Sentences with phrase «in particular habitats»

It's a butterfly from the family of «Blues» (It resembles the female Common Blue very closely), widespread in particular habitats.

biomass the total quantity of living matter in a particular habitat; plant and organic waste materials used as fuel and feedstock in place of fossil fuels

Not exact matches

His team does this to prevent overfishing and ruining the natural salmon habitat, and this way each fisherman only harvests a particular number of fish so as to ensure that the ecosystem remains in healthy balance.

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 LagooIn 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 Lagooin 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 Lagooin the Coorong Southern Lagoon.

According to the World Resources Institute, an ecosystem is made up of the organisms of a particular habitat, such as a farm or forest, together with the physical landscape in which they live.

We are so focused on a vision of a particular kind of perfect child that we fail to see the actual creature mucking about in his or her natural habitat.

«Enjoying game is just one of the benefits of sustainable shooting activities — the tradition also aids the rural economy and the environment, in particular wildlife and habitat conservation.»

Mapping the Home's Microbe Habitats Most studies of microbes in the home have focused on a particular location, such as the shower curtain or the hot - water heater.

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.»

In particular, policies concerning the importation of potentially invasive species must be established regionally among neighboring countries with suitable habitat.»

«We used high - resolution animal tracking tools to describe in as much detail as we could the ecology of the mantas and their connection to this particular marine habitat,» McCauley explained.

«As particular strains are associated with particular habitats, hosts, and disease symptoms, this work will help us understand why particular symptoms occur in particular areas and help us to target control efforts more efficiently,» the authors say.

The particular chemistry and high pressures of vent habitats are difficult to replicate on terra firma, so the majority of deep - sea species have not been cultured in laboratories and much is unknown about their life cycles.

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.

From a physics perspective, everything that future life may want to create — from habitats and machines to new life - forms — is simply elementary particles arranged in some particular way.

In particular the team found that large, intensive agricultural areas are actually well suited for the güiña and should not be dismissed as poor quality habitat.

«The loss of key habitat is causing significant conservation challenges for Sumatra — and in particular for this critically endangered species.»

It will focus in particular on two unique habitat sub-types with relict shrubland species: Portugal laurel (Prunus lusitanica) and pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum ssp.

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 faunIn 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 faunin and decimate native fauna.

The bacteria can't survive if they are not able to initiate their particular form of inflammation in the body; it is how they make habitat and scavenge food.

Pascal Eveillard, deputy vice president for sustainable development and director for sustainable habitat at Saint - Gobain, said: «Buildings in general, and schools in particular, need to be designed and built for the wellbeing of each of us, while addressing the challenges of resource efficiency and climate change.»

There are summary tables indicating the number of genera and species within the order; the distinctions in size, habitat, and global range; social behavior; common characteristics; and the conservation status of particular members of the order.

Every habitat has a carrying capacity, the maximum population size of a given species that can be sustained in a particular area.

One of the attractions of Paraguay is its large unspoilt areas of natural habitat, and in particular the huge variety of birds found here.

The vignette seems to be set in a time and place where nature and people collide, where people and natural habitat encroach upon each other, and where time has no clear recognition of a particular era — it could be anywhere, almost at any modern time, since humans and nature are always intersecting and at odds with each other.

Biodiversity loss is virtually exclusively argued on the basis of habitat loss, and in particular on the loss of tropical forest (I think 90 % tropical forest loss = 50 % species loss).

New approaches to wind turbine technology and design in particular might be possible in the near future that pose less risk to wildlife and habitat.

I have spent many years working to address other impacts on biodiversity (ferals and habitat destruction in particular) but that work is not the subject on these onlime conversations.

Of particular concern are species now much reduced in numbers of individuals and restricted to protected habitat islands, such as national parks, that are surrounded by humandominated landscapes where survival of the affected species is not possible without changing societal norms (Early and Sax, 2011).