Sentences with phrase «mosaic of habitats»

A mosaic of habitats is more critical than a 1 ° degree change in average temperature.

In the Northland, a mosaic of habitats hosts seasonal wildlife events equaled by few on Earth.

While some of these woods included wetland, this was just part of the mosaic of habitats that our ancestors learned to survive in, and there is absolutely no trace of a hominin ancestor as aquatic as that described by Hardy and Morgan.

Commonwealth environmental water helped maintain a mosaic of habitats including native vegetation, stimulated breeding and recruitment of several native fish, frog and turtle species, and resulted in a boom of productivity in the system.

«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.»

Not exact matches

The 209 hectares of rice fields on IRRI's experiment farm form a mosaic patchwork of different crop stages and varying degrees of wetland habitats, which make them a bird Keeping a healthy rice ecosystem is a target for IRRI on the farm.

Using various microscopic imaging approaches, the scientists found that the unique spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through the mirror's layered structure located at the back of each eye, which is tiled with a mosaic of square - shaped crystals arranged and fine - tuned to reflect wavelengths of light that penetrate its habitat.

For ideal survival, then, Vernasco says fledglings do well with a «mosaic» of habitats made up of forests that differ in age and thus vegetation structure.

Today, Madagascar is home to a mosaic of different habitats — a lush rainforest in the east and a dry deciduous forest in the west, separated by largely open highlands.

The British Columbia coast is rich with a mosaic of nearshore habitats from kelp forests to seagrass meadows to rocky shores.

Since the late 1990s, the Presidio Trust, National Park Service, and Parks Conservancy have been working toward restoring the entire watershed from springs to bay, to restore a vibrant, contiguous, and diverse mosaic of native plant communities and wildlife habitat.

The reserve also includes a mosaic of coastal and marine habitats including rare littoral forests, mangroves, seagrass beds, and a diversity of coral reef types.

The reserve includes a mosaic of coastal and marine habitats including rare littoral forests, mangroves, seagrass beds, and a diversity of coral reef types.

The region includes a spectacular mosaic of wetlands, mangroves, dunes and desert habitats.

They define this as «a seamless mosaic of forests and associated natural treeless ecosystems that exhibit no remotely detected signs of human activity or habitat fragmentation and are large enough to maintain all native biological diversity, including viable populations of wide - ranging species».

a seamless mosaic of forests and associated natural treeless ecosystems that exhibit no remotely detected signs of human activity or habitat fragmentation and are large enough to maintain all native biological diversity, including viable populations of wide - ranging species».

Land managers now recognized the importance of small natural fires and that the resulting habitat mosaic prevented devastating fires as well as promoted biodiversity.