Sentences with phrase «habitat use»

Figure 1 shows how a student tracked her progress on the topic of habitats using her scores on four different assessments.

Help your toddler build an animal habitat using his blocks.

A critical review of habitat use by feral cats and key directions for future research and management

The intersection of her research on habitat use by migratory birds and her love of coffee prompted her to explore coffee sustainability issues.

Jodice is launching a new study of brown pelican movement and patterns of habitat use in the Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management South Atlantic Planning Area (SAPA).

Instead of reducing the number of species, oil palm affects amphibian communities by replacing habitat suitable for threatened species with habitat used by amphibian species that are not important for conservation.

Now, researchers behind a new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications have created a model of Whooping Crane habitat use with the potential to greatly improve the targeting of conservation efforts during their migration.

The On - Site Habitat Competition (Level 2) challenges competitors to fabricate full - scale habitats using indigenous materials or indigenous materials combined with recyclables.

These ecosystems have a great ecological and social value thanks to their biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide: creation of habitats used as breeding, feeding and refuge areas for lots of species which have a commercial interest.

«Research on Whooping Crane habitat use throughout the migration corridor is crucial in helping us ensure that we are restoring and protecting habitat for a growing population of Whooping Cranes in the right places,» states Wade Harrell, the U.S. and Wildlife Service's Whooping Crane Recovery Coordinator.

After the tracking device was removed and the shark released, the downloaded data revealed a wealth of information about her 3,350 km journey, uncovering important insights into habitat use and pinpointing key sites to be considered for protection by ecologists and conservationists.

Study co-author David Rosenberg, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at USU, says if refuge managers implement the model's recommendations, they could nearly double the area of productive wetland habitat using existing resources.

A study on habitat use completed the picture.

By shedding light on potential mechanisms that facilitated that bear's survival during her long swim, as well as the overall metabolism and activity of bears, the current study «profoundly contributes to understanding the value of summer habitats used by polar bears in terms of their energetics,» Harlow says.

«Although we previously knew that Golden Eagles in eastern North America breed in Canada and winter in the Appalachians, this study helps us to understand the relationships between summering and wintering habitat use and how management and habitat loss may impact eagles throughout their breeding range.»

«Comparative analysis reveals use patterns of deeper Caribbean coral reefs by shark species: Group spawning may drive predator habitat use for lemon sharks, may inform fisheries management.»

Pimm's team analyzed the birds» habitats using remote - sensing data on forest coverage and elevation.

Linking snake habitat use to nest predation risk in grassland birds: the dangers of shrub cover.

The study, «Landscape alterations influence differential habitat use of nesting Buteos and ravens within sagebrush ecosystem: Implications for transmission line development,» will appear in the August 2014 print issue of the journal The Condor.

Research interests: Paleoanthropology; paleoecology, environmental context of human evolution; early hominid habitat use; taphonomy; zooarchaeology; East Africa; Oldowan

It «will assess at - sea habitat use and migration paths of adult brown pelicans that breed in the SAPA and, should energy development occur there in the future, be used to map potential risk areas,» Jodice said.

Comparative genomic analysis from 82 wild and wild - derived species grouped by microhabitat - use identified variation corresponding with one of these QTL, further supporting broad association with habitat use across the Malawi cichlid radiation.

Rabbits are a prey species and in their natural habitat use area of shelter to move around to stay under cover and keep safe.

Montane habitat used by the spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) in Mexico.

Habitats used include beaches, sand dunes, bluffs, grasslands, sage scrub, cactus scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, riparian woodlands, pine forests, marshes, and developed areas (e.g., towns, campgrounds).

He approaches bodies» habitats using organic and industrial materials in the gallery space, which in turn becomes an organism and a living body itself.

Crimson would disrupt 30 acres of sand dune habitat used by the Mojave fringe - toed lizard — down from 580 acres under a previous plan of development — and just 1.2 acres of biodiversity - rich microphyll woodlands, down from 95 acres under the previous plan.

In contrast to patterns of habitat use exhibited by their Caribbean and Indo - Paciï ¬ c counterparts, eastern Paciï ¬ c hawksbills generally occupied inshore estuaries, wherein they had strong associations with mangrove saltwater forests.

She went on to say that the data her team used is one of the only sets available that covers such a long timeframe and then added that «it shows there has been a shift in [polar bear] habitat use.»

The design competition helped bring out advancement of new technologies necessary to manufacture a space habitat using local indigenous materials, without having to bring materials from Earth.

Researcher Neal Niemuth and his colleagues used a database of Whooping Crane sightings in the region since 1990 to examine cranes» habitat use in North and South Dakota.

Create their habitat using a cardboard box, construction paper, glue, and natural materials.

When that didn't work out, his academic adviser suggested he work on a project based at Acadia National Park on nearby Mount Desert Island, studying the habitat use and foraging behavior of bats.

NASA science chief Thomas Zurbuchen learns about a habitat used to grow plants in space during a tour of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In nature, however, a vast number of creatures navigate their habitats using soft bodies — earthworms, snails and larval insects can effectively move in complex environments using different strategies.

This year, Tolson is initiating his third research project at Guantanamo Bay: a study of the habitat use and home range of the Cuban boa, pictured above with members of Tolson's research team.

While its population now stands at approximately 400 birds, up from only 22 in the mid-1980s, conservation efforts to reintroduce the California condor to its former habitat in the mountains of California and Mexico have been hampered by a lack of understanding about condor movement patterns and habitat use.

Other researchers praise the work for tying sexual behavior to habitat use.

This study updates understanding of white shark relative abundance trends, seasonal distribution, habitat use, and fisheries interactions, most of which occur with rod and reel, longline, and gillnet gear.

The Central Valley's protected wetlands (federal wildlife refuges, state wildlife areas, and private lands) and certain types of agriculture (e.g. rice, alfalfa), provide nearly all of the habitat used by millions of ducks, geese, shorebirds, and other waterbirds every fall, winter, and spring.

«The current recovery plan doesn't recognize that there are two distinct taxa on the islands; therefore, monitoring of population size and habitat use that treats all Hawaiian bats as a single unit is likely providing measures that are overestimated and not accurate for either taxon.»

«Alligator behavior and habitat use is linked to hydrology, and when that hydrology changes, alligator behavior and habitat can change,» said USGS research ecologist Hardin Waddle, lead author of the study.