Sentences with phrase «numbers of birds which»

Not exact matches

Among the questions that this study raises are whether the surprisingly large number of neurons in bird brains comes at a correspondingly large energetic cost, and whether the small neurons in bird brains are a response to selection for small body size due to flight, or possibly the ancestral way of adding neurons to the brain — from which mammals, not birds, may have diverged.

That is one of the surprising results of the first study to systematically measure the number of neurons in the brains of more than two dozen species of birds ranging in size from the tiny zebra finch to the six - foot - tall emu, which found that they consistently have more neurons packed into their small brains than are stuffed into mammalian or even primate brains of the same mass.

All of which means that story number 3 about migratory birds being the major cause of the spread of avian flu is TOTALL... Y BOGUS.

Using bird distribution data spanning the breeding seasons between 1990 and 2009, scientists ran the numbers through six A1B climate models, which use middle - of - the - road predictions.

Those plants pass on enough energy to sustain a limited number of insects, which in turn supply food for the occasional reptile or bird, all of which ultimately feed the bacteria.

That year, US government officials were faced with the double threat of H1N1 swine flu, which threatened to explode into a devastating pandemic, and the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, which was continuing to infect small numbers of people.

For this study, waterbird data were drawn from the Bureau of Land Management and the East Cascades Audubon Society surveys, which used the time and efforts of dozens of community scientists to document changing bird numbers at Lake Abert.

«We show that even if deforestation had completely halted in 2010, time lags ensured there would still be a carbon emissions debt equivalent to five to ten years of global deforestation and an extinction debt of more than 140 bird, mammal, and amphibian forest - specific species, which, if paid, would increase the number of 20th century extinctions in these groups by 120 percent,» says Isabel Rosa (@isamdr86) of the Imperial College of London.

However, a new study has confirmed that this unique characteristic can also be seen among smaller birds such as the Eurasian siskin, a bird which is able to form bonds that last for a number of years as well as travel long distances in the company of these birds.

The academics attached tiny tags with a unique electronic number onto the legs of 452 blue tits and great tits, two species which typically visit garden bird feeders.

A team led by University of California, Santa Barbara plant ecologist Shelley Crausbay is studying high - elevation cloud forests that provide habitat for a number of rare birds, most of which are endangered.

«There is a vast number of shearwater and petrel colonies for which we have absolutely no idea whether there are hundreds of pairs, or thousands, or tens of thousands,» says Steffen Oppel of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

So researchers turned to two different estimation methods — one whereby total mortalities were estimated from the actual number of dead birds recovered, and another in which information on the geographic extent of the oil slick and seabird densities were used to estimate potential mortalities.

But the knock - on effect is on nesting birds, which are also trying to hatch their chicks at the same time that there's the maximum number of caterpillars.»

The academics studied afternoon bird numbers — which tend to be lower than birds generally seen in the morning — because are more in keeping with the number of birds that people are likely to see in their neighbourhood on a daily basis.

The story misses this important development, that long before finding the first feathered dinosaur in the mid 1990s, the vast majority of paleontologists and an increasing number of young ornithologists realized and had accepted the mountain of osteological evidence, which Ostrom had pioneered, that frames birds as dinosaur descendants.

November 13, 2014 • The bird is now protected under the Endangered Species Act, which could stop some oil and gas development in Colorado and Utah — and will likely start a number of legal challenges.

A number of other Cannes contenders were also picked up for distribution during the festival, including Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego's crime thriller «Birds of Passage,» which went to The Orchard and the Mads Mikkelsen - starring survival drama «Arctic,» which was bought early in the fest by Bleecker Street.

This week Gerwig brought her solo directorial debut Lady Bird to the festival which has had a remarkable number of films by and about about women this year.

There is a disproportionate number of films about women in the lineup, which seems to indicate that the film that will benefit most from that would be Lady Bird.

By the film's conclusion, the bird is long forgotten, but it's one of a number of simple gags out of which the screenplay gets a lot of mileage.

PGA — roughly 8,000 on a preferential ballot went for The Shape of Water SAG — roughly 150,000 voters on a plurality ballot went for Three Billboards ACE — numbers undetermined (a few thousand maybe)-- went for Dunkirk (which beat The Shape of Water) and I, Tonya (which beat Three Billboards, Get Out and Lady Bird) ADG — went for The Shape of Water.

There are also a number of good backyard bird watching guides for children, which can be paired with Dianna Hutts Aston's lovely nonfiction book, An Egg is Quiet.

In recent years, a number of crimes have been resolved with the help of cats, birds and even deers, all of which have not undergone any form of training.

First of all, a number of the birds are hunted in Utah — which would seem to complicate the predation issue significantly (though, of course, hunters are paying for the «privilege» of killing wildlife).

In addition, the park is home to numerous red kangaroos and emus, and a fair number of feral goats, European rabbits, and feral pigs, all of which would provide opportunities to assess the effects of dingoes on a variety of bird and mammal species.

A small number of manufacturers make this blood - clotting agent, which all bird owners and stores that sell birds should have at hand for emergencies.

Bird warns retailers to beware of what she calls «dodge - ball» ingredient listings — listings that are ambiguous, such as «mild coconut oil base,» which could be anything as most detergents are derived initially from coconut oil but go through a number of chemical processes to become sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, or other detergents.

An eight year old garden that was started from scratch by the couple, the main feature is an ornamental dam which is also home to a number of ducks and birds.

The production of huge biomass quantities in these distinctive soda lakes and the food web that this green algae supports are also of international scientific value, and provide critical support to birds, which visit the property in large numbers as part of their migration in response to seasonal and episodic changes in the environment.

The luscious gardens invite a number of sugar and sun birds which making chilling out here that much more delightful.

There is a concealed bird hide at the Thulazihleka Pan, which promises uninterrupted views of a number of different avian species.

This bay is a good location to spot brown pelicans, golden rays, marine iguanas, herons, lava gulls, frigate birds, Galápagos sea lions, and large numbers of blue - footed boobies, which fish by spectacular plunge diving.

The park, which encompasses roughly 378 square miles, hosts large numbers of rare fauna, including large aquatic birds, Sri Lankan elephants, leopards and sloth bears.

If you're looking to view some natural surroundings, feel free to explore the island's national parks - two of which are home to a large numbers of native birds.

The property provides important habitat for a number of threatened marine species, harbouring a number of species of conservation concern including the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) as well as endemic and migratory birds which reproduce in the littoral forests of cayes, atolls and coastal areas.

Six endemic species Saint Lucia has six endemic species, one of which is the islands national bird, the Saint Lucia Parrot (Amazona Veriscolor), a species that recovered from dangerously low population numbers in the early 1980s.

When you take a boat ride in New River, you can see a number of crocodiles, fish, turtles, Howler monkeys and many species of birds and animals, which are most likely to peer at you.

You can also explore the Fucecchio Marshes, Italy's largest inland wetlands, which attract huge numbers of migrating birds.

The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2 marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal marine habitats including the greater reef complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.

Regardless of which route you decide on, you'll be sure to visit awesome places and will be given the opportunity to enjoy a number of activities, including snorkeling, swimming, bird watching, hiking, and more.

This is seen within the painting Disposition of Birds, in which the artist includes a seemingly straightforward, numbered diagram representing various species of birds, yet he pairs this chart with pixelated, disjointed images of Daffy Duck and Woody the Woodpecker and other comic birds, thus defying an easy, one - dimensional reaBirds, in which the artist includes a seemingly straightforward, numbered diagram representing various species of birds, yet he pairs this chart with pixelated, disjointed images of Daffy Duck and Woody the Woodpecker and other comic birds, thus defying an easy, one - dimensional reabirds, yet he pairs this chart with pixelated, disjointed images of Daffy Duck and Woody the Woodpecker and other comic birds, thus defying an easy, one - dimensional reabirds, thus defying an easy, one - dimensional reading.

On one wall, a number of birds are collected, in various states of being: a stuffed specimen photographed by Roni Horn; a dead budgie in an anonymous flea market photo; Jacopo de» Barbari's 16th - century Sparrowhawk; and Dean's own Ear on a Worm (2017), in which a songbird sits poised on a wire before, in the film's final moment, diving off and vanishing beyond the frame.

I do think in the future I will also bring up raptors to keep it in perspective as in «no environmental group worries about sheer number of birds killed» followed by a comparison to put raw numbers into perspective «many do worry about poorly sited wind generators killing endangered birds, especially raptors» tell the story of Altamont farm and the proposed Exxon farm which was quite properly stopped.

There are three reasons for phrasing the question this way — ignorance (in which case someone really believes that sheer number of birds is the problem and the cat comparison is reasonable), sloppy phrasing (in which case the cat comparison is a reasonable way to avoid the other person inadvertantly misleading readers) or deliberate dishonesty (in which case the cat comparison is again a legit way to prevent deliberate misleading).

«Macaques and gibbons are known to disappear completely from forests which have been converted to rubber, and our review shows that numbers of bird, bat and beetle species can decline by up to 75 percent.»

That problem — * exasperated sigh * — is this: if the RSPB is really concerned about the potential disturbance to wildlife of a few noisy lorries and drill rigs (which, let's not forget, are only up for a short period, after which they are replaced by a silent extraction device called a Christmas tree), how come it's so cheerfully complacent about the epic numbers of rare birds and protected bats which are sliced and diced (or, in the case of bats, barotraumatised — i.e. made to implode) by the industrial wind turbines which the RSPB not only champions but from which it benefits financially.

And with respect to bird - blending in particular, are you aware of any credible studies which compare the number of avians, you know, bats, eagles and the like, per megawatt it takes?

Where birds fly depend on a number of parameters, most of which are variable.

We learned that bird populations in the North Sea collapsed last year, after the sand eels on which they feed left its warmer waters - and how the number of scientific papers recording changes in ecosystems due to global warming has escalated from 14 to more than a thousand in five years.