Sentences with phrase «grasslands which»

St Bees Island is within the Cumberland Island Group, and is a quiet volcanic isle fringed with reefs, rainforests, eucalypt woodlands, and dense grasslands which is accessible from Mackay by private transfer.

The bedroom features a balcony overlooking grasslands which are teaming with wildlife.

Mpumalanga, bordered by Mozambique and Swaziland, is set mainly on high grasslands which appear to roll indefinitely in an easterly direction.

Mpumalanga is often referred to as the «adventure capital» of South Africa, and it is not hard to imagine that this paradise of lowveld, spectacular mountains, valleys, rivers, waterfalls and forests, set on the eastern borders of the country and including a portion of the Kruger National Park, serves as one of the Big 5 experiences of the world and a riveting outdoor activity experience... Mpumalanga, bordered by Mozambique and Swaziland, is set mainly on high grasslands which appear to roll indefinitely in an easterly direction.

However, as Bilgee demonstrates, wolves are a critical link in the delicate chain that preserves the grasslands which are vital to feeding the livestock upon which the rest of China depends.

Pasture - based cattle operations also decrease soil erosion and improve soil fertility and water quality by maintaining grasslands which protect soils from water and wind erosion.

The tour continues south along the peninsula to the lagoon of Boca Paila where we turn inland and enter the narrow 11 km natural canal which traverses the expansive mangrove swamp and savanna grassland which comprise much of the center of Sian Ka'an.

Not exact matches

To this end, the soil — from which our nourishment comes — must be carefully husbanded by the use of the many techniques now well understood by scientific farmers, such as proper drainage and irrigation, contour plowing, crop rotation, fertilization, and preservation of forests and grassland.

The advantages of grassland - based animal production without concentrated feed are that pastures, which can not be used for arable crops, are used for food production.

Milk suppliers in Kerry and Limerick facilitated on farm visits which provided the students with an excellent overview of grassland management techniques and training on grass measurement.

With regard to pollinators, which greatly benefit from a richness of flowers, the fact that flowering weeds are more diverse and more abundant in organic arable fields and in organic grassland compared to conventional fields, where only few species and numbers were found, is particularly important.

This includes consideration of the value of open lands for grassland and shrubland - dependent wildlife, many of which are in decline in the state and are of high conservation concern.

One was surplus marginal grassland on the school site, the sale of which allowed investment in the school library and sports changing facilities.

The de Blasio administration has selected three private developers for the buildings, which will be erected in parking lots and grasslands of existing housing projects.

The Amazon basin, which consists of grasslands, evergreen forest, and deciduous forest where trees lose their leaves annually, has a wet season and a dry season.

But moves towards more traditional farming methods, particularly in the Inner Hebrides, have encouraged the growth of rough grassland, which is rich in insects, providing a feast for the choughs.

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.

In the short term, it seems to stimulate flower production, which is why many collectors burn the grasslands, but in the long term, park officials believe it may be depleting the seed bank.

«You can look at... the transition of pasture grassland to forests,» he says, habitats which determine the range of deer.

One of the most important exoplanetary biosignatures is a specific reflection pattern on the land surface named «red - edge», which is caused by vegetation such as forests and grasslands.

Unlike the most other members of the cordylid family which live in rocky crevices, the Sungazer is a grassland specialist and lives in self - excavated burrows.

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.

Increasing demand for corn, wheat, soybeans, sugar, vegetable oil and cassava competes for limited acres of farmland, at least until farmers have had time to plow up more forest and grassland, which means that tightness in one crop market translates to tightness in others.

To plant the corn or sugarcane or soybeans from which biodiesel and bioethanol are made, farmers would first need to clear forests and grasslands.

«Grasses don't fare as well as shrubs, which is really important to know because cattle ranchers depend on grasslands to graze their herds.

During the last ice age (which peaked about 21,000 years ago), he suggested, most of the forest became arid grassland.

Researchers measured the rate at which soil absorbed water on grasslands with active pika colonies and in places where pikas had been exterminated for more than 2 years.

«Based on our results it looks increasingly like sites which were predominantly heathland but are now a combination of heathland, grassland and woodland probably provide a better landscape for pollinators than a landscape with just one habitat type,» she explains.

The authors found that one single linear relationship can be used to scale SIF to GPP across different vegetation types such as crops, forests and grasslands, which contradicts previous findings obtained with low - resolution data.

Elephants have such an aversion to the ants that they will avoid eating the acacia, which helps prevent the woody savanna from becoming a grassland.

This coincides with hunters using fires to herd animals and stimulate the regrowth of grasslands on which they fed.

But when Cease and her colleagues started investigating the dominant locust in north Asian grasslands, they were surprised to learn that individual insects grow more poorly on fertilized grass, which is high in nitrogen.

That changed with the Pierre Auger Observatory, which is spread across 3000 square kilometres of Argentinian grassland.

Five of the six infected ticks in Richmond Park were found in bordering woodland, and one in open grassland, which are the types of vegetation most frequented by the public.

The study was carried out at 60 different sites of alpine grassland on the Tibetan Plateau in China which was chosen for its extensive variation in climate across sites.

Miller and his students, Ben Seitz and Cody Polack, replicated a previous experiment by having research subjects rate the relevance of words (e.g. rock, apple, ball, stick) in regards to a survival scenario on the ancient grasslands of Africa, and then tested them to see which words they could recall.

Revive & Restore plays a role in this story, introducing George Church to the extraordinary Russian scientist Sergey Zimov, who has started a project in northern Siberia called «Pleistocene Park,» which is using wild grazing animals to generate climate - stabilizing grasslands.

«Namibia is under invasion by multiplying armies of thorny trees and bushes, which are spreading across its landscape and smothering its grasslands.

Although WUE was positively correlated with CUE, NPP, and LAI, average baseline WUE was highest in grassland systems, which also had lower rates of mean annual NPP, precipitation, and LAI.

On the other hand, the grasslands and pastures that grass - fed cows live on «can sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,» says a Beef Association report, «which can help to mitigate global climate change.»

I think I share the excitement of many in the community in seeing the Ombre Grasslands Skirt ($ 118), which is a reissue of a classic Anthropologie design in blue.

Bitterly disputed over two centuries, Texas is a cauldron in which Anglo, Native - American, African - American and Hispanic townsfolk debate the conflicting patrimony of these dry and dusty grasslands.

The terrain ranges from lush woodlands, idyllic grasslands and scenic snowy peaks which offer some of the best scenery in gaming today.

It's made up of a patchwork of woodland, marshland, grassland and reservoirs, which during the course of the year are sanctuary for over 160 types of birds.

Contrary to popular opinion, Africans value the wildlife, which cohabit their plains and grasslands.

Due to its grasslands, alpine heathlands (shrubby habitats), and temperate rainforests, many varieties of vegetation can be found including the Huon Pine, which is believed to be one of the tallest and oldest trees in the world.

In Haruf's hands, the flat and seemingly unexceptional lives of his characters are, like the furrowed grasslands in which they live, transformed into something wondrous.

It is excellent to know about the grassland in which you are functioning to enhance your performance.

This Acana Grasslands Regional Kentucky formula informs the 11 essential amino - acid in the guaranteed analysis, which is excellent.

Regionals comes in four flavors, Grasslands, Meadowland, Wild Atlantic, and Appalachian Ranch, which are made with «ranch - raised meats, free - run poultry and eggs, wild - caught fish and sun - ripened vegetables, fruits and botanicals» to give your dog a high protein, nutritious meal that satiates that craving for real, fresh food that our animals want.