Sentences with phrase «habitat conditions for»

«The research will certainly aid with wind power site guidelines and with the development of mitigation strategies to enhance habitat conditions for the greater prairie chicken.»

The team is conducting follow - up studies to test mitigation strategies that may improve habitat conditions for prairie chickens.

Not exact matches

The purpose of the watering was to contribute to environmental outcomes such as supporting the condition of floodplain trees, understorey vegetation and submerged plant communities and to provide habitat for bird and frog species.

In addition to the volume released from Hume Dam, return flows and the Commonwealth's 151 GL of held South Australian allocation were delivered directly to the South Australian border to meet environmental demands in the Lower River Murray, particularly for maintaining connectivity between the Lower Lakes and Coorong, and provide suitable habitat conditions (both salinity and water levels) in the Coorong for estuarine fish and vegetation species.

In addition to this volume released from Hume Dam and the volume approved for the Coorong, return flows and the Commonwealth's 134 GL of held South Australian allocation were delivered directly to the South Australian border for meeting environmental demands in the Lower River Murray, particularly for maintaining connectivity between the Lower Lakes Coorong and providing suitable habitat conditions (salinity and water levels) in the Coorong for estuarine fish and vegetation species.

improve the diversity and condition of native fish, frog and waterbird populations through maintaining suitable aquatic habitat and providing opportunities for breeding and recruitment.

A total of 367 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was released from Hume Dam to support in - channel, wetland and low elevation floodplain habitat throughout the River Murray for improving the condition, movement and recruitment of native fish — both silver (critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and golden perch were detected spawning in the Mid Murray in response to flow variability; improve riparian and wetland vegetation condition; and contribute to the managed export of salt from the River Murray system.

In particular, the delivery of additional environmental water is expected to support on - going improvement in the condition and extent of the aquatic herb known as Ruppia tuberose which provides critical habitat for fish and invertebrate species in the Coorong Southern Lagoon.

Reasons for the higher number and species diversity of birds and bird territories on organic farms include better breeding habitats and better food conditions.

Semi-natural habitats and field margins are also essential for the survival of many invertebrates, especially due to favourable food and over wintering conditions.

Choice chambers are an investigative method used to study animal behaviour and to determine the favoured conditions for a habitat.

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By combining groups of native plants that are uniquely suited to specific habitats, they will reveal their extraordinary ability to control storm water, moderate drought conditions, and serve as food and shelter for native wildlife.

And the return to ocean conditions last seen in the Ediacaran period more than 540 million years ago — when jellies last ruled the seas — has been a boon for certain fishes in habitats like the Benguela Current in the South Atlantic off Namibia in Africa, where jellyfish - eating gobies have replaced sardines in the food chain.

As Wray explains, habitats for many extinct creatures are gone or conditions are perilous.

«This diverse range of habitat provides excellent conditions for native sweat bees,» explains Professor Robert Paxton from the Institute of Biology at MLU, where Paxton and PhD student Patricia Landaverde - González have studied 37 sites on Yucatán.

Spawning habitat seems to be optimal in parts of the Frank Church Wilderness, and if these conditions can be described and quantified, they might be offered as a prescription for ailing salmon elsewhere.

They examined light adaptation mechanisms of visible - and IR - radiation - using phototrophs required for adapting to land habitats and found out that IR - using phototrophs struggle to adapt to changing light condition at the boundary of water and land surface.

Changing environmental conditions open unprecedented opportunities for industrial development that has the potential to compromise wildlife habitat.

Thanks to global warming, waterways that make up important habitat for fish are likely to experience an increased frequency of such extreme conditions.

This has prolonged the growing season and opened up new habitats for species adapted to warmer conditions, Smol says.

Then, comparing the environmental conditions such as climate, vegetation and human impact at these locations to sites across tropical Africa where there was an absence of apes, the researchers were able to more precisely calculate the «suitable environmental conditions» — or habitat — necessary for apes to live.

«Aardvarks» fate points to worrying consequences for wildlife, due to climate change: Hot, dry conditions that are expected to become the new normal in this elusive African mammal's habitat, my prove disastrous..»

Great - ape watchers may have become accustomed to reading about habitat loss and population declines, and indeed, researchers have previously engaged in a range of site - specific efforts and landscape surveys aimed at assessing the decline of suitable environmental conditions for African great apes.

The results of the study show that tetrapod diversity decreased after the rainforest collapse and the onset of drier conditions, largely due to the reduction in suitable habitats for amphibians which needed wet environments to survive.

«Because climate change affects some environmental factors like precipitation and temperature but not others like day length, phenotypic plasticity could allow some species to persist in a habitat despite changing conditions and provide more time for them to evolve and migrate,» says co-author Zachariah Gezon, a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth.

We predict we'll lose a lot of habitat [to climate change], and so while conditions are favorable, let's get wolverines into a habitat that will be good for the foreseeable future.

Cassini has revealed never - before - seen events that are changing our understanding of how planetary systems form and what conditions might lead to habitats for life.

The data for this report comes from over one hundred committed volunteers who participate in the Xerces Society's annual Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count, by monitoring the butterflies» population size and habitat condition each fall around the Thanksgiving holiday.

Assisted adaptation — often defined as management to assist gene flow or selection for specific genetic traits — may be a more useful tool than assisted migration whereby a species is deliberately moved to a different habitat; carefully consider implications of either action Identify potential climate refugia to focus restoration efforts Plant a mix of seeds genetically selected and adapted to likely future and current conditions (McLachlan et al. 2007; McKenney et al. 2009; Aitken and Whitlock 2013; Alfaro et al. 2014)

In particular, extreme weather events that lead to habitat destruction and large wildfires provide ideal conditions for invasive predators like feral cats and red foxes to move in and decimate native fauna.

«There have been a lot of recent changes — the advent of agriculture, shifts in diet, new habitats, climatic conditions — over the past 10,000 years, and we're using these data to look for those signals of very recent adaptation.»

HBOI researchers and colleagues collected more than 1,500 video - polarimetry measurements from live fish from distinct habitats under a variety of viewing conditions, and have revealed for the first time that fish have an «omnidirectional» solution they use to camouflage themselves, demonstrating a new form of camouflage in nature — light polarization matching.

(3) the veterinarian is sufficiently acquainted with an animal being treated, whether through examination of the animal or timely visits to the animal's habitat for purposes of assessing the condition in which the animal is kept, to be capable of making a preliminary or general diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal being treated; and

The Environmental Conditions which make Belize an Angler's Paradise: Belize has a unique combination of environmental factors which create the ideal habitat for a myriad of saltwater game fish.

Middle East's fully air - conditioned natural dolphin's habitat Dubai Dolphinarium makes it irresistible for tourists to visit and see the acrobatics of seal and dolphins.

High humidity, less rain, and low lying clouds contribute to the fog - like conditions in Costa Rica's Escallonia cloud forest, which is a natural habitat for orchids, ferns, and many species of tropical hummingbirds.

In conjunction with this live performance, a collection of architectural models designed for the moon in collaboration with a number of architects will be on view at APF LAB, presenting various possible spaces to build and inhabit in the future, while offering a realistic scheme that seeks to fit the context and conditions offered by the moon as a habitat.

«From transforming conditions for low - wage workers to identifying internet security vulnerabilities, from celebrating the African American string band tradition to designing resilient urban habitats, these new MacArthur Fellows bring their exceptional creativity to diverse people, places, and social challenges.

Many corals are unlikely to adapt; the selection we should see most will be for variants among species that tolerate the stresses better than those that may have been better competitors and dominant (and providing the most habitat) under recent conditions.

What it means In summing up the implications of their findings, the Portuguese scientists say that they further support the fact that «there is no evidence of CO2 - related mortalities of juvenile or adult bivalves in natural habitats, even under conditions that far exceed the worst - case scenarios for future ocean acidification (Tunnicliffe et al., 2009).»

In summing up the implications of their findings, the Portuguese scientists say that they further support the fact that «there is no evidence of CO2 - related mortalities of juvenile or adult bivalves in natural habitats, even under conditions that far exceed the worst - case scenarios for future ocean acidification (Tunnicliffe et al., 2009).»

They then looked at the challenges that warmer oceans delivered for crustaceans, molluscs, sponges, deep sea invertebrates, the warm and cold water corals that provide habitat for one - fourth of the ocean's variety, the pelagic or surface - swimming fish, and the demersal or deep - sea denizens that live longer, reproduce more slowly and are thus less likely to evolve and adapt to changing conditions.

Increased abundances of invasive species: As climate change alters water temperatures, habitat, and fish communities, conditions that once were barriers to alien species become conduits for establishment and spread.91 This migration will alter drastically the fish communities of the Great Lakes basin.

Altered fish communities: Warmer lakes and streams will certainly provide more habitat for warmwater species as conditions in northern reaches of the basin become more suitable for warmwater fish and as lakes and streams are vacated by cool - and coldwater species.91 Habitat for coldwater fish, though not expected to disappear, will shrink substantially, though it could also expand in some areas, such as Lake Superior.

(E) establishes methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to assist fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated ecological processes in becoming more resilient, adapt to, and better withstand the impacts of climate changes and ocean acidification and for updating those strategies and actions to respond appropriately to new information or changing conditions;

These increases in runoff would likely improve conditions for water - dependent natural resources, such as cienegas, riparian areas, and aquatic habitats, which are vulnerable to low flows that are experienced seasonally, especially in summer months, and also during droughts [5]--[7].

Picture a habitat for hundreds of species of plants and animals, instead of an overheated platform for an air - conditioning unit.

The length of the growing season in interior Alaska has increased 45 % over the last century7 and that trend is projected to continue.8 This could improve conditions for agriculture where moisture is adequate, but will reduce water storage and increase the risks of more extensive wildfire and insect outbreaks across much of Alaska.9, 10 Changes in dates of snowmelt and freeze - up would influence seasonal migration of birds and other animals, increase the likelihood and rate of northerly range expansion of native and non-native species, alter the habitats of both ecologically important and endangered species, and affect ocean currents.11

In addition to the correct climate conditions, the birds still need everything else that creates the appropriate habitat, including the right food sources, proper trees for nesting, and safety from predators.