Sentences with phrase «new habitats where»

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One alternative to creating conservation corridors is managed relocation, where organisms are deliberately collected and moved to a new habitat.

As co-author Hisanori Kohtsuka explains, «because one habitat where X. japonica was found is easily accessible from a marine station, this new species promises to be valuable for future research on bilaterian and deuterostome evolution.»

A new analysis forecasts severe habitat fragmentation in the western Amazon Basin if some of the 160 planned dams are built in the region, where 142 dams are already.

The new report, from a panel of the interagency National Science and Technology Council, says that too little is known about endocrine disruptors to say where they rank compared to other environmental problems such as global warming and loss of species habitat.

In addition to that, in the big scheme of Indonesia, where there seems to be such rapid habitat destruction, there is a new zoo strategy, which here in Australia we're taking very seriously.

When cryoconite particles carve out a melt hole in a glacier, they create a new environment: a habitat where they and other organisms can reside.

The combination of new habitat from irrigation and runoff of pesticides may be a «perfect storm» for schistosomiasis where agriculture is intensifying in the developing world, Rohr says.

As the climate warms and some tree species shift toward cooler, more hospitable habitats, new research finds soil microbes could be playing a crucial role in determining where young trees can migrate and how well they survive when they arrive.

There it will seek out new species and habitats; it may also study subduction zones, where oceanic crust is recycled back into the earth's mantle.

Many scientists have predicted that habitat loss will force species into new geographical ranges — areas where they may begin to overlap, compete, and even mate with closely related natives.

For instance, a new biodiversity indicator weeds out protected areas that do not intersect with species» habitats, showing where national parks may be ineffective at protecting species.

Invasive plant species can be a source of valuable ecosystem functions where native coastal habitats such as salt marshes and oyster reefs have severely declined, a new study by scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina - Wilmington finds.

Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently exist.

By analyzing the sediments, scientists can predict how much coral and algae were present on mesophotic reef environment, this new information has important implications from interpreting ancient reef environments found in fossils, where the abundance of diverse habitat forming species can not be analyzed visually.

Last July, the group planted endangered Torreya taxifolia seedlings in new habitat patches north of their customary domain in Florida, where it is becoming too hot for the conifers to survive.

Professor Poinar continues, «Mammoths were much better at adapting to new habitats than we first thought — we suspect that subgroups of mammoths evolved to deal with local conditions, but maintained genetic continuity by encountering and potentially interbreeding with each other where their two different habitats met, such as at the edge of glaciers and ice sheets.»

The reintroduction has been hampered by rules that require recapture of wolves who set up territories outside the narrowly defined recovery area and that do not allow release of captive wolves into New Mexico's Gila National Forest, where there's extensive suitable habitat.

Cordelia had many «firsts» on the trip, including her first visit to a dog park, where she made friends with three rescued basset hounds; her first boat ride, where she wore her very own life jacket; and her first trip to a wildlife habitat, where she learned to be careful and to ask Donna's permission before making friends with new and different animals — especially when it involves swimming in a pond inhabited by alligators.

We don masks, snorkels and flippers and venture out offshore at Moken beach to where a trial reef restoration project is using old fishing cages to re-build the reef — already coral is reviving and fish life are visiting the perfect new habitat.

This rich marine habitat is the epicentre of species diversity where new discoveries are still regularly made.

«Every year, we offer new opportunities for our guests to learn about the humpback whale and observe them in their natural habitat across Maui Nui Basin, where their population is amongst the highest.»

Sierra Pacific Industries, a family - owned lumber company based in Anderson, California, partnered with several environmental, academic and government organizations to better understand fisher habitat, restore the species to forests where they've been lost and help them expand into new areas.

Dignitaries and participating organizations pledged new support for controls on poaching, efforts to limit tiger - human clashes in populous areas and steps to conserve habitat, with money coming both from the 13 countries where tigers still roam and nations whose citizens desire a world with room for wild tigers.

First, climate change is likely to open new habitats and close others — for example, some mammals have already begun moving to higher elevations, where possible, to adjust to warming environments.

As the ice melts and Arctic temperatures warm, polar bears are forced to find new habitat (usually farther south, where the humans also live in greater numbers).

A new study in Nature Climate Change shows that some habitats in the North Pacific could move in the next century over 600 miles from where they are now located, due to warming ocean waters.

After all, he notes, some of the biggest pieces of critical habitat removed from the new proposal are on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land in western Oregon, where — coincidentally or not — the agency is working to boost production in a major way.

This partnership brought fishermen and scientists together to promote the use of new technologies and tools to map where and when to fish to avoid sensitive species (considered bycatch) and protect ocean habitat.

If you're looking for a one - billion - pound law firm, you'll need to search outside New York, Los Angeles or other urban habitats where you might expect to find it.