Sentences with phrase «found in tropical rainforest»

The ocean has biodiversity hotspots that rival the richness and variety of life found in tropical rainforests, according to a new study.

The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, with most of the species found in tropical rainforests.

The large Rajah Brooke Birdwing (Trogonoptera brookiana) is found in the tropical rainforests of Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra, and is related to its more well known counterpart, the Swallowtail.

Not exact matches

While our organization has branched out (pun intended) since its founding 30 years ago to protect temperate forests (such as those in the Appalachian mountains), and tropical forests in Africa and Asia, our first efforts were focused on the rainforests of Latin America, working with farmers and foresters there to improve their lives and livelihoods so they wouldn't have to clear trees to plant crops or sell timber.

Findings from the world's longest - running drought study in tropical rainforest show that it is breakages in the trees» water transport system that lead to their death — rather than starvation.

The findings underscore what a cadre of environmental and utility groups have been saying as they lobby for the inclusion of tropical rainforest offset funding in U.S. climate legislation.

Nineteenth century naturalist and adventurer Alfred Russel Wallace noted how hard it is to find two trees of the same species in a tropical rainforest.

The «very interesting findings suggest that edge effects are additive — in corners, two create more problems than one,» says William Laurance of the Biological Dynamics of Tropical Rainforest Fragments Project in Manaus.

Researchers found that fungi like this help to police diversity in tropical rainforests.

They've even been found living in leaf litter in tropical rainforests.

«In the long term, such wide - ranging disruptions could pose an important threat to tropical biodiversity, given the myriad ecological linkages among rainforest trees and their many dependent animal, plant and fungal species,» the researchers conclude in their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USIn the long term, such wide - ranging disruptions could pose an important threat to tropical biodiversity, given the myriad ecological linkages among rainforest trees and their many dependent animal, plant and fungal species,» the researchers conclude in their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USin their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USin the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

Other experts say the new findings point out the need to preserve species diversity in diverse communities, such as tropical rainforests.

«We have found ecologically sensitive regions with amplified responses to climate variability in the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforest, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, forests in South America, and eastern areas of Australia,» says Seddon.

«We find ecologically sensitive regions with amplified responses to climate variability in the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforest, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, the Caatinga deciduous forest in eastern South America, and eastern areas of Australia,» the researchers report.

A new study from a team of researchers at NIMBioS, Princeton Univ., and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, published in the journal Science, reveals striking new findings about the structure of tropical rainforests and how the trees in them interact with one another, suggesting important recommendations for how scientists study and model tropical rainTropical Research Institute, published in the journal Science, reveals striking new findings about the structure of tropical rainforests and how the trees in them interact with one another, suggesting important recommendations for how scientists study and model tropical raintropical rainforests and how the trees in them interact with one another, suggesting important recommendations for how scientists study and model tropical raintropical rainforests.

Tongkat Ali, a potent herb known botanically as Eurycoma Longifolia Jack, can be found in the highly lush and virgin tropical rainforests of Indonesia.

- Clear learning objectives and success criteria, with reference to the exam specification - Range of new information and learning tasks with supporting hyperlinked video clip to describe and explain the location of tropical rainforests and introduce climate and biodiversity found in this type of large ecosystem (biome).

Journey north from Rio along the Atlantic coast and through the country's interior to the tropical paradise found in French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana before turning south through unspoilt rainforest and end in the bustling metropolis of Manaus, overlooking the mighty Amazon river in the heart of Brazil.

In Makanda, guests can find a number of ways to keep comfortable: swimming in the infinity pool, walking through the trams of the rainforest, sipping a cool tropical drink in the jacuzzi or enjoying an exciting gourmet dish at the open air Sunspot restauranIn Makanda, guests can find a number of ways to keep comfortable: swimming in the infinity pool, walking through the trams of the rainforest, sipping a cool tropical drink in the jacuzzi or enjoying an exciting gourmet dish at the open air Sunspot restauranin the infinity pool, walking through the trams of the rainforest, sipping a cool tropical drink in the jacuzzi or enjoying an exciting gourmet dish at the open air Sunspot restauranin the jacuzzi or enjoying an exciting gourmet dish at the open air Sunspot restaurant.

Best of all, it is found smack dab in the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica at the Los Suenos Golf Course near the seaside city of Jaco.

Port Douglas is still the hot destination in Australia for big spenders... What ever you are after you will find your dream holiday in Tropical North Queensland: private charter boats, luxurious holiday houses, 5 star restaurants and bars without forgetting the Great Barrier Reef at your door step as well as the oldest rainforest in the world.

Airlie Beach is more than just an aquatic playground; nearby you'll find tropical rainforest and waterfalls in Conway National Park.

When provide a little information about the value of rainforest plants as medicine (Seventy percent of the plants identified as having anti-cancer characteristics by the US National Cancer Institute are found only in the tropical rainforest) the rainforests intrinsic value becomes evident and the problems associate with logging and slash and burn agriculture change from a mere statistic read in an article into a visible, experienced, real problem that requires immediate action.

Insects can be found in almost all terrestrial and freshwater habitats, from the driest deserts to freshwater ponds, from the canopy of a tropical rainforest (where their diversity is unbelievably great) to the arctic wastes.

1500: Research published in the journal Biotropica finds flooded grasslands and savannas in Latin America are disappearing nearly three times faster than tropical rainforests in the region.

But another scientist tells us the finding needs to be examined carefully, and it could be difficulties in taking measurements in tropical rainforests that are leading to the result.

Excluded from receiving carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol, the «reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation» (REDD) mechanism found new life in 2005 as a result of efforts by the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, a group of tropical countries that seek to be paid for the carbon stored in their forests.

When taking a birds - eye view of the three major tropical rainforests in the world, Southeast Asia's rainforests, and those found in Indonesia in particular, are ground zero for biodiversity loss, exploitation of forest peoples, and climate emissions from deforestation.

According to the the new map, the researchers found that the alpine regions worldwide, tropical rainforests, parts of the boreal forest belt and areas in the Arctic tundra are ecologically sensitive regions with heightened responses to climate change.

La Niña and El Niño may be major headaches, but their use here in defining how species find mature tropical rainforest useful is major.

Click image to enlarge Flooded grasslands and savannas in Latin America are disappearing nearly three times faster than tropical rainforests in the region, finds a new study published in the...

Eighty percent of the world's known terrestrial plant and animal species can be found in forests, and tropical rainforests are home to more species than any other terrestrial habitat.