Sentences with phrase «mean more habitat»

It may also mean more habitat for dark microbes, which can contribute to the darkening of the ice sheets and therefore to the melting.

The Smithsonian Bird - Friendly certification requires a minimum shade cover of 40 %, and the overstory should include at least ten different species of shade trees, with no more than 70 % of the trees being Inga species, which means more habitat remains appropriate for birds.

Not exact matches

Companies and their customers can choose palm oil that's been grown in a sustainable way — meaning no more forests and other important habitats are destroyed, and the rights of workers and local communities are respected.

«Climate change in Alaska means we're going to see more fires and while that's good for moose, it's really bad for caribou,» said Hundertmark, «because it's going to burn lichen beds that can take at least 50 years to recover and reduce viable caribou habitat.»

«Larger expanses of habitat means that more chickens will live and nest there, allowing for better odds that some nests will be successful.»

That means we need to steward them in their natural habitats, and also collect them, conserve them in genebanks, and share widely to help make our food system more resilient.

But habitat destruction and invasive species means these California red - legged frogs — exalted for their impressive leaps (the world record jump was more than 6 meters), have largely disappeared from their natural range in Southern California, The Washington Post writes.

However, as farming practices and technologies continue to be refined, more food can be produced per unit of land — meaning less area is needed for agriculture and more land can be «spared» for natural habitats.

«Our work shows habitats that already support invasive species will become larger, meaning there will be more patches of land that can support invasive weeds and invertebrates,» Dr Shaw said.

«Our studies clearly show that widespread species have a much more diverse intraspecific gene pool than species that are adapted to a specific habitat,» explains Dr. Jan Christian Habel of the Technical University in Munich, and he continues, «Once these animals — due to the fragmentation of their habitats — lose the opportunity to maintain this genetic diversity by means of exchange, they will no longer be able to adapt to changing environmental conditions in the future.»

But some pairs of species appear to be «aggregated,» meaning they tend to appear together in nature more often than one would expect by chance — like cheetahs and giraffes who both depend on savannah habitats.

While representatives of NASA and three aerospace companies explained their habitat plans, Weir honed in on a more fundamental issue, insisting that humans are not meant to spend long durations in zero gravity and the focus should be on developing artificial gravity.

The lower land - use efficiency of organic systems means that «large - scale conversion to organic would likely require bringing more natural habitats into agricultural production,» with a potentially severe impact on global biodiversity due to the loss of rainforests and other currently wild areas.

In short, you will start to experience what's known as a «spilling over,» which means excessive glucose begins to habitat interstitial spaces of tissues (more on this later).

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In addition to being more social, gerbils are also more active than hamsters, and both of these characteristics mean they need a bigger habitat than hamsters.

That means that when you unlock new buildings, you can bulldoze existing structures, eat up some more of the wildlife's habitat, or build upwards.

And these humans» demands for fuel for heating and cooking mean prime panda forest habitat is disappearing more than four times as fast as it was before the reserve was established in 1975....

More responsibly - managed forests means more wildlife in those habitats, where approximately 80 percent of terrestrial species lMore responsibly - managed forests means more wildlife in those habitats, where approximately 80 percent of terrestrial species lmore wildlife in those habitats, where approximately 80 percent of terrestrial species live.

More heat and rain could also mean more weeds and shifting pest habitats, both of which will interfere with crop productMore heat and rain could also mean more weeds and shifting pest habitats, both of which will interfere with crop productmore weeds and shifting pest habitats, both of which will interfere with crop production.

Some of these crazy - hued creatures are still meant to blend in, it's just that they have a more vibrant habitat.