Sentences with phrase «primary habitat»

Wetlands serve as primary habitat for thousands of wildlife species — from ducks to beavers to insects — and form an important ecosystem link between land and water.

The nearby Scott Islands are a protected area, and are considered critical habitat for breeding seabirds, including the tufted puffin, and acts as primary habitat for more than 70,000 species of seabirds including several species Auklets and Petrels.

Currently the Greenland Shark, whose primary habitat might actually be in Canadian waters, is the prime suspect behind hundreds of seal carcasses turning up on Sable Island.

There is increasing recognition among nature conservation organizations that many species interact with agricultural systems, even if their primary habitat is in natural areas.

One «growing phenomenon in the Arctic [is] polar bears foraging on land as their primary habitat, sea ice, retreats,» Kintisch writes, which makes field work even more dangerous, and difficult, than it would be otherwise.

It might be surprising to hear this idea coming from a former advisor to a US congresswoman, but Sagarin's primary habitat is an even tougher environment than Washington's corridors of power; the rock pools of California.

The orangutans are still able to get the protein they need to survive in these areas, even though the partially logged forests are not their primary habitat.

Where your dog rests and sleeps becomes a primary habitat for eggs and developing fleas.

Located just 85 km southwest of the capital city San Jose, this region is most well known for being the primary habitat for the resplendent Quetzal, Costa Rica's most famous bird.

I take the body as our primary habitat.

Resilience: Despite threats from herbicides to the Milkweed that is the Monarch caterpillar's sole food source and primary habitat, the Monarch butterfly persists.

This threat is exacerbated by the continuing destruction of the lowland forests of Palawan, the primary habitat of the species.

Unlike other ecosystems, however, cities are our primary habitat: three out of four Europeans live in urban areas,» the agency wrote in announcing the project.

This will be used for the primary habitat roof, along with an inflatable module underneath as the primary living habitat.