Sentences with phrase «species than other areas»

Cities consistently supported a greater number of protected species than other areas.

An analysis of sediment from 17 seabed sites — from European estuaries to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the deep Atlantic Ocean — found that the bathyal region of the Rockall Trough has more species than any other area so far measured.

The region supports more frog, snake, bird and marsupial species than any other area in Australia.

Not exact matches

On this basis on 1st August, 2016, Forest Watch Ghana (a civil society coalition of 35 - member organisations and several other NGOs in the natural resource sector) petitioned the then President, John Mahama, to intervene in the issuance of prospecting license to Exton Cubic due to environmental concerns; more than 60 % of this forest reserve is a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), which means that the area is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and faArea (GSBA), which means that the area is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and faarea is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and fauna.

Herbivores (species that eat plants; e.g. caterpillars) consume more non-native (introduced from other places) oak leaf material in areas with diverse native plant communities than in less diverse communities.

Research results from Lund University in Sweden show that urban great tits have shorter telomeres than others of their own species living in rural areas.

INBio «handled the subject and biodiversity better than any country in the world,» he says that, thanks to INBio, «no other country has developed a national inventory of biodiversity like Costa Rica and no other country has such precise information about the species present in their protected areas.»

Therefore, he and others say, nature - preserve planners must set aside a larger area than previously thought to protect species that rely on figs for food.

«Although they are known to be less specialised than greater bamboo lemurs, other bamboo lemur species have been considered specialists for a long time but now they have been seen to thrive in areas where there is no bamboo.

The area on the DNA where this gene (and genes governing other physical features such as muzzle length, coat characteristics, relative leg length, body proportion and ear floppiness) is found is very prone to mutations, and dogs have many more of these mutations than other species.

Other top attractions in the surrounding area include the Oasis Park at La Lajita Zoo, which has more than 200 species of birds and a botanical garden area, and Lobos Island, which is situated at the northern end of Fuerteventura.

Haleakala National Park is home to more threatened and endangered species than any other national park in the U.S. Due to the isolated volcanic area, all of the plants and animals either traveled thousands of miles over land and sea or were brought over by Hawaiians or other visitors.

In an area that is not just home to more species of plants than most other regions on earth, but is equally rich in cultural diversity, the number of plants used for medicines in different ways by different people is mind boggling.

The area is home to jaguars, howler monkeys, deer, pumas, wild cats and many other mammals, as well as spiders, reptiles, insects and more than 800 plant species.

Other on - site adventures include waterfall rappelling in 3 different waterfalls, night hiking and birdwatching (more than 200 species have been recorded in the area).

Family law is a unique species of civil law for many reasons, but primarily because of: the frequency with which disputes brought to court concern social, psychological and emotional issues rather than legal; the almost complete absence of circumstances in which a specific legal conclusion invariably and inevitably results from a particular set of facts; and, the range of other areas of the law that may be concurrently applicable, such as contracts, tax, conflicts, real property, negligence, torts and trusts.