Sentences with phrase «habitats for»

With this in mind, researchers from Concordia and the University of Tennessee studied the importance of different types of habitats for insectivorous bats living in and around agricultural regions.

The reason for this is that although salvaging timber removes habitats for wood - dwelling insects, it creates new microhabitats, for bees or wasps, for example.

Watersheds not only supply water for domestic use but also provide a multitude of ecological and cultural services, including water for irrigation and industry, shelter, habitats for biodiversity and, in very poor areas, sources of livelihoods.

A warmer climate can mean expanded habitats for many pest species, as well as increases in their numbers.

According to the World Resources Institute, the fires have spread into national parks, including Tanjung Puting National Park, which includes some of the last remaining habitats for orang - utans, Sumatran elephants and clouded leopards.

There, habitats for orangutans, elephants and tigers are being destroyed and land - clearing fires, which cloak parts of the region in haze, have become a routine hazard.

Trees prevent landslides; beavers build dams that slow water, creating wetlands, flood plains and habitats for different trees and animals.

Haroldo de Lima, a botanist from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens, says that some of the most important habitats for the tree are found along the coast east of Rio.

Now we know that corals can engineer their own stable environment from nothing, and create habitats for all sorts of species in places that we thought were unsuitable for reef formation.»

Think of bees pollinating flowers whose nectar nourishes the bees, or clownfish that fight off predators of anemones that in turn provide habitats for the clownfish.

A new study from Stockholm University shows that the ancient pasture burning maintains biodiversity and habitats for alpine plant species not found anywhere else.

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.

By colonizing pebbles and rocks, it creates habitats for many other species.

Multituberculates arose in the Jurassic period and went extinct in the Oligocene epoch, occupying a diverse range of habitats for more than 100 million years before they were out - competed by more modern rodents.

That's good news, because scientists here reported yesterday that planets more than 1.6 times the mass of Earth are unlikely to be dense rocky worlds like ours — assumed to be the only plausible habitats for life.

Although more data are needed to fill gaps in the study, the authors say that the region connecting these sites faces rapid land - cover changes, which have severely increased over the last two decades, putting remaining stepping - stone habitats for jaguars at further risk.

These animals act as a magnet for settling juvenile scallops which seek out these habitats for shelter, and to mature to adulthood.

Saline lakes, which provide critical habitats for migratory birds, are threatened globally and especially in the arid western United States.

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

Areas like the North Atlantic and South Pacific are particularly fertile habitats for deep - sea scleractinian reefs, but a combination of factors led scientists to believe that the accumulation of deep - sea coral colonies into healthy reefs was exceedingly unlikely in the deep waters of the North Pacific.

When flowing, these rivers likely provided fertile habitats for animals and vegetation, creating «green corridors» across the region.

These served as additional habitats for mosquito larvae.

The international research team documented the occurrences in different habitats for approximately 10,000 plant species originating from Europe — from which more than 2,500 have naturalized on other continents.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which is responsible for establishing habitats for endangered animals, had promised to announce a designated area for jaguars (Panthera onca) by January 2011 — after being sued by the nonprofit groups Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Defenders of Wildlife.

We shouldn't expect to find them inhabited by intelligent life such as the furry Ewoks of Endor in Star Wars, but such moons may be among the most likely habitats for life in the universe.

The noise maps could help scientists identify key areas to keep quiet, such as critical habitats for endangered species, he adds.

By examining peak ring rocks closely, they hope to test models of crater formation and determine whether the crater itself was one of the first habitats for microbial life after the impact.

«As vital carbon sinks and habitats for millions of people and imperilled wildlife, it is well known that forest protection is essential for any environmental solution — yet not all forests are equal,» said Professor James Watson of WCS and the University of Queensland.

Exotic plantations can not serve as habitats for indigenous birds and animals, and «monocultures have limited value in conserving endangered species,» the authors point out in the paper.

Sites where the atlas shows a baseline clear - sky brightness equivalent to twilight or a half - illuminated moon are probably excluded as habitats for specialist species that need the true cover of darkness to survive and thrive.»

The resulting tangled networks provided protective habitats for small animals, hundreds of insects, and smaller plants, which nestled themselves atop the beds of Pecopteris roots in their never - ending search for the sun.

The African rift zone and mountain building in West Africa generated new habitats for the evolving frogs, Wake noted.

Finally there is Dennis Chamberland, a NASA engineer who has been trumpeting the cause of aquatic habitats for years.

A federal judge ruled last week that a federal agency's actions to improve habitats for endangered species along the Missouri River exacerbated floods, causing damage to local farmers whose land was temporarily inundated.

They may even contain cosy habitats for living creatures

«Sedimentation dams are urban habitats for a range of plants and animals, but it appears these dams also contain high levels of pollutants.

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

While coral reefs make up less than 0.1 percent of the sea floor, they serve as habitats for about 25 percent to 35 percent of all the oceans» fishes, roughly 500 million people worldwide rely on them as a source of protein and for coastal protection, and they are responsible for billions of dollars in tourism and fisheries revenue.

Coral reefs act as habitats for fish and other wildlife, providing food for communities worldwide and generating tourism dollars for seaside economies.

The university's extensive landscaping offers many habitats for the non-native snails, which can survive under stones, on tree bark, and among grass and leaf litter.

Cuomo says the initiative will improve habitats for New York marine life.

Cuomo said, «These efforts will increase New York's marine biodiversity, provide new habitats for a variety of coral and fish, and support a growing tourism industry...»

Organic farms create friendlier habitats for amazing little creatures like bees, birds and butterflies, which are all crucial to maintaining a healthy environment.

The cover crop plants also serve as habitats for predators.

At the ecosystem level, the maintenance of natural areas within and around organic fields and absence of chemical inputs create suitable habitats for wildlife.

This flow reconnected previously isolated waterholes which contributed to invertebrate abundance and diversity within this zone and maintained these stable habitats for frogs and waterbirds.

Banrock Station Wine and Wetland Centre, one of the South Australian Riverland's most popular destinations for wine enthusiasts and nature lovers alike, is set to benefit from additional environmental water over the next three years which will bolster nesting habitats for the threatened Regent Parrot.

The ONLY REAL SOLUTION to the overcrowding of areas like Gaza that does not result in war or death occuring is the colonization of planetary bodies like the Moon and Mercury both of which have more than ample supplies of water to create habitats for humans.

We should be Habitats for Humanity Grand Central Station for crying out loud....

Bigelow first started his space company, Bigelow Aerospace, in 1999 to develop habitats for use as research labs for corporations and countries without space programs, housing for missions to Mars, or even as hotels for tourists on the final frontier.