Sentences with phrase «breeding areas of»

Lahani Lodge overlooks one of these lakes, the Bullfrog Pan which is one of the biggest breeding areas of the bullfrog species.

Owing to the isolation of Channel Islands National Park, this bird is provided with the protected breeding area of Santa Barbara Island, and especially Prince Island off the northeast coast and Castle Rock off the northwest coast of San Miguel Island.

It is situated in the game and cattle breeding area of Bandelierkop, 28 km south of the Soutpansberg Mountain, the most prominent feature of...

Its conservation value is further marked by its role as the boundary between mangrove and Melaleuca forests, and as a reproduction and breeding area of marine species.

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Such operations include «ultra-low volume misting of premises and thermal fogging of outdoor areas to kill adult mosquitoes,» increasing frequency of drain flushing and oiling to prevent breeding, and public education outreach and distribution of insect repellent.

I see this as less of a Gay Debate Problem and more of a Human Problem though: we play the comparison game in almost every area of life and it inflates egos, breeds feelings of inferiority, or causes jealousy (among other terrible ways of internalizing the comparison culture).

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

Ironically, in that isolated, mountainous area, generations of breeding sturdy draught animals resulted in the most delicious beef that many of those folks probably rarely, if ever, tasted.

As in other areas of the Basin, the floodplains and wetlands of the Lachlan are flourishing and as a result, large breeding events for colonial water bird species such as straw - necked ibis are possible.

This is because they are land races — adapted varieties that have been growing in the same geographic area for hundreds of years — and not recently bred - to - be-true varieties.

National strategies have been implemented to accelerate research and its application in areas including biological control, crop rotations and polycultures.This has resulted in major changes in some of the goals of Cuban plant breeding and a search for more appropriate methods of participatory plant breeding.

The Hogs are competent in all areas of special teams — punter Dylan Breeding has averaged 44.6 yards per boot, place - kicker Zach Hocker is 12 - for - 15 on field goals under 40 yards and boots 41 percent of his kickoffs for touchbacks, etc..

Rachid Khlifi, a coach and scout mostly based in and around Paris, most recently as the head of scouting at the Paris FC academy, pinpoints several significant factors which make Les Ulis and other areas like it a breeding ground for talent.

Frequently touched surfaces, like door handles and crib rails, and areas that see more than their fair share of yuck (such as changing tables and laundry hampers) provide an excellent breeding ground for germs and bacteria.

The coastal areas where thick with a variety of seabirds and other waterbirds, some northward bound to boreal or Arctic breeding grounds, and others already established on their home turf.

Mouth and nose piercings are particularly prone to problems since these areas are breeding grounds for all kinds of bacteria.

Citizen reports from backyards, feeders, highways, and conservation areas across the state are important to Mass Audubon's efforts to learn more about the populations, distributions, and breeding activities of the birds of Massachusetts.

Born and bred in the area, he knows the counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire well and we look forward to developing our presence and service in this important shooting area.»

The pond is a documented breeding area for the eastern tiger salamander, one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in the United States and a species on the state's endangered list.

Dogs Trust would like to see the next UK Government introducing the compulsory microchipping of dogs, taking action to address the worrying trend in bull - breed type dogs in urban areas, and implementing a cross-departmental approach to education on responsible dog ownership.»

«Unfortunately for broadcast journalism, Paxman is more or less gone from the news studios, and the new breed of anchors seem to have an increasing inability to ask simple, direct questions or press hard on the most vulnerable areas.

The study goes on to suggest that casino gambling will boost other areas of the economy as well, including the purchases of goods and services, and the horse racing and breeding industries.

Scientists discover important endangered Right Whale breeding ground off coast of Maine: «In early December, surveyors counted 44 right whales in one day about 70 miles south of Bar Harbor, Maine, in an area known as Jordan Basin.

«There are also skills shortages in areas of expertise such as plant and crop breeding, plant physiology and pest management, large animal physiology and health, soil science, and horticulture,» she says.

Gas - source isotope ratio mass spectrometers are a special breed of a class of instruments — mass spectrometers — that are used in many different areas of science, from physics to biomedical science, for the separation of atoms and molecules of different charges and molecular weights.

Because the flytrap, native to only a small area of North and South Carolina, could potentially eat the bugs that help it breed, researchers wanted to know how it discriminates between pollinators and dinner.

Many of the breeding pairs have nested in caves in the remote mountain wilderness areas in and near the Los Padres National Forest in southern California.

A new breed of cancer researcher Gunjan Sinha, 28 March To land a job in any emerging area of cancer research, interdisciplinary training is becoming increasingly important.

By identifying the gene, genetic markers can now be used in breeding programs to ensure that salt tolerance can be maintained in future cultivars of soybean that will be grown in areas prone to soil salinity.

«It appears that this gene was lost when breeding new cultivars of soybean in areas without salinity.

Besides contributing to fundamental research in the area of plants» immune systems, the findings can also be applied in wheat breeding.

In the study, the researchers used zebrafish lines that had been selected to be bolder by breeding fish that stayed still for a maximum of 50 seconds after being introduced into new surroundings, while shy fish — those that stayed still for more than 3 minutes when dropped into a new area — were bred to create a shy line.

«Because the number breeding in urban areas has increased (though still a small percentage of the overall UK population), people do not realise that the herring gull is disappearing from our coasts,» she says.

Using conventionally bred hybrid seeds, farmers in certain fertile areas of Ethiopia have witnessed their fields turn into a breadbasket that is rivaled in the sub-Saharan region of the continent only by South Africa.

For four species of penguin that use the area for breeding — gentoos, southern rockhoppers, Magellanics, and kings — the mines are a boon.

In other countries, such as the USA, strategically placed protected areas have proved successful in protecting vulnerable areas of seabed while boosting the breeding and growth rates of scallops.

A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of Shelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthanBreed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthanbreed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthanbreed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthanized.

How do you monitor a vulnerable shorebird species when its breeding areas are scattered across lands managed by a patchwork of state agencies, federal agencies, and non-profit conservation groups?

The rarity of the Swainson's warbler has long been attributed to its finicky preference for large areas of densely vegetated breeding habitat in the southeastern U.S. and wintering range in the Caribbean basin.

The research team watched for multiple attempts to breed and an inclination to stay in the nesting area year - round, and tracked what type of food was delivered to nestlings.

The presence of barred owls was associated with decreasing spotted owl survival rates in some study areas and spotted owls were disappearing from many of their historical breeding territories as those areas were invaded by barred owls.»

The 262,000 - hectare park, located in the easternmost portion of the country, encompasses all of the leopard's known breeding areas in Russia.

These DNA sequences are not present in the genomes of living Europeans or east Asians, suggesting that the ancestors of these people met and bred with a mystery hominin in south Asia or the Pacific region, who left their genetic legacy in the area's present - day populations.

Providing artificial breeding areas closer to the ocean to tempt the turtles away is another option, but the problem, Burke says, is that turtles are creatures of habit and it's really hard to change their minds.

«During some of the breeding seasons in all of these areas more than 2,000 birds are recorded to have been grounded in only 20 days (duration of the emancipation period),» Airam Rodríguez explains.

This study provides a blueprint for responsibly incorporating them into captive breeding programs, he says, or very carefully reintroducing them back to their area of origin.

Increasing efforts on the northern coasts of the islands and expanding marine - protected areas north to where the penguins are now feeding and breeding could support population growth, the study's authors said.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), panthers require large areas of contiguous habitat: Each breeding unit of one male and two to five females requires some 200 square miles of territory to thrive.

Researchers determined the whales» current population numbers by comparing photographic shots of humpbacks in their North Pacific feeding grounds (around the Pacific Rim from California to Kamchatka) to images taken of the whales in their southern, tropical breeding areas — some as far as 3000 miles away.

For a study forthcoming in The Condor: Ornithological Applications, authors David Nelson of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Todd Katzner of the U.S. Geological Survey (formerly West Virginia University), and colleagues traced individual eagles» movements through isotopes in their feathers to identify their breeding areas and to assess the population's migratory connectivity.