Sentences with phrase «historical land connections»

«This may be due to the fact that historical land connections existed for a much longer time than the connections that we have today and ants take a long time to distribute.»

The researchers also looked more closely to see whether historical land connections significantly affect ant communities.

The historical land connections can reveal how much a structural change, whether that is the shifting of continents or even on a much smaller scale, like building a dam or paving a road, can influence ecosystems.

While historical land connections are the most surprising factor in determining the make - up of a geographically - clustered ant community, ecologists also have to consider current and recognized influences, such as the temperature.

Not exact matches

That way, the state would have a natural historical connection to the land it controls.

In Queensland, any group of Indigenous people may claim «claimable» land on the basis of traditional affiliation54 or historical association, 55 as well as economic or cultural viability.56 This acknowledges the greater impact of colonisation within these states, which saw substantial numbers of Indigenous people removed from their traditional lands to other regions under government powers to remove and confine Aboriginal people to any Aboriginal reserve.57 It also recognises that this removal did not sever the continuing connection of Indigenous peoples to the land, both their traditional country and reserves.

This is particularly so where the allocation of rights under the existing state scheme is not based on traditional connection to land but on the people's status as residents of a particular area or their historical connection to that area.

[89] It only referred to the historical nature of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples connection with the land, and omitted any reference to custodianship:

In New South Wales, Aboriginal people do not have to prove historical connection to the land in order to claim vacant Crown land under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1land in order to claim vacant Crown land under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1land under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1Land Rights Act 1983.

This is particularly so where the allocation of rights under the existing State scheme is not based on traditional connection to land but on the people's status as residents of a particular area or their historical connection to that area.