Sentences with phrase «ecosystems of»

Gregg is currently engaged with national and international environmental policy, including the North America Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management, with a focus on the Conservation and Restoration of the Insular Ecosystems of Mexico, the United States of America and Canada.

The Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP) as well as the Snow Leopard Survival Strategy (2014) list illegal wildlife trade as one of the key threats facing this endangered cat and its prey species in the mountain ecosystems of its range 12 countries.

The illegal trade in snow leopard, its body parts, and derivatives, and its prey pose a serious threat to conservation of wildlife in the high altitude mountain ecosystems of Asia.

The attack by mountain pine beetles is posing a major threat to the forest ecosystems of the whitebark pine forests.

The snow leopard is a globally threatened large carnivore distributed over an area of c. 2 million km2 in the mountain ecosystems of 12 countries in South and Central Asia.

Green Belt Movement (GBM), since its inception in 1977 by Nobel Laureate Prof. Wangari Mathai, has worked with locals and Kenyan Defence Forces to plant over 51 million trees in Mount Kenya, Aberdare and Mau complex - three of five major mountain ecosystems of Kenya.

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and oceans at significantly higher rates, per unit area, than terrestrial forests (Figure 1).

He has studied and published on how avian and vegetation systems re-assemble after disturbances such as wildfire, wind - throw and ice storms, and after incidences of forest disease in Boreal ecosystems of North America.

The water is rich in minerals and chemicals that can nourish ecosystems of worms, clams, microbes and other organisms.

The ecosystems of our planet have surely been under unprecedented stress by these processes.

These tools will enable new, experimental approaches for studying animal - associated microbial communities as ecosystems of interacting colonized hosts, and colonizing microbes.

Microbiomes are ecosystems of one - celled organisms, such as bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, and plankton, as well as viruses.

«But it may also give us a greater understanding of the invisible ecosystems of microbial life that we know are all around us, but that we don't fully comprehend,» says Neal Grantham, a Ph.D. student in statistics at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

Hamilton et al. (2001) suggested that the marine ancestors of Inia, subsequent to their divergence from Pontoporia, invaded freshwater ecosystems of Amazonia during eustatic sea - level highs of the middle Miocene, and evolved freshwater habits prior to the subsequent drop in eustatic sea - level late in the Neogene.

While the new finding exposes the unexpected capability of a significant species in carbon cycling, the scientists say there is much more to the story since whole communities of microbes may interact together or live symbiotically in the microscopic ecosystems of the sea.

Understanding the snotworm's course through history, and the tracks it leaves, could reveal that the intricate whale - fall ecosystems of today look nearly identical to organic falls from a time when there were true dragons in the deep.

«As water holding hollows in large trees are essential for the survival of this unique species, the discovery also stress the need for conservation of large trees in the degraded forest ecosystems of the Western Ghats,» Kumar said.

The pine and spruce dominated forest ecosystem has many traits in common with the forested ecosystems of interior Alaska and Canada.

Dr. Paul Elkan, WCS Sudano - Sahel Region Director, who led the aerial survey team, said: «The global community must mobilize to secure the spectacular natural ecosystems of Northern CAR and its remaining critical wildlife populations.

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in the ecosystems of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau, researchers warn in the first comprehensive study to assess levels of certain organic pollutants in that part of the world.

The dramatic impact on ecosystems of losing top predators is well known.

The voracious bottom - feeders can strip entire river ecosystems of zooplankton, the basic food of native fish species — and now they seem poised to breach the Great Lakes ecosystem.

A study of California mussels, a key species in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the West Coast, indicates that the effects of ocean acidification will vary from place to place along the coast depending on a range of interacting factors.

A research led by the UAB demonstrates the importance of submarine groundwater discharge as a source of nutrients for the marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea.

Their decline will have a knock - on effect for the food webs of Norfolk's ecosystems of the Broads and the Coast.

«There are literally thousands of studies on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide on the ecosystems of plants,» Rillig says, «but this is really the first study that has shown there can be an effect on soil structure.»

Since 2010, Schein has led the Bighorn Basin Dinosaur Project expeditions to study the dinosaurs and ecosystems of northern Wyoming and southern Montana.

It will protect pink and grey river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis and Sotalia fluviatilis) and the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)-- all of which are of great importance to the aquatic ecosystems of the Amazon.

The hollow bones of pterosaurs are notoriously poorly preserved, and larger animals seem to be preferentially preserved in similarly aged Late Cretaceous ecosystems of North America.

Devoid of light but likely bursting with supersaturated oxygen and other gases, Vostok has long been speculated to be a potential habitat for unique ecosystems of extremophilic microbial life (and who knows what else).

The unique ecosystems of Cuatro Cienegas may yield insights into what sparked the Cambrian transition, a pivotal time about 540 million years ago when simple, single - celled life developed into a wide variety of multicellular forms.

Iran has many hot spots where the needs of a burgeoning population are taking a toll on the fragile ecosystems of this vast, water - poor country.

A recent scientific paper looking at Latin America lists «similar patterns of ecosystem recovery following rural - urban migration» in Patagonia, northwest Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras and the montane deserts and Andean tundra ecosystems of Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

Says Dr Jonah Choiniere, co-author and Senior Researcher in Dinosaur Palaeobiology at the ESI at Wits University: «This new animal shines a spotlight on southern Africa and shows us just how much more we have to learn about the ecosystems of the past, even here in our own «backyard».

As a result of this scouting expedition, Mass Audubon and the fledgling company Nomadic Expeditions offers the first broad - based natural history tours to sample the major ecosystems of Mongolia.

As ecosystems of the human environment change during development, pregnancy, or with changing diets, which bacterial species remain or how these microbial species function may shift is slowly becoming understood.

Purchasing a CSA share at Drumlin Farm not only supports our farming program, but also Mass Audubon's overall mission to protect the biodiversity and ecosystems of Massachusetts.

Moreover, agricultural intensification has had major detrimental impacts on the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world.

The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve is a hidden gem that offers a fascinating glimpse into the history and ecosystems of the area.

In the emerging social ecosystems of today, businesses will need to become integral members with their role in the social ecosystem being redefined by the social buyers they interact with.

The ecosystems of tropical forests possess an enormously complex biodiversity which is almost impossible to appreciate fully, yet when these forests are burned down or levelled for purposes of cultivation, within the space of a few years countless species are lost and the areas frequently become arid wastelands.

While Canada's technology ecosystems of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec demonstrate fairly robust access to talent, capital and markets, not all provincial regions are at the same point of maturity.

It would bring the risk of both pipeline ruptures and tanker spills to the extraordinary environment and rich ecosystems of the Great Bear Rainforest.

Perhaps this spirit of collaboration, initiated by a corporate bid, will turn out to be the start of the supportive network needed to build the entrepreneurial ecosystems of the future.

But in fact, these are ecosystems of people who ultimately came together to build all of the piece parts.»

Yet it would be, because it would unify currently disparate ecosystems of content under one interface.

The founder of Beacon explains how he's capitalizing on the vibrant VC and tech ecosystems of NYC and Boston.

Perhaps even more importantly, entire ecosystems of applications allow proprietors to build custom solutions for any scale or scope of activity.

«There are two ecosystems of online consumers out there right now: the one composed of people who block intrusive ads and the other where people do not.

«Generally, when you are the basis for a platform, you don't want to scare away investment in your platform developers by competing with them... There is a vibrant ecosystem of game developers, headed by Zynga, who do a good job making successful social games already, and Facebook gets a cut of what those developers make, so there is currently no need for Facebook to step in and make games itself, either strategically or monetarily,» Hoskins recently explained via Quora.