Sentences with phrase «small area of the forest»

To see just how important this accuracy is to the fungus, the researchers identified dozens of infected ants in a small area of the forest.

But if proposed protections are put in place, the study projects a much smaller area of forest would be lost — 41,650 square kilometers, over 113,000 square kilometers less than under the agricultural development scenario.

Clearing small areas of forest can actually increase rainfall locally, the study found, but on a larger scale it «dramatically» cuts rainfall.

While all are bad, according to Tejedor, logging is less problematic because it only opens up small areas of the forest as select trees are chosen and cut down.

Not exact matches

In practice, this meant more public land was set aside for conservation purposes and, in the areas still open to logging, cut blocks — those strategically shorn sections of forest seen in aerial photos — grew smaller.

Dinosaur - Era Climate Change Study Suggests Reasons for Turtle Disappearance Mar. 14, 2013 — The dry, barren prairie around Alberta's Drumheller area was once a lush and subtropical forest on the shores of a large inland sea, with loads of wetlands inhabited by dinosaurs, turtles, crocodiles and small mammals.

There is a small playground area near the Forest Retreat perfect for little ones and handily located so you can see it from the decking of the Forest Retreat cafe meaning you can relax while the kids play.

Spaciously situated on 35 acres fields and forest with direct access to 1300 feet of private Saco River frontage; enjoy your own small campfire at our beach area or your own fire - pit.

Addison «s 53 Trails Estate Park District, $ 198,000 for 15.3 acres for a nature preserve; Cook County Forest Preserve District, $ 250,000 for 7.2 acres of the Wolf Road prairie near Westchester; Westmont Park District, $ 91,100 for 7.3 acres for a neighborhood park, nature trails and a small camping area;

Covering about 32,020 hectares of forest land, the Kalakpa Game Reserve traverses two traditional areas; Adaklu and Abutia, and it is home for wild animals such as buffaloes, antelopes, baboons and smaller mammals.

In the executive summary of its application to the Gaming Commission, Resort World has predicted a gross gaming revenue of $ 1 billion and argues that residents of disadvantaged areas of the state, including Sullivan and Ulster counties, «will be economically better off being employed in Sterling Forest Resort than a smaller gaming facility in their «disadvantaged area.

She helped the trio build a forest of tiny carbon nanotubes, cylinders of pure carbon 10,000 times smaller than a human hair, that could boast over 2000 square metres of area per gram.

Scientists have found that small streams, in areas of the eastern Brazilian Amazon that are a mixture of forest and farmland, contain fauna new to science, as well as very rare species.

It's a small country, it does not have the, kind of, a presence in the international stage of a China or an India or a Brazil, but it is concerned about the future of its forests and it wants to play in the climate game, that is it wants to participate in any kinds of offsets that might benefit its economy and also its wild areas.

The lidar - based tools developed in the study have the potential to assist in these tasks, since the laser scans are obtained throughout entire forest areas, providing high - resolution maps of changes within small forest areas.

Small communities, living in large areas of intact forest and with access to healthy stocks of fish, do not appear to be emptying their forests.

On a per - unit - area basis, the cannabis grows resulted in 1.5 times more forest loss and 2.5 times greater fragmentation of the landscape, breaking up large, contiguous forest into smaller patches and reducing wildlife habitat.

But a new study reveals that subsistence hunters from small communities in large areas of intact forest and with access to healthy fish stocks do not appear to be emptying their forests.

IN 1908, a small asteroid exploded in the sky above Siberia, flattening a vast area of remote forest.

Anthropologist Michael Heckenberger of the University of Florida teamed with the local Kuikuro people in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to uncover 28 towns, villages and hamlets that may have supported as many as 50,000 people within roughly 7,700 square miles (20,000 square kilometers) of forest — an area slightly smaller than New Jersey.

The researchers produced forest microclimate maps for an area of 16,000 km2 in central Sweden (covering parts of Värmland, Örebro län, Västmanland and Dalarna) with the help of small temperature data loggers, not larger than a finger nail.

Although that is a large area, it is 13.5 % smaller than the area of forest brought down during the previous 12 months.

But the forest elephants (orage area) of Central and West Africa are smaller than elephants on the savanna.

«This is an enormous loss in relation to the small total area of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest,» the researcher said.

Previous studies of the impact of invasive plants on forests were limited to small areas.

► Lightning strikes a lighthouse and we see a close - up of gel spreading and becoming larger at the base of the building where a small fire burns briefly; a wall of gel rises like a curtain from a jungle forest into the sky, making noises like muttering and muffled roars as we hear that the phenomenon is spreading and destroying all species on Earth; five scientists armed with military rifles enter the area to find trees that have become covered with flowers, woody plants have grown into human shapes covered with blossoms, the bodies of three missing soldiers have been engulfed with vines, moss, and lichens that have grown out of the bodies and the head of a soldier is found in a path (we see no blood or facial expression).

The opening areas - Ancient Forest and Wildspire Waste - turn familiar woodland and desert locations into intricate webs of overlapping biomes, each filled with creatures large and small going about their business.

A small part is filmed in New York City but the major area, after a stop at a fancy resort in Honolulu, is in the village of Waianae, also in Honolulu County, where the Hawaii Tourism Commission may not laugh much at the comic antics displayed but should be proud of a product placement for a stunning rain forest.

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According to the National Science Foundation, «Areas of patchy woods, which are very common in cities and suburban and rural areas, may have higher populations of Lyme - disease carrying ticks than forest fragments... this is because some species thrive in smaller places.&rAreas of patchy woods, which are very common in cities and suburban and rural areas, may have higher populations of Lyme - disease carrying ticks than forest fragments... this is because some species thrive in smaller places.&rareas, may have higher populations of Lyme - disease carrying ticks than forest fragments... this is because some species thrive in smaller places.»

Criterion (vii): The Kenya Lake System presents an exceptional range of geological and biological processes of exceptional natural beauty, including falls, geysers, hot springs, open waters and marshes, forests and open grasslands concentrated in a relatively small area and set among the landscape backdrop of the Great Rift Valley.

A small parking and picnic area is located along the banks of Glenn and Silver Creeks, set in an old - growth forest of Douglas...

Panviman Resort is on the northeastern side of Phangan Island, above a hillside overlooking an unspoiled beach, Thong Nai Pan.The hotel is actually well positioned on a small hill between two beaches therefore visitors can enjoy panoramic views of not only the sea but also tropical forests, coconut plantations and more.Step inside and you will discover an exotic and comfortable ambience with a freeform swimming pool with Jacuzzi, a lounge area and lovely gardens.Its accommodations include 18 Superior Hotel Rooms (32sqm), 10 Deluxe Hotel Rooms (44sqm), 22 Deluxe Cottages (51sqm), four Family Cottages (40sqm), 14 Pool Villas (109sqm) and three Spa Villas (80sqm).

From the smaller parking area just south of the main Oswald West parking lot, the Necarney Creek Trail descends into the rainforest and connects to the Elk Flats Trail south, offering about a 1.5 - mile walk through forest, emerging at meadows frequented by elk and eventually leading to a short spur trail to sheer cliffs overlooking Devil's Cauldron.

Necarney Creek to Elk Flats: From the smaller parking area just south of the main Oswald West parking lot, the Necarney Creek Trail descends into the rainforest and connects to the Elk Flats Trail south, offering about a 1.5 - mile walk through forest, emerging at meadows frequented by elk and eventually leading to a short spur trail to sheer cliffs overlooking Devil's Cauldron.

Plitvice Lakes National Park is a collection of small and large lakes, beautiful forests, rocky areas and dramatic waterfalls.

Ancient lore says that Lea, the goddess who watched over the canoe builders, was transformed into a small forest bird and would fly down from the Haleakala volcano to the shoreline of South Maui, which is how the area became known as Wailea, meaning «the waters of Lea.»

Uluwatu temple is very amazing and there area also the group of monkeys dwelling the small forest around the temple.

With over 150 islands off its coast, mangrove forests, rain forests, beautiful beaches, limestone cliffs, small villages in rather undeveloped rural areas, and only one main resort town, the province of Krabi is the perfect place to spend at the same time a relaxing and exciting holiday.

Creatures When dropping Toki in a nest, birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at begismall delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at begiSmall tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning

The Forest map also suffers from a similar fate; the map is rather small and there really is one area of engagement besides the two spawn points.

Forest areas have an almost mystical vibe accented by bright colors, plenty of flora, stone bridges, and small buildings.

Known as the «Forest City» for its abundance of trees and park space, the London area offers big city appeal with a small town feel.

In the understated language of science, the new study, in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concludes: «This is unfortunate when one considers that for some species - rich areas of the planet, a large proportion of remaining forest is in fragments» smaller than 2,500 acres.

Some large high severity fires occurred in these areas during the 1950s drought, and subsequent droughts, but the largest total areas burned in forests were an order of magnitude smaller than the largest fires today.

«New remote sensing approaches using light detection and ranging (Lidar) and radio detection and ranging (radar) from airborne sensors have been successful in providing high - resolution estimates of forest carbon density for small areas,» he wrote in a paper published in May by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Furthermore, the alerting system can not detect all forest cover loss, whether due to the small size of the loss area, persistent cloud cover, or other explanations still being identified through GFW validation efforts.

Even small fires can have big impacts on forest structure and overall health, killing upwards of 40 percent of trees in a given area.

Though it may seem small, there's also accessory areas like an outdoor deck with panoramic views of Umpqua National Forest, and a garden where they grow some their own food, so the two say that they don't feel cramped at all.

Preferred habitat: edges of forests, lowland areas, fields, thickets; requires deep, moist, but well - drained bottomlands + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: evergreen + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay loam, well drained + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 8 to 15 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Seeds attract American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Bluebird, Mickingbird; it is a butterfly nectar and larval food plant + + + + Note: plant will reseed itself prolifically with the help of robins; do not be surprised if a small number of your cherry laurel population die during changing climatic conditions