Sentences with phrase «provide suitable habitat»

Along their journey they come to realize that Earth has special qualities that enable humans to live — and that only Earth can provide a suitable habitat.

Scarano focused on direct threats such as the Belo Monte dam project, as well as successful experiments at restoration, including efforts to revive degraded land using novel techniques, which in some places include planting non-native tree species as a way to create zones that provide suitable habitat for native seedlings to take hold.

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.

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.

The key objective of this proposal is to maximise the current Murray cod spawning response by providing suitable habitat inundation and associated food resources throughout their critical breeding period (mid Oct — mid Dec).

In the colon, the mucus layer is divided into a loose outer layer that provides a suitable habitat for bacteria, allowing us to benefit from them, and an inner layer that acts as a protective barrier.

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

After roving for approximately a Mars year (almost two Earth years) and sampling dust, sand, rocks and atmosphere at the Gale Crater landing site, Curiosity has found the strongest evidence to date that the very early Mars environment could have provided a suitable habitat for life as we know it.

Broadly, planting the native species is more accepted for providing suitable habitat.

The recent photograph, captured in November 2009, suggests that Arizona still provides suitable habitat for the cat, which is endangered throughout its range.

Not exact matches

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.

improve the diversity and condition of native fish, frog and waterbird populations through maintaining suitable aquatic habitat and providing opportunities for breeding and recruitment.

provide habitat that is suitable for supporting increased abundance and diversity of waterbirds within the Ral Ral floodplain.

These trees, in turn, «provided abundant food and suitable habitats» for neighboring fields, says Li.

Like comparing life in an intentional community versus the gridlock of a gritty city, the log hive is an intriguing design that thinks outside the box, and could provide bees with a more suitable habitat that caters to their natural tendencies, rather than working against them.

The purpose of the Bioblock is to provide additional suitable habitats within a sea wall or revetment structure to increase the biodiversity of the shoreline.

Altered fish communities: Warmer lakes and streams will certainly provide more habitat for warmwater species as conditions in northern reaches of the basin become more suitable for warmwater fish and as lakes and streams are vacated by cool - and coldwater species.91 Habitat for coldwater fish, though not expected to disappear, will shrink substantially, though it could also expand in some areas, such as Lake Superior.

Many hydroelectric plants, including some in New York, provide suitable wintering habitat for bald eagles.