Sentences with phrase «leaf litter at»

The scientists found the amphibians in leaf litter at an altitude of 600 metres on Monte Iberia in eastern Cuba.

«But, because there was so much more leaf litter at deciduous woodland sites, the numbers of insects supported by these streams was at least double that in any other stream type,» he added.

After six weeks, a Spaniel pup will be eating solid food, but, more importantly, it is more able to leave its litter at the minimum age of eight weeks than the standard six weeks.

In the grey drizzle of London, protest flyers were left littered at the feet of onlooking staff and police, leaving the pleas of the activists plastered to the pavement: «CARL ANDRE KILLED ANA MENDIETA — WHERE IS ANA MENDIETA?»

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In the South, they are generally buried too deep in leaf litter — to avoid the heat — to get at human hosts.

According to Peter Groffman, a microbial ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y., northern hardwood forests have relied on thick layers of leaf litter that serve as a rooting medium.

Some animals spend their entire lives in soil and leaf litter, while others are found there only at certain points in their lives.

Clockwise from top left i) Plastic bag recorded by an OFOS at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Arctic) at 2500 m; ii = Litter recovered within the net of a trawl in Blanes open slope at 1500 m during the PROMETO 5 cruise on board the R / V «García del Cid»; iii) Cargo net entangled in a cold - water coral colony at 950 m in Darwin Mound with the ROV «Lynx» (National Oceanography Centre, UK).

«Some plants need that leaf litter layer to get established at all,» Turner says.

They set out to assess the rate at which plant material decomposed as a function of background radiation, placing hundreds of samples of uncontaminated leaf litter (pine needles and oak, maple and birch leaves) in mesh bags throughout the area.

«Many scientists have studied similar effects from exposure to pharmaceuticals and pesticides, but now we're seeing it from chemicals found in common road salt and leaf litter,» said Max Lambert, lead author of the paper and a doctoral student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

The findings make use of experiments conducted as part of The Jefferson Project at Lake George testing the potential impacts of road salt and leaf litter on the health of aquatic ecosystems.

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We open at dusk in middle class suburbia, pumpkins adorning doorsteps and the pavement littered with the season's first fallen leaves.

However, when left alone, he would come out to eat and use the litter box, and they could hear him rummaging around at night.

If your kitty is using a smooth surface, such as tiles, spread a thin layer of litter at one end of the box, and leave the other end bare.

The «left over puppies» from a litter are often abandoned at the local shelter or left to fend for themselves as strays.

The task of maintaining hygiene peaks at three to four weeks of age, when toddler kittens traipse blithely through water dishes, food bowls and litter pans leaving destruction in their wake.

Studies show that a puppy that leaves their litter and mom at an earlier age tends to be mouthier and show less bite inhibition as an adult.

A good compromise is to leave a bit of the old shavings or litter in the cage at each cleaning so their scent remains, and only do a thorough scrubbing and disinfecting when absolutely necessary.

If your cat is eliminating on slick, smooth surfaces, try putting just a very thin layer of litter at one end of the box, leaving the other end bare, and put the box on a hard floor.

«ScoopFree is the original self - cleaning litter box you can leave alone for weeks at a time.

6) Paper training: Finally, if you must leave your puppy at home longer than he can control his elimination, until he is effectively trained you will need to confine him to an area where he is allowed to eliminate when you are not available to take him to his elimination site (outdoors, puppy litter).

If your cat is eliminating on hard or smooth surfaces, such as a tile floor, try putting a relatively thin layer of litter at one end of the box, and leave the other end of the box empty, to expose the bottom.

If he left his litter too early or his dog experience is limited, he may need to learn how to «speak dog» - but first he needs to just feel safe observing them at a distance.

«Taffeta had her litter at our house,» and Pong never left.

If you're buying a puppy, it should be at least 8 weeks old; 9 to 12 weeks is a good time for a pup to leave its litter.

My response was to make sure that both parents were properly registered before the breeding took place and as soon as the litter hit the ground they should contact me with the details ensuring that they would have documents in hand when the puppies left at 8 weeks.

If it really worries you, set up a foot bath of bleach soaked newspapers or sponges in a litter tray, to dip your shoes into before re-entering your home, or even just leave your shoes at the door and wear slippers in the house.

If you're litter training a feral kitten, you might have to put soil or leaves from outdoors in the box at first.

The couple also are serving as foster parents for a litter of puppies left at an animal shelter in Sanford in the wake of the tornadoes.

However, it also leaves them at greater risk for bladder stones, rock - like deposits that can interfere with their ability to urinate, causing symptoms like blood in the urine and passing urine outside of the litter box.

Excessive grooming, crying when the owner leaves, overly excited greetings upon the owner's return, vomiting, urinating and defecating outside the litter box, a loss of appetite and destructive behavior — such as clawing and scratching at the bottom of doors to escape their apparent solitary confinement — are all ways cats show us their distress.

While weaning for puppies can take place at six to seven weeks, they are still learning important skills from their litter - mates as their mother starts to leave them for longer periods of time.

Most breeders agree that puppies of this breed should stay with the litter until they're at least 8 to 10 weeks old, as this will give them adequate time for socialization with their brothers and sisters and will ensure that they're fully weaned by the time they leave their mother.

Just load a disposable litter tray into this automatic cat litter box and leave it for weeks at a time.

Critical milestones in a young pup's life include the first three days after birth, weaning onto solid food at twelve weeks, and leaving their mum and litter mates to go to a new home.

Cats fear being trapped and will be ill at ease trying to get to a litter box that could leave them vulnerable to what they perceive as a potential attack from another animal or predator.

When filling the litter box, make sure that you leave a couple inches of free space at the top for this burying process.

Hence, it is better to look for cat litter that will not leave so much dust behind or at least something that will minimize the amount of dust.

The ScoopFree Self - Cleaning Litter Box is easy to use and can be left alone for weeks at a time.

On the upside, if you litter train your dog, you can leave him or her alone while you are at work, you do not have to take him or her outside during bad weather and your schedule will not be interrupted by having to take the dog outside.

She was the last one left of her litter; the others had all been adopted at 2 months old.

None of the already adopted puppies and the fourth of the litter left at the shelter were infected, thank goodness.For several days the three little pups were hospitalized.

His name is Luke, a 1 - year - old gray - haired cat with emerald eyes that was delivered to ADL after being abandoned at four weeks inside a box with several siblings in an apartment when the tenants moved and left the litter to fend for themselves.

Moms tends to leave some kittens behind at birth if she feels she can not care for, protect or have enough milk for the entire litter.

Instead of touching the litter box daily, they can leave it for weeks at a time.»

Aside from having litters of precious Lab puppies to care for, she was a stay - at - home mother and wife; she simply couldn't leave home to attend classes at a facility.

It's dark when I get up at 6 am, the first hint of a new day on the horizon; the forest floor has turned gold and green as the cedars shed their summer cloak; honeysuckle leaves litter the boardwalks and garden ground; bright red honeysuckle berries are being plucked by tiny wrens; jays are sitting in the apple tree, feasting on the fruit we imagined as apple pie; the last roses are fading; fronds of great bull kelp are landing on the beach, food for next year's garden; the sudden daybreak howl of sporty boats heading to the hot fishing spots where we have our hydrophones has gone; sea lions are beginning to heave their huge bodies onto haul - out rocks along the way; most of our assistants have left, heading back to school or home; and in their absence we are spending more time in the lab at night, recording the voices of the orcas, who are still here.

After the brilliant naval missions in Assassin's Creed III were so well - received, the teams at Ubisoft Montreal left Boston harbor and the Revolutionary War era, and set sail for a Pirate - plagued Caribbean of 1715 — a time when legends like Blackbeard gained infamy for plundering, pillaging, and littering islands with buried chests and dead bodies.