Sentences with phrase «terrestrial wildlife»

Forests, mineral resources, local emissions to air and terrestrial wildlife, for example, do not engage any discrete area of the environment clearly linked to a Federal power.

Over 90 % of the terrestrial wildlife habitat is mallee and woodland, dominated largely by eucalyptus, with the balance shrubland, fernland and forest.

Few people live in Avellanas, but an abundance of marine and terrestrial wildlife makes this a true paradise.

Forested shorelines offer superb natural camping sites and the chance to see plenty of terrestrial wildlife and bird species.

Further information on terrestrial wildlife is given by Somerville (1995), who provides up dated species lists for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates recorded or likely to occur.

In 1994, the International Tropical Conservation Foundation (ITCF) conducted a terrestrial wildlife survey of the Bacalar region and determined that Jaguar (Pantera onca) and Puma (Puma concolor) both threatened species, continued to be in existence within the region.

The northern end of Ambergris Caye is also home to many other terrestrial wildlife such as peccaries, racoons and white - tailed deer.

This tour offers excellent opportunities to view both marine and terrestrial wildlife as you paddle along shorelines and through island channels & reefs that can only be accessed by sea kayak.

Fredebaugh, S.L., et al., Prevalence of antibody to Toxoplasma gondii in terrestrial wildlife in a natural area.

We still have little understanding of the role that marine and terrestrial wildlife species play in providing both macro - and micronutrients for the many people who, for numerous reasons, do not have access to these nutrients through alternative sources.

These contrasting influences contribute to the island's exceptional natural beauty, creating a unique environment that supports an abundance of marine and terrestrial wildlife.

«There is hope for marine species that simply does not exist for the hundreds of terrestrial wildlife species that have already crossed the extinction threshold.»

Not exact matches

«The timing of snowmelt and length of the snow - free season significantly impacts weather, the permafrost, and wildlife — in short, the Arctic terrestrial system as a whole,» said Christopher Cox, a scientist with CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA's Physical Sciences Division in Boulder, Colorado.

A team including researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research has developed a novel methodology that, for the first time, combines 3 - D and advanced range estimator technologies to provide highly detailed data on the range and movements of terrestrial, aquatic, and avian wildlife species.

Beyond wildlife concerns, Canada's boreal forest, which stretches from coast to coast, comprises perhaps the world's largest terrestrial storehouse of carbon dioxide, so it is critical to keep it intact to help mitigate global warming.

Although the country has a target to increase terrestrial protected areas from 13.8 % of total land area in 2015 to 20 % by 2025, economic development has already had an impact on wildlife.

Among the most serious threats to ocean wildlife is climate change, which according to the scientists is degrading marine wildlife habitats and has a greater impact on these animals than it does on terrestrial fauna.

In their survey on wildlife losses, published in Science last year, Rudolfo Dirzo, a biologist at Stanford, and colleagues, reported that terrestrial vertebrates are showing a «25 per cent average decline in abundance» and that «invertebrate patterns are equally dire: 67 per cent of monitored populations show 45 per cent mean abundance decline.

iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool — prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed.

With seascapes the equal of any in Southeast Asia, and terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, the Philippines» most sparsely populated region is also the most beguiling.

With seascapes equal of any in Southeast Asia, and wildlife terrestrial and aquatic, the Philippines» most sparsely populated region is also the most beguiling.

More responsibly - managed forests means more wildlife in those habitats, where approximately 80 percent of terrestrial species live.

(12) other State - based strategies that comprehensively implement adaptation activities to remediate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on terrestrial, marine, and freshwater fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources.