Sentences with phrase «forest ecosystem»

Now the researchers say that forest recovery after disturbance is likely to be a big issue, especially how much carbon will return back to forest ecosystem due to the regrowth.

Old trees are critical to forest ecosystem health, including after they topple, when they provide grub habitat and replenish the soil.

A project of the Ithaca - based Tropical Forestry Initiative aims to restore a tropical rain forest ecosystem that had been clear - cut over 50 years ago in Costa - Rica.

:: Restoration Of A Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Successful On Small - scale.

Seattle's urban forest sequesters only 2 % of the City's annual emissions (Green Cities Research Alliance report, «Seattle's Forest Ecosystem Values»).

Net primary production (the amount of carbon converted to plant biomass) is far less than what would be absorbed from a natural forest ecosystem, and the carbon does not remain in the system very long.

The tropical forest ecosystem is home to nearly half of Africa's mammal species, including the pygmy hippopotamus, Liberian mongoose and West Africa's largest forest elephant population.

Wildfires, massive forest fires that burn across thousands of square miles, are a natural part of the forest ecosystem but when they spread across farmland, into towns and cities, or over major roads, they can have a serious physical and financial impact.

About half of the island's 400 acres will be set aside for open spaces, including an urban farm to supply organic local food to the residents, constructed wetlands to purify storm water runoff, and a restored natural forest ecosystem.

This analytical document assesses how deforestation affects the economy of the United Republic of Tanzania, both by looking at the limited ecosystem goods and services currently reflected in GDP and by looking at the effects on the economy if the full suite of forest ecosystem services are taken into account.

Typically, large wildfires burn on the southern fringe of the taiga, a dense forest ecosystem also known as the boreal forest, but this year's fires are burning in a more central portion of the taiga.

Methodology to determine the national value of forest ecosystem services and an experimental ecosystems accounts mechanism for forests developed (led by UNEP).

Combating deforestation, protecting the Amazon — the world most biologically diverse forest ecosystem — and providing locals with healthy forests to provide fresh water should be a priority not only in Rio, but throughout Brazil.

Models also suggest that feedback cycles could afflict both the tundra — where scientists fear a massive carbon release — and the Amazon forest ecosystem, which could rapidly dry up, McCarthy noted.

Such massive industrialization of the landscape is destroying wildlife habitat, upsetting natural ecological and hydrological processes, and threatening numerous herds of Canada's threatened woodland caribou and the health of the forest ecosystem.

It stops up headwater streams, literally the wellspring for the forest ecosystem and the point of origin for entire watersheds.

An important aspect which has not yet received as much attention as the forest is the water, which is part of the forest ecosystem (Sonwa et al 2012b), and the mangroves, which is not yet in the priority agenda of COMIFAC.

This research will fuel the development of a first - of - its - kind tropical forest ecosystem model that extends from the bedrock to the top of the forest canopy.

My mother was in Yaoundé in her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem.

In partnership with CA Indosuez Wealth Management the Project is being implemented in Chania Watershed in Aberdares for communities living and depending on this key forest ecosystem.

Tribes in Suriname, Brazil, and Colombia are combining their traditional knowledge of the rainforest with Western technology to conserve forests and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions, which include profound knowledge of the forest ecosystem and medicinal plants.

Information about the «wild lands / bio diversity» bill HR 652 — To make the Wildlands Project into official government policy — the politically correct name is National Forest Ecosystem Protection Program.

Respiration from a tropical forest ecosystem: Partitioning of sources and low carbon use efficiency.

The site visit to the Aberdares Forest Ecosystem, Kereita Forest Block was to discuss and observe forests, water catchment management issues and other interventions within the ecosystem in Lari division, Kiambu District, Central Province, Kenya.

Canada's vast boreal forest is the world's largest intact forest ecosystem.

The Climate Analysis and Monitoring theme updates the database with non real - time data on a semi-monthly or as - available basis to bring in observations from BC Hydro, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development's Forest Ecosystem Research network and Environment and Climate Change Canada's data that are not available from the near real - time feed.

forest an ecosystem in which the dominant plants are trees; woodlands are distinguished from forests by their lower density of trees

This technical document presents a systematic overview of current European forest ecosystem and its interaction with climate change impact through a new geo - climatic lens.

Currently, he is conducting a set of soil - warming experiments at the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts, to quantify forest ecosystem feedbacks to the atmosphere in response to chronic soil temperature increases.

Finally, if the forest ecosystem was rich and valuable, as for example a wetland forest, its wildlife may be lost forever.

Removing the carbon - storing forest ecosystem to get at the tar sands will be even more detrimental to carbon emissions levels.

For thousands of years the people of the area managed to live in harmony with these ancient trees, understanding the importance of their unique forest ecosystem.

Frogs, for example, are a critical part of the forest ecosystem, living with salamanders and other amphibians in vernal pools.

March 18th: from 2pm - 3:30 pm A Help the Kelp Panel Discussion on the health of the Mendocino kelp forest ecosystem.

SAS Travel provides Ecotourism at its best, working with people from the region to improve their lives, conserving the environment and preserving the rain forest ecosystem of Manu national park and the amazon for the future generations.

Learn about our unique redwood forest ecosystem and the amazing array of wildlife and spectacular scenery that can only be accessed by mountain bike.

Predation on kelp - eating species such as sea urchins helps to maintain a balance in the kelp forest ecosystem, providing a more stable habitat for other species that rely on the kelp for food and shelter.

Channel Islands National Park's Kelp Forest Monitoring Program documents such changes as as it monitors the health of the kelp forest ecosystem, including over 70 different groups of kelp forest species.

The architecture of a kelp forest ecosystem is based on its physical structure, which influences the associated species that define its community structure.

Marvel at the lush foliage of giant ferns, palms, and towering trees; glimpse electric - blue Ulysses butterflies; and listen to the calls of cockatoos as a local guide introduces us to this remarkable rain forest ecosystem.

Zip line canopy tours offer a unique perspective of the rain forest ecosystem.

I have already been requested by several African Heads of States to serve as goodwill ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem.

Putting a «price» on natural assets — recognizing the environmental, economic, and social values of forest ecosystem services — is one way to promote conservation and more responsible decisionmaking.

Pure Encapsulations açai berry is harvested by hand in order to preserve the integrity of the palm tree and the delicate rain forest ecosystem.

The careful records Lim keeps on bats can also give a picture, or indication, of the health of the overall forest ecosystem.

Anthropogenic alterations of genetic diversity within tree populations: implications for forest ecosystem resilience.

Ph.D. with Dr. Stith T. Gower (Forest Ecosystem Ecology): «Carbon Dynamics of a Boreal Black Spruce Fire Chronosequence».

Microbial and organic matter patterns in a prescribed burned and thinned managed forest ecosystem — Dessy A. Owiti, Ecosphere

«A microbiome is the microbial version of a forest ecosystem.

So a microbiome is the microbial version of that forest ecosystem.