Sentences with phrase «potential habitat in»

«Given the widespread potential habitat in the Okavango, it seems odd the species is collected so infrequently, but it may well be that it is quite rare.»

She is looking at carbon cycling processes, including microbial, in a wide variety of potential habitats in areas surrounding the Princess Elizabeth station.

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It's a result of a $ 17.8 million contract the company signed with NASA in 2012 to develop and test expandable habitat technology for potential use in deep space.

Plans for increasing demand include encouraging companies to buy and promote RA certified coffee, and arranging media tours of RA certified farms so that consumers realize «their potential roles in fostering the conservation of habitats and quality of life for millions of third - world workers.»

Not only is much of the undeveloped land in one of the fastest growing towns, but with the restoration, it also has the potential to showcase the importance of creating a climate resilient habitat and telling a compelling story about a healing landscape.

It is perhaps surprising that in the 1990s, Stephen Bannon, White House strategist and ideologue, was CEO of Biosphere 2, a project in Arizona to create an artificial habitat for humans, partly to inform potential space colonisation missions.

If these newcomers become established, they have the potential to become invasive, disrupting native marine habitats, says study coauthor James Carlton, a marine scientist at Williams College in Mystic, Conn..

Like consolidation drainage, the fate of plover habitat is also tied to potential changes in climate.

These newly discovered lakes are a potential habitat for microbial life and may assist scientists in the search for life beyond earth.

Discarded pet Burmese pythons are breeding in the Everglades — and climate change could make a third of the US potential python habitat.

He has long been obsessed with getting a mission to Europa, which harbors a salty ocean under an icy shell — perhaps the best habitat for potential life elsewhere in the solar system.

A later amendment to the law, however, noted that the agency can weigh potential negative economic impact of habitat designation in deciding whether to create a new habitat area.

As is the case for so many threatened species, the breakup of their habitat sounded the death knell for tamarins, depriving them of the continuity of forest they require to remain abundant and safe from potential threats in any single vicinity.

«The potential of this tool to characterize single and multiple species populations in aquatic and terrestrial habitats appears to be unlimited.»

«It is important to begin mechanistic studies of these declines,» the team concludes in a paper presenting the finding published in today's Science, «with habitat alteration, climate change and agricultural chemical usage being potential key drivers of observed shifts.»

The authors suggest that the more often an animal reproduces, the greater the variability in the ocean currents that larvae can experience, and the more potential habitats that a dispersing animal could be connected to.

So this lightweight Mg - based SMA has great potential in aerospace applications such as self - deployable space habitat frames and damping devises on spacecraft systems.

«If trees were to be established throughout their potential cover area, they would serve to filter air and water pollutants and reduce building energy use, and improve human well - being while providing habitat and resources for other species in the urban area.»

Topics of discussion regarding science for integrated management of coastal and shelf processes included natural variability of the coastal zone in space and time, experimental management, potential roles of different species, assemblages and habitats in coastal systems, effects of changing nutrient regimes, and perturbations of food - web dynamics.

By shedding light on potential mechanisms that facilitated that bear's survival during her long swim, as well as the overall metabolism and activity of bears, the current study «profoundly contributes to understanding the value of summer habitats used by polar bears in terms of their energetics,» Harlow says.

In an attempt to settle the potential conflict over valuable land before the bird was put on the endangered list, the various groups of conservationists and developers tried to hammer out an agreement in which enough of the bird's habitat would be set aside to protect the gnatcatcher, while the rest of the land would be given over to developmenIn an attempt to settle the potential conflict over valuable land before the bird was put on the endangered list, the various groups of conservationists and developers tried to hammer out an agreement in which enough of the bird's habitat would be set aside to protect the gnatcatcher, while the rest of the land would be given over to developmenin which enough of the bird's habitat would be set aside to protect the gnatcatcher, while the rest of the land would be given over to development.

The vast magnificent savanna, forests, wooded savannas, and deep rivers habitats remain largely intact with potential for recovery of wildlife populations if urgent and robust conservation security measures are taken in this strategic area, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), ECOFAUNE + / AGRECO, and the Ministry of Environment of Central African Republic said in a report issued today.

The study is the first to give a global overview of all current plans to mine the seabed, in both national and international waters, and looks at the potential impacts including physical destruction of seabed habitats, creation of large underwater plumes of sediment and the effects of chemical, noise and light pollution arising from mining operations.

A study published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation may help field conservationists better understand the potential for human activities to disturb endangered giant pandas in native habitats.

«When you're trying to reconstruct the diet of human ancestors, you want to look at a number of things, including the habitats they lived in, the potential foods that were available, how valuable those various food items would have been in relation to their energy content and how long it takes to handle a food item.»

«So, it appears that, at least in the Misiones province, the jaguar should not be modeled as an umbrella species because the results fail to capture the varied requirements of coexisting species across the breadth of potential habitats.»

Puma, oncilla, and bush dog have comparatively higher levels of modified habitats in their potential distributions compared to the jaguar and ocelot.»

Using these values, the computer can automatically add new habitat and rearrange the landscape in order to improve range shifting potential.»

This hidden ocean is, says Hayes, «the most accessible laboratory for prebiotic chemistry in the solar system» — a potential habitat for life.

The saltiness of the newly discovered lakes makes them a potential habitat for microbes — which may assist scientists in the search for life beyond Earth.

Yet those are amongst the regions most vulnerable to potential sea level rise, which in their case would cause a direct reduction of habitat.

It is possible that exercise results in migration from subcutaneous habitats to the skin surface, but little is known about this potential mechanism.

It «will assess at - sea habitat use and migration paths of adult brown pelicans that breed in the SAPA and, should energy development occur there in the future, be used to map potential risk areas,» Jodice said.

The greater sage grouse as a species isn't having it much easier: Under the new Trump administration, in June 2017 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans for a «review» threatening to undermine efforts to protect the greater sage grouse across 11 western states, therebygiving big oil companies and other polluters potential new access to vital grouse habitat.

«The potential consequences to amphibian populations are interesting, including the continual masculinization of frog populations for many generations in habitats contaminated with high concentrations of road salt, which could potentially affect the abundance of frogs in these habitats,» said Relyea.

The paucity of data regarding population status of emperor penguins is largely due to the logistical difficulties of accessing potential emperor penguin breeding habitat in areas of Antarctica that are not in close proximity to research stations.

Another potential feedback might occur if reduced timber yields force loggers to compensate by enlarging the amount of area harvested, resulting in higher CO2 emissions through deforestation and associated fires, as well as increased rates of habitat fragmentation / degradation and species extinctions

This study highlights the potential importance of considering water chemistry and microbiology when constructing artificial fish habitats — and the team hopes that the information will provide a valuable contribution to the continued survival of the Devils Hole Pupfish in captivity.

We think this is a great way for potential buyers to experience the full bandwidth offered by the Corvette Stingray in its natural habitat.

What better way to reach a potential audience than in their natural habitat?

In that, and other cases, the initiative's Mike Phillips stresses they only move cats «when it's absolutely necessary for their survival,» like when their habitat becomes a construction site or when the cats are considered a nuisance, and that the group conducts a site evaluation of any potential relocation spot.

With the nine oil paintings and three works on paper that comprise the exhibition, Miller continues to explore the narrative potential of the animal world by revisiting many of the themes that she has surveyed in her work for the past thirty years, including the relationship between predator and prey, the effect of changing habitats upon both flora and fauna, the folly of our human sense of control over nature, and the passage of time.

The National Research Council described dispersant use in 2005 as «a conscious decision» to direct hydrocarbons to one part of the marine ecosystem, «decreasing the risk to water surface and shoreline habitats while increasing the potential risk to organisms in the water column and on the seafloor.»

However, quarrying of limestone looms as a potential threat to wildlife in this area, along with habitat conversion for agriculture.

Viable avenues to improving the information base are determining which climate models exhibit the best ability to reproduce the historical and potential future change in habitats, and determining how, how fast, and how far various species can move or adapt.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.

In a December 2013 warning to potential investors in a US$ 90 million initial public offering for PT SSS, EIA revealed an independent evaluation of the firm's prospectus showed illegal clearance of forest areas and direct threats to orangutan habitat posed by planned expansion of the firm's oil palm plantationIn a December 2013 warning to potential investors in a US$ 90 million initial public offering for PT SSS, EIA revealed an independent evaluation of the firm's prospectus showed illegal clearance of forest areas and direct threats to orangutan habitat posed by planned expansion of the firm's oil palm plantationin a US$ 90 million initial public offering for PT SSS, EIA revealed an independent evaluation of the firm's prospectus showed illegal clearance of forest areas and direct threats to orangutan habitat posed by planned expansion of the firm's oil palm plantations.

Though observational data is limited on the links between climate change and dengue risk in Hawaii, future climate scenarios predict warmer temperatures and wetter summers in Hawaii over the next 25 year, which will cause an expansion of mosquito habitat and potential dengue risk areas.

Mr. Sullivan's letter to Secretary Johnson describes how the new anchorages could provide targets for terror attacks — two are located within three miles of the Indian Point nuclear plant — and that increased traffic of barges filled with crude oil and other hazardous materials raises the potential for collisions and spills, «which in the tidal Hudson would be difficult, if not impossible, to clean up without incurring immediate and long - term damage to drinking water resources and prime wildlife habitat.»

... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.