Sentences with phrase «provide species habitat»

The approach, spearheaded largely by developers, was seen as a way to balance a community's need to develop in a wetlands area and the public's interest in preserving the often swampy lands, which provide species habitat, groundwater recharge, and flood mitigation.

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Acts of parliament need to be passed, as in the state of Victoria in Australia, that provide for the preservation of species by preserving critical habitats.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is investigating whether there are opportunities to use the limited volumes of environmental water available to provide refuge habitat for aquatic species (particularly if the decay of the algal bloom leads to low oxygen levels in the waterways).

The purpose of the watering was to contribute to environmental outcomes such as supporting the condition of floodplain trees, understorey vegetation and submerged plant communities and to provide habitat for bird and frog species.

Two Landscape Management Boards (LMB) will provide participatory forest landscape governance, helping to monitor and control the surrounding 61,190 hectares (151,139 acres) of forest reserves, which are critically important habitat for the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and other species.

The event provided a small short term increase in habitat access, contributed to a flow regime (providing flow variability and hydraulic diversity) that is suitable for non flow cued fish species to spawn, and provided water to the central reed beds of the Great Cumbung Swamp.

Re-establishment of flood - tolerant bank vegetation following the millennium drought will provide habitat for a number of native species and also assist with bank stability during natural floods and heavy rainfall.

In addition to the volume released from Hume Dam, return flows and the Commonwealth's 151 GL of held South Australian allocation were delivered directly to the South Australian border to meet environmental demands in the Lower River Murray, particularly for maintaining connectivity between the Lower Lakes and Coorong, and provide suitable habitat conditions (both salinity and water levels) in the Coorong for estuarine fish and vegetation species.

«We will be working together to deliver environmental water to smaller local wetland and floodplain sites to improve habitat and provide refuges for endangered and threatened native bird and fish species such as the Regent Parrot and the Murray Hardyhead,» Mr Reilly said.

In addition to this volume released from Hume Dam and the volume approved for the Coorong, return flows and the Commonwealth's 134 GL of held South Australian allocation were delivered directly to the South Australian border for meeting environmental demands in the Lower River Murray, particularly for maintaining connectivity between the Lower Lakes Coorong and providing suitable habitat conditions (salinity and water levels) in the Coorong for estuarine fish and vegetation species.

Commonwealth environmental water was delivered to maintain water quality in refuge pools and to provide habitat for large - bodied native fish species present in the Lower Darling River.

In particular, the delivery of additional environmental water is expected to support on - going improvement in the condition and extent of the aquatic herb known as Ruppia tuberose which provides critical habitat for fish and invertebrate species in the Coorong Southern Lagoon.

Although shade coffee farms can provide habitat for some species, they do not possess the complete suite of species or ecosystem functions as the original habitat.

During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.

Mass Audubon permanently protects nearly 37,000 acres of land across Massachusetts, providing important opportunities for all people to experience the wonders of nature firsthand while also safeguarding a wide range of habitats and native wildlife species.

The magnificent beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore provide important nesting and migration habitat for the threatened piping plover and endangered roseate tern along with other species.

The pine savannah is an endangered ecosystem and provides critical habitat for species such as the endangered Yellow - headed Parrot.

This spectacular land contains vernal pools, forested upland, and freshwater wetlands including an active heron rookery and a beaver pond that provide habitat for several unusual species.

Some examples include restoring funding for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, restoration of streams and habitat, and successful passage of the 2002, 2009, and 2014 Environmental Bonds, which provide funding for state land protection and other environmental programs.

In addition to protecting critical habitat for native species, Mass Audubon's land conservation efforts provide many quality - of - life benefits, including clean drinking water, locally grown food, and places to learn about and enjoy nature.

Grasslands and shrublands provide critical habitat for a wide range of plant and animal species, yet they are among the most rapidly declining types of habitat in Massachusetts.

Common reed is a non-native invasive grass that displaces native plant species that provide important habitat for wildlife.

In addition to providing habitat for various salt marsh species, the land also provides opportunities for salt marsh migration in an age of climate change.

«Arcadia's natural diversity combined with our active management of important grasslands and shrublands provide habitat for a wide range of bird species,» said Keane.

As the conference title suggests, participants will learn about both high - elevation habitats and low - lying coastal islands that attract a suite of breeding, migrating, and wintering species — and thus also provide exciting birding opportunities.

It is a perfect setting for numerous outdoor recreational activities, including picnicking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and birdwatching and this forest offers numerous recreational opportunities and provides habitat to a variety of wildlife species.

The paper doesn't provide policy recommendations, but Williams notes that areas that are currently less developed, like the Midwest, might consider land - use plans that preserve «habitat connectivity» so species can move.

In most cases, managing these bees means providing habitat in which they can nest, like drilled wooden boards or hole - studded stone blocks for cavity - nesting species like the blue orchard bee.

Climate models showed that the cooler, drier Bahamian weather would have provided suitable habitat for these species.

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

Nor should you, ecologists add: Bark beetle outbreaks should be allowed to happen as part of the forest's life cycle, and the dead spruces provide habitat for many species.

Natural landscapes filter water, produce oxygen, sequester carbon, and provide vital habitat for other species.

The prairies of the Upper Missouri River Basin are home to iconic species such as the prairie dog and provide critical habitat for many grassland birds, but they are losing ground to food production and, increasingly, to bioenergy crops.

They are also a rich source of food for people around the globe, providing habitat and nurseries for as much as one - quarter of all ocean species.

This region features unique, highly diverse arid and semi-arid habitats inhabited by rare and endangered plants and animals, and provides a vital migratory stopping point for many species of birds and animals on their journey across the continent.

And shrimp farming (which provides well over one million metric tons of shrimp annually, about 25 percent of all shrimp consumed) has been linked to the destruction of almost half of the world's mangroves: coastal forests that absorb carbon dioxide and provide essential habitat for wild fish species.

«Natural and hybrid systems can also improve water quality, provide habitat for many important species, and mitigate carbon going into our atmosphere.»

This keystone species provides food and habitat for many other species, and numerous State and National Parks are dedicated to their conservation.

The umbrella species concept is one surrogate species strategy in which a species with large area requirements — such as the greater sage grouse — is provided sufficient protected habitat.

Not only do they provide predators food, mussels regulate water quality and clarity through the filter system that is engaged when they feed, and their colonies provide a habitat for other species.

Crops like alfalfa provide critical habitat for the Long - billed Curlew, the largest shorebird in North America and a species of continental conservation concern.

In the 4FRI treatment zone, they provide habitat for species like the endangered Mexican spotted owl, mule deer and other animals that depend on a thick canopy to survive.

Large ones provide ecosystem services such as filtering seawater, recycling nutrients on reefs and providing habitat for other species, and are estimated to be able to live for more than 2300 years.

This provides a uniquely clear example of how different specialists within the same species, in this case adaption to life at different habitat depths, can be maintained even within the same geographic population.

Nonetheless, as co-author S D Biju notes, these insights into the frog's development, «enable a better understanding of its ecological adaptations and provide useful information for conservation of this Endangered species and its vanishing habitats.»

Causeways and other roads that bisect wetlands alter natural habitats by providing avenues by which invasive plants species can colonize wetlands and nesting areas, altering natural hydrology of wetland systems, altering storm water runoff and drainage, providing avenues for road salts and pollutants and the direct loss of habitat due to land - clearing and paving.

«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.»

«Myanmar's extensive forests are declining rapidly due to political and economic change: The country is one of the most forested in Southeast Asia, providing habitat for endangered species.»

«Because climate change affects some environmental factors like precipitation and temperature but not others like day length, phenotypic plasticity could allow some species to persist in a habitat despite changing conditions and provide more time for them to evolve and migrate,» says co-author Zachariah Gezon, a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth.

The adult populations of 10 species, including the spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) and song sparrow (Melospiza melodia), were doing fine in these habitats, perhaps because they have more food resources thanks to human - provided bird feeders.