Sentences with phrase «natural grasslands»

Lek abandonment was also more likely at sites where there were seven or fewer males and at sites located in agricultural fields instead of natural grasslands.

All cattle graze freely on natural grasslands and are totally grass fed, with no supplement feed.

The work complements other recent studies showing that greenhouse gas warming will shift plant ecosystems toward weedy plants, says Robert Jackson of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who has done similar work with natural grasslands.

Based on the results, Hautier is now expanding his research to explore whether the decline in diversity affects natural grasslands» ability to provide multiple ecological benefits simultaneously.

Large herds of grazing animals evolved to roam around natural grasslands, eating the grasses and being chased by large predators.

The roots of the crisis began with the «great plow up,» when homesteaders converted natural grasslands to wheat fields.

But the glob corresponds with the corn and wheat belt of the US and Canada, formerly natural grassland now replanted with grasses more nutritive for humans.

Tilling natural grassland releases considerable carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, spurring on climate change.

Watersmeet Cottages are set on Walkersons Private Estate on 890 hectares of natural grassland.

Lambs are set to pasture on vast, natural grasslands and treated humanely to honor the animals.

and natural grasslands to other land uses, such as agriculture.

Globally, we have taken over about 26 % of the planet's land area (roughly 3.3 billion hectares) for cropland and pasture, replacing a third of temperate and tropical forests and a quarter of natural grasslands.

Concerns are particularly strong about the loss of tropical forests and natural grasslands.