespread deforestation that reduces biodiversity, degrades important ecological services, worsens climate change, and traps workers in inequitable conditions sometimes analogous to slavery.
«What's exciting about this is that it suggests that blackberry functions as a kind of ecological trap, enticing mosquitoes to lay their eggs in a place where the larvae are unlikely to survive.»