Sentences with phrase «important nesting habitat»

Dick said the reserve has initiated a restoration program to improve historically important nesting habitat for Blanding's turtles.

Not exact matches

The magnificent beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore provide important nesting and migration habitat for the threatened piping plover and endangered roseate tern along with other species.

Mass Audubon and Three Bays Preservation are seeking permits to restore coastal bird habitat on Dead Neck Sampsons Island by renourishing important nesting areas on the island.

«This is one of the best examples we have of linking long - term research data with management to show how important that is in restoring this critical habitat,» says Karen McGlathery, an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who wasn't involved in the research.»

For example, some fish, like salmon, build their nests only in gravel of a certain size, he notes, and so, «as rivers are increasingly being restored for fish habitat, it is important to know what slopes and flow depths will preserve a particular size of gravel on the riverbed.»

But most important, he is designing his habitats so they will not require compression diving.

Rising temperatures have reduced the area's sea ice cover, which serves as an important habitat not just for Adelie penguins but also for krill.

«While a shark attack is important, it's not nearly as important as the fact that sharks are in decline around the world as a result of overfishing and habitat loss.»

«What's new here,» Zavaleta says, «is reminding us that it's not just important to protect a diversity of species but also important to protect the mosaic of habitat patches in a landscape.»

«Preventing habitat destruction becomes even more desperately important now because we need not just one group, but many, to understand how humans became so cultural.»

This information will be used to map distributions, identify important habitats, locate areas of nesting abundance, and detect roadways with high traffic - related mortality.

The lab results suggest that one group of spiders could reward mimicry whereas the other penalizes it, but it's not yet clear how important those particular spiders are to the mimics in their natural habitat — especially compared with other predators such as birds.

Timing is important because if larvae appear too early in the spring, they might not get transported to those habitats at all, or they might end up in habitats that are less well - suited for their survival, said Walsh, the lead author of the study.

«Our observation that groups matched their compositions to the one optimal at their site of origin (regardless of their current habitat) is particularly important,» Pruitt and Goodnight write, «given that many respected researchers have argued that group selection can not lead to group adaptation except in clonal groups and that group selection theory is inefficient and bankrupt.»

By analyzing the sediments, scientists can predict how much coral and algae were present on mesophotic reef environment, this new information has important implications from interpreting ancient reef environments found in fossils, where the abundance of diverse habitat forming species can not be analyzed visually.

The authors point out that although conservation and breeding work in the world's zoos is an important effort, it should not take focus from the needed efforts to preserve the natural habitats of endangered animals.

Although it's important, logging isn't the only cause of habitat destruction near the overwintering roosts.

«An important further point to address is the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in ornamental plants grown in greenhouses, which at the moment does not seem to be addressed — urban gardens have become an ever more important habitat for wild bees.»

Aside from the obvious fact that there could hardly be a worse approach to climate change, it certainly won't help address the equally important ecological destruction that is a result of human overshoot — habitat destruction, ocean acidification, over-fishing, logging, pollution, etc..

«Therefore, this study adds important new evidence on the safety of neonicotinoid use, but we still can not exclude the impact of other pesticides and habitat loss on the current bee declines.

Since reptiles can't regulate their own body temperature, it's important to set up a hot and cool side of the habitat with temperatures at around 100 °F at one end and around 70 °F at the other.

There are lots of saltwater crocodiles and the area provides an important conservation habitat for dugongs, nesting turtles and migratory birds.

Viewing Seabirds and Shorebirds The islands are particularly important for seabirds, offering critical nesting habitat.

Part of the enormous Belize Barrier Reef, and not far from the popular Caye Caulker resort to the north of the country, Hol Chan comprises twenty square kilometres of protected coral reefs, seagrass beds (an important habitat for manatees), and mangrove forest.

Cuyler Harbor offers exceptional seabird viewing thanks to Prince Island that hosts 13 nesting seabirds, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America.

With this murre colony, Prince Island now hosts 13 nesting seabird species, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America, according to a USGS statement.

The ice business hasn't operated here since 1907, but the area remains an important habitat for beavers and the like.

This is a family owned and operated ranch that protects one of Costa Rica's most important watersheds, a turtle nesting habitat and the Caletas - Ario National Wildlife Refuge.

Time of day is not important, but rather total time spent in killer whale habitat.

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

The park is not just a display of indigenous flora and fauna but also an important area that cultivates rare plants that no longer have a strong natural habitat.

There are many different species of flora and fauna all residing on Moreton Island, so it is important to help look after the environment by not littering or harming the natural habitats of many protected species.

Selected for its outstanding nature conservation values, Lady Elliot Island is one of the most important sites in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for seabird nesting and an important habitat for marine turtles, manta rays, dolphins, sharks and coral reefs.

Sea ice is critical for polar marine ecosystems in at least two important ways: (1) it provides a habitat for photosynthetic algae and nursery ground for invertebrates and fish during times when the water column does not support phytoplankton growth; and (2) as the ice melts, releasing organisms into the surface water [3], a shallow mixed layer forms which fosters large ice - edge blooms important to the overall productivity of polar seas.

Oil development in the Arctic Refuge would result in habitat loss, disturbance, and displacement or abandonment of important nesting, feeding, molting and staging areas.

But recent lease sales held by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-- auctioning off huge tracts of the reserve to the oil and gas industry — don't bode well for the future of this important habitat.

The wooded land not only is important as a critical habitat for birds and other wildlife but sequesters carbon that contributes to global climate change.

It is important to note that these impacts do not take account of ancillary stresses on species due to over-harvesting, habitat destruction, landscape fragmentation, alien species invasions, fire regime change, pollution (such as nitrogen deposition), or for plants the potentially beneficial effects of rising atmospheric CO2.

Bill Dotzler, a state senator who helped the TPC gain the necessary initial funding, is hopeful about their potential: «You almost get a trifecta with this — you clean the streams, you provide habitat for pheasants and other wildlife and you produce an alternative fuel... It's not going to be the whole answer, but I think burning the native plants could be an important part of the whole puzzle.»

Another important habitat for birds, the lake was declared a «protected area» in 1989 but has diminished in size and become quite polluted, affecting not only wildlife but local fishing and tourism industries.

It is an important habitat for nesting as well as a rest stop for shorebirds during migrations.