Sentences with phrase «sparse populations of»

We lack a mechanistic understanding of how sparse populations of this small predator could be having a substantial impact on prey.

Despite the sparse population of silver - haired citizens wistful for the brighter days of communism, democracy is in full force as the village prepares in earnest for its mayoral election.

The Northern Territory has the sparsest population of any state or territory in all of Australia.

Also, why does East Antactica, having a sparser population of surface stations, not have wider confidence limits than East Antarctica?

Not exact matches

Given the sparse population west of Lake Superior at the time, the need for a subsidy for a large indivisible capital project is not in question but the size of the subsidy has been subject to debate.

One year ago, the reportedly «fastest - growing church in Africa» dedicated a $ 15.5 million, 10,000 - seat conference center in a sparse prairie town northeast of Dallas whose population is less than 1 percent black.

Despite its sparse population, the area provides the third highest economic contribution per head of all of Russia's federal districts, and is strategically placed to help TH True Milk grow its business in Asia.

This led to the creation of buildings with square - ish and sparse forms, mostly made quickly and cheaply to fulfil the need to create new spaces for the growing population.

These are some of the most remote areas, where the terrain can be rough and population is sparse.

His analysis showed that the LGM — when annual temperatures in northernmost Asia and northwestern North America were some 12 degrees Celsius lower than today — likely reduced the northern populations of mammoths as grasslands froze over and food became sparse.

When areas of the ocean are low in iron, the plankton population usually remains sparse.

«If function is localized, with small numbers of neurons bunched together doing similar things, that's consistent with sparse coding, high selectivity, and low population spiking rates.

Border cells are relatively sparse, making up less than 10 % of the local cell population, but can be found in all layers of the medial entorhinal cortex as well as the adjacent parasubiculum, often intermingled with head - direction cells and grid cells.

It will also be important to determine the effects of IER in other populations, for example in individuals with more profound metabolic derangements such as those with established T2DM, the evidence for which is relatively sparse.36 Additionally, given that several rodent and human IER (50 - 100 % ER on restricted days) trials have demonstrated metabolic improvements in the absence of overall ER 15, 22, 27, 31, 53,105, one can speculate that IER may have potential applications within non-overweight populations and as a maintenance strategy post-weight-loss.

There is relatively sparse amount of literature on high - intensity strength training and diabetes in high risk populations.

With much of Nottingham dominated by students, and a sizeable portion of the daytime population commuting home after work, it's common to feel like the options are sometimes sparse.

For diehards like Sanders, the vast distances and sparse population are part of western New Mexico's draw.

As the legislature deals with the need to provide fair funding for the common good, system components must be preserved, including recapture, school district - based adjustments (like small and sparse adjustment and cost of education index adjustments), weighted pupil funding for special population students (including compensatory education, bilingual education, special education, and gifted and talented), transportation and especially facilities.

Inadequate funding adds to factors such as high transportation costs, high costs for technology, and the expenses of having sparse student populations.

To give you an idea of the sparse population and the extent of the dirt roads, I once drove for 8 hours in western Utah without passing another car.

Eradication of cats was possible for various reasons: firstly, it is an island with a very small human population and therefore with a low risk or re-introduction of cats; its size is small (26km2) which helps control and monitoring; and lastly, the vegetation is sparse, with many open areas.

Exceptions in the overall population trend were seen in some breeds that showed either a reduction or enhancement of risk with neutering that differed from the aggregate risk, but upon closer inspection, the data were generally sparse for breeds showing a deviation from the overall trend.

Due to the sparse population in Baja, there are enormous areas of wilderness that are not serviced by any public transportation.

Pirates (also called contrabandistas, bucaneros, corsarios, filibusteros, sea dogs and pechelinguas), already in the area, found that the extensive coast line, sparse population and lack of Spanish defenses made the east coast of Yucatan and Belize a natural operating area.

Although literally the center of the United States, its sparse population teeters between geographic isolation and its prominent role in national and global markets for agriculture, energy, and natural resources.

In claiming that a permanent population never existed in the Chagos Islands, The British government repeatedly trivialized and ignored the Chagossians, facilitated by the sparse photographic evidence and minimal documentation of their heritage.

The Mississipi River ran backwards for three days after that one; fatalities were low because population in the area west of the Appalachians was very sparse at that time.

Deserts support on the order of 10 people per km2, in sparse populations with among the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) of all ecoregions (Reid et al., 2005).

«Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are critically endangered and the majority of hawksbill habitat use and movement research to date has been centred in the Wider Caribbean and Indo - Paciï ¬ c regions... As recently as 2007, hawksbills were considered functionally extirpated in the eastern Paciï ¬ c Ocean, based on scarce reports of their presence and the sparse coral reef distribution in the region... This study represents the ï ¬ rst initiative to track individuals from this remnant hawksbill population and describes novel habitat use that will inform regional conservation efforts.»

To make matters worse, in many of those counties, public transportation and internet access are sparse, and a significant percentage of the population doesn't even have access to a vehicle.

Montana While Montana is a wide open state with a relatively sparse population, the people who live there like to have a good time, because state ranks No. 1 in its concentration of bars relative to the size of its young adult population.