Sentences with phrase «dense vegetation»

When researchers finally arrived, they found solitary animals, high up in the forest canopy, screened from the ground by dense vegetation, and seldom descending.

Approximately one - half the island is covered with dense vegetation.

They camouflage themselves in dense vegetation at the canopy of trees preventing easy discovery.

Examples include dog houses, pet shelters, crawl spaces, below decks, and beneath dense vegetation.

After passing this abandoned place, we will continue our hike; we will walk across dense vegetation having the feeling of walking through a rain forest!

During that period the park was unpopular with the general public, its dim lighting and dense vegetation limiting visibility and creating areas of isolation.

The long 10 km beach appears to be backed solely by dense vegetation and palm trees.

Its green roofs are packed with dense vegetation and the exterior walls are also covered in greenery.

The technique has transformed archaeology, giving scientists the ability to peer through dense vegetation and see long - hidden temples, boulevards, dikes and cityscapes — angular human - made structures that pop out of otherwise natural landscapes.

The Pallas long - tongues bats (Glossophaga soricina) are an important pollinator in Central and South America and belong to a group of bats that are often called «whispering bats» because many emit relatively quiet echolocation calls to forage within dense vegetation.

But anticrime initiatives for decades treated greenery mainly as a hazard, and advocated clearing dense vegetation to reduce hiding places as well as trimming trees to create clear lines of sight.

However, it has also been suggested that species characteristics are less important as determinants of plant establishment success than other factors such as seed availability or environmental characteristics, like dense vegetation.

«From the vegetation and other animal groups found at Shuitangba, we know that it was a swampy, shallow lake with quite dense vegetation,» said Dr. Su.

These structures are especially important in a crowded forest, allowing the pitcher plant to stand out among dense vegetation that otherwise masks the potential roost.

Gravel trails allow one to journey through the naturally dense vegetation.

Day 3 Visit Butrint, a UNESCO World Heritage site situated amongst dense vegetation.

The taller and denser vegetation uses up more carbon from the atmosphere, changes the amount and composition of forage for grazing animals, and also alters the partitioning and distribution of energy and heat at the land surface.

Travelers should by physically fit and prepared for a fast - paced expedition with early mornings to optimize wildlife viewing and hikes at times through dense vegetation or over steep terrain.

«We think the upper portion is used by peahens to locate peacocks in dense vegetation,» says Yorzinski.

Overlaying them is the pattern of termite mounds covered by dense vegetation, which is on the scale of tens of meters.

Outside, dense vegetation surrounds the pool deck, giving off an exclusive hideaway vibe, and a short walk brings visitors to the sandy Cheoc Van Beach.

Trend assessments based on C3S satellite soil moisture should be treated with caution owing to dataset properties changing over time, and the inability to observe beneath dense vegetation, for mountain areas, or frozen or snow - covered soils.

He found that male lions hunted in areas with denser vegetation, where the lines of sight were shorter, than the areas chosen by the females.

The island is also covered with a dense vegetation of shrubs, brambles, and poison ivy, which make access to and across the island extremely difficult.

That said, we also found that dense vegetation was the most important predictor of nest survival, so harvest practices that reduce density of young trees, such as pre-commercial thinning, could potentially be detrimental,» says Buckley Luepold.

According to the recent study, first authored by Vernasco, post-fledgling wood thrush survival is highest in small forest fragments, a result supported by previous work that found nestlings grow faster closer to forest edges, which were also found to have dense vegetation that protects fledglings from predators.

Its location in the heart of an anomalous tropical desert means that unlike in the Amazon or the jungles of Central America, the fossils are not covered by dense vegetation.

When Johnson and her students started to poke around through the dense vegetation swathing Mole Hill, the very texture of the volcanic rock appeared unusual.

For several days, the young hunters watched and waited in the dense vegetation around the village, calling to one another with bird cries and animal sounds.

«These mothers select the densest vegetation, especially when they're close to humans,» Steyaert says.

Patterson has studied lions in the woodlands of Tsavo in Kenya, and agrees that dense vegetation makes it harder for males to steal food.

It seems the males rely on dense vegetation to keep them hidden until they are right on top of their prey.

Loarie and his colleagues have studied lions» hunting in Kruger National Park in South Africa, which is a more typical African landscape than the Serengeti because it has a lot of dense vegetation and woodland.

«These mothers select the densest vegetation, especially when they're close to humans,» Steyaert said.

The spaniels are trained to look for a piece in a rugged land or covered by dense vegetation.

Occasionally we can see monkeys, river turtles, caimans and various birds in the dense vegetation of the riverbanks.

We will trek 5 km through the dense vegetation of the tropical rainforest.

Strategically located along the fertile bank of the Mekong River, the city is surrounded by dense vegetation and enriched with the natural fragrances of the native frangipani and coffee trees.

Once established, these plants will provide many services to wildlife: songbirds use its long leaves and large blooms for nesting material, large water birds eat the tender shoots and roots, snakes and amphibians find cover in the dense vegetation, and foxes slink through unseen to their watering holes.

Its structure is so nestled into the natural setting that it is barely visible from only a few meters away and sunlight drips slowly through the dense vegetation onto its facade.

Tucked within the dense vegetation along a dry river bed lies each luxury safari suite with a massive wooden sliding doors.

Anacapa's prolific and dense vegetation was once dominated by the showy giant coreopsis (Leptosyne gigantea) previously named Coreopsis gigantea, an erect, shrubby perennial with a stout, succulent trunk growing to some 8 ft (2 m) tall.

The volcano was dormant for hundreds of years and exhibited a single crater at its summit, with minor fumaroles activity, covered by dense vegetation.

It is a volcanic axial zone oriented generally in a northwest - southeast direction, essentially defined by several spatter cones and lava flows and predominantly covered by dense vegetation and pasture - lands.

The islands, which are part of 26 coral atolls reaching straight across to the equator, are sought after for their rich marine life, vibrant history, dense vegetation, and total relaxation opportunities.

This is an area of dense vegetation, huge ferns, tall trees, bamboo, streams and rivers.

There were gushing streams and waterfalls, dense vegetation and gnarly trees, unusual plants and colourful flowers, and at the top of the climb we were rewarded with some incredible mountain vistas.