Sentences with phrase «small ecosystems»

Atlantic Canada has a vibrant but small ecosystem of entrepreneurs that have supported one another for generations.

In small ecosystems like the Everglades or the Hawaiian Islands, where native species are already imperiled by disappearing habitat, invading species may be the final straw.

Companies like Research In Motion and Nortel have been the exceptions, having created small ecosystems, but both have also fallen from grace, as tech companies often do, reminding us that a single company can not maintain an ecosystem indefinitely.

Colour Maisch presents small ecosystems from porcelain and other materials, including snow fungus.

«They present a perfect model for small ecosystems.»

Google does have its own small ecosystem, but it is not as seamless or easy to use, and many people do not mind knowing how it works.

Atlantic Canada's Innovation District Atlantic Canada has a vibrant but small ecosystem of entrepreneurs that have supported one another for generations.

«The biggest challenge for any startup in a smaller ecosystem — and Vancouver is a smaller ecosystem than Silicon Valley or even compared to Seattle — is that even if you're successful at home, you still eventually have to compete with the big boys for top - notch venture capital out of the Valley.

Tidal wetlands and estuaries, despite being the smallest ecosystems in the study domain at 2.4 percent and 9 percent of the area, respectively, buried the majority of the region's carbon, the team found.

Small ecosystems are more vulnerable to extinctions; their member species are fewer in number and have limited refuge, and so are at statistically greater risk of being eliminated by a single event, whether a hurricane or the introduction of a predatory snake.

Also, the native residents of these small ecosystems — surrounded by fewer species than their counterparts in large continental ecosystems — are evolutionarily less fit to compete against invaders.

Likewise, small ecosystems can't be said to be competitively weaker than big ones.

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Within that massive biome are thousands of smaller ecosystems, each with their own biodiversity and VOC signals.

With Jaguar's InControl app on my iPhone, I could access a small ecosystem of third - party apps on the XE's touchscreen.

Adding items like aquarium sand or a floating turtle platform can really help to create a small ecosystem within your aquarium habitat.

This is a 1 - day getaway from the city and the perfect opportunity to observe Peruvian wildlife and experience a small ecosystem right on the border of the capital city.

It may be a small ecosystem but it is a powerful one.

However, it seems more appropriate to view the system as having multiple tipping points and thresholds that range in importance and scale from the smallest ecosystem to the size of the planet.

«We would like to build a small ecosystem on testnet and give people some hands - on experience before moving to mainnet,» said Decker.