Sentences with phrase «grassland areas»

Accordingly, the authors of the ICRAF study recommend that conversion should be limited to shrub and grassland areas where aboveground carbon stock is less than 40 tons per hectare.

The reserve's remarkable biodiversity includes one of the last remaining montane grassland areas in the province... more information

Preventing the clearing of forest area for perennial bioenergy cropping was also taken as one reason for the aggressive adoption of this solution in the degraded grassland area.

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The area is now part of the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge.

The area of grassland has shrunk since the mid-seventies, as overgrazing converts it into desert.

Timmermans, B.G.H. and Eekeren, N. van (2014) Organically grown grassclover in nature areas to remove soil phosphate for development of specious rich grasslands.

Timmermans, B.G.H. and Eekeren, N. van (2014) Organic farmers grow grassclover in nature areas to remove soil phosphate for development of specious rich grasslands.

Picture perfect English villages, quirky cosy cottages with thatched roofs, luscious green grasslands and virgin beech woods — it's no surprise that The Cotswolds is considered one of the Areas...

Keeping native vegetation such as natural forests or grasslands as fragments within production areas or along streams and rivers can make a lot of difference for conservation.

Daterra was kind enough to send me a short list of more typical grassland species found on their protected areas.

Known for its mild, coastal climate, pristine coastal grassland, and fresh marine air — with virtually no pollution from traffic or factories — the area is a quiet escape from city life.

«Until now, we can not predict downstream effects of current grassland management, although continuous grassland burning in protected areas might become a possible threat to rare hispid hares,» says Khadka.

By the late 19th century, elephants in the area had been hunted away, causing grasslands to become overgrown woodlands and the number of ungulate prey to decline.

Half the world's tropical rainforests are gone, and large areas of grasslands once open to wildlife are now fenced in for livestock

Scientists previously thought that long - term drying of the climate contributed to the growth of grasslands in the area and the rise of large herbivores, which in turn may have shaped how humans developed.

It is also clear that ecological tipping points can be crossed if we push this process too far, with potentially irreversible consequences as overgrazed grassland tips into desert, or as degraded tropical forest dries out and burns over vast areas of Indonesia and Brazil.

Okin is now studying how winds scour nutrients from grassy areas and deposit them around shrubs, gradually killing off the grass and changing the desert from grassland to shrubland.

Here, in preparation for cattle grazing every spring, dried grass on the caldera is burnt, maintaining the area as a grassland.

As they report in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters, since 1950 the baseline stream flow — the amount coming from groundwater, not over the surface from rainfall — has doubled in areas where the trees have replaced the formerly degraded grasslands.

On a larger scale, communities and even corporations are doing their part to create areas of restored prairies which in turn will store organic carbon in the soil and help maintain the biodiversity of 3000 plus species that count on the grasslands for food and shelter.

Since grasslands cover 30 to 40 percent of Earth's land area, Reich says it's important to learn how they could store carbon in the future.

The results suggest that climate change will convert much of the area currently occupied by temperate grasslands and deserts to subtropical vegetation with effects on associated wildlife and human populations.

Grasslands and semi-arid regions are not nearly as carbon dense as forests, so on a global scale, loss of carbon storage in those areas because of expanding energy development doesn't have much of an effect on global climate change, said

A team of more than 30 trained researchers and park officials looked for signs of bears in a variety of habitats in the Machu Picchu protected area, ranging from Andean rainforest to montane grasslands.

Many plant species that used to cover large areas of the grasslands are now threatened.

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Had there been no Green Revolution, ecologists such as Jesse Ausubel, director of Rockefeller University's Program for the Human Environment, calculate that the world would have needed to cultivate an extra area of land almost twice that of South America, taking the needed farming land from forests and grasslands.

From high mountains grasslands and rivers to its marine area, Andros, the northernmost island of the Cyclades, is home to a rich and varied biodiversity — but much of its flora and fauna is threatened, especially the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), one of the world's most endangered marine mammals.

In other areas, the coarse resolution of the input data used to determine land availability meant that some forested areas had been misidentified as grassland or cropland.

The researchers noted that the area was largely forested up until the 1960s, when the trees and grasslands were cleared for farming.

area of grassland next to a river or stream, intentionally flooded to maintain fertility and dissipate floodwaters.

In the U.S., a large area of the West is grassland that can only be used to feed animals.

Certain areas of the garden mimic moist marshy environments allowing marshmallow and calamus to thrive, while other areas mimic sunlit grassland conditions allowing echinacea and yarrow to grow.

I also like the fact that the adventure takes place not in Mushroom Kingdom, I haven't seen enough to say there are brand - new areas instead / apart from the usual desert, grasslands, etc. but I really hope there are, because seeing the same types of areas in every mario game starts getting old.

We all know that our dogs like to sniff in brushy grasslands and stalk woodpiles — and those areas are perfect for a skunk family to hide away from predators.

The feral cat most show in wide urban areas and grasslands.

Bill Merkle, a wildlife ecologist for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, notes that mission blues are closely tied to the coastal grassland habitat, which used to be well - distributed throughout the Bay Area.

One of the first invertebrates to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, this quarter - sized butterfly is an important resident of area grasslands.

This is perfect viewing territory for the big 5, the symbols of Africa, and on the Lowveld area of the province, there are vast plains of grassland, populated with curious looking baobab trees, which seem to have been planted upside down.

Dense wooded areas give way to open native grassland and wetland areas where it's not uncommon to spot wildlife during your round.

Criterion (vii): The Kenya Lake System presents an exceptional range of geological and biological processes of exceptional natural beauty, including falls, geysers, hot springs, open waters and marshes, forests and open grasslands concentrated in a relatively small area and set among the landscape backdrop of the Great Rift Valley.

Birch tree forests are plentiful in this area along with the unmistakable Mongolian grasslands.

Famous for its sandstone formations that change as the sun waxes and wanes, the Golden Gate National Park is awash with gullies, wooded ravines and grasslands, its sandstone rocks once home to the San who have left their paintings in the numerous caves of the area.

The remaining area consists of broadleaf forest (36 %), grasslands (3.4 %), wetlands (0.6 %), and roads and rivers (10.9 %).

Historic Wilpena Station and the Old Blinman Road, which is the protected area of porcupine grasslands, the natural habitat of Red Kangaroos.

The main habitats include thornveld and bushveld on the low - lying areas, and montane grassland on hillsides and plateaus with protea... more information

This is thanks to the life which the sheep lead, living on the open grasslands in the hills, drinking glacial water and enjoying the wild plants and berries which grow in these areas.

The whole area is rich with bushveld, mountains, grasslands, dams, and rivers, providing endless opportunities for «second to none» game viewing in Kruger (guided or self - drive), tiger fishing in the Nkomazi river, and even elephant or horse back and micro-light safaris!

There are 17 miles of paths across the 600 - acre site, which is divided into three main areas: the Old Arboretum, the ancient woodland of Silk Wood, and the Downs grassland.

Being the ninth largest country in the world, Kazakhstan has an area greater than the whole of Western Europe, with beautiful landscapes ranging from deserts and grasslands to spectacular mountain ranges.