Sentences with phrase «where forest habitats»

However, the question the researchers asked was this: Should conservation efforts be focused on areas where forest habitats have already been lost and species might be reaching a threshold, or on forests that are largely intact and are only just beginning to be affected by development?

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The monarch butterfly, which winters in the forests of Michoacán (the state where many avocados are grown), could potentially be put at risk, along with other plants and animals in the habitat.

An avocado orchard uses twice as much water as a regular forest, and much of that water is diverted from the natural habitat where other plants and animals can use it.

The Plantation: A small - scale reproduction of a tropical forest which features cocoa trees — where chocolate professionals can be immersed in the world of cocoa and see cocoa fruits in a natural habitat.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds, including the coordination of Mass Audubon's Foresters for the Birds program.

Originally hailing from Delaware, Jeff attended graduate school at UMass Amherst, where he investigated the winter habitat of the migratory Golden - winged Warbler as well as the role of alternative coffee farming in the conservation of forest bird species in Costa Rica.

Jeff is a Field Ornithologist at Mass Audubon, where he focuses on working landscapes and the habitat management of forest birds.

Furthermore, B. nipponica adults have intrinsic traits that may facilitate their actions as dispersal agents for this mycoheterotrophic herb: (1) their abundance in the plant habitat; (2) they are ground - dwelling, which means they defecate on the forest floor where M. humile's fungal partners, Russulaceae, reside; and (3) the long transit times of seeds through their gut (3 - 10 h) providing occasional long - distance seed dispersal.

Add to that habitat destruction where floral plantations displace native forest and wetlands.

They modelled relationships between environmental factors in the forest and where possums occurred to assign habitat suitability values, expressed as a percentage of the optimal habitat for the species, to both the current reserve system and possible expanded systems.

The findings show that the Ellesmere Protarctos lived in a northern boreal - type forest habitat, where there would have been 24 - hour darkness in winter, as well as about six months of ice and snow.

On landscapes with both open and closed habitat structure, they may use a combined strategy of hiding in forest cover to lower predator encounter rates and seeking open terrain, such as grasslands, where predation risk may be reduced.

A veteran defender of the forests claims they could in fact be buying timber cut from rare tiger habitat or regions where there is illegal logging, or removed using methods that cause epidemics of malaria.

«Understanding the complexity of toad breeding habitat is critical to the conservation of the species,» said Stephanie Barnes, an aquatic biologist on the Sierra National Forest, where 10 of the research meadows were located.

Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently exist.

The reintroduction has been hampered by rules that require recapture of wolves who set up territories outside the narrowly defined recovery area and that do not allow release of captive wolves into New Mexico's Gila National Forest, where there's extensive suitable habitat.

Soon, hoards of developers are mercilessly razing the forest and clearing the habitat to make way for a vast residential project expanding out from Tokyo into Tama Hills, where the Raccoons live.

Sangeh is a small tropical rain forest surrounded by the rice field with high and shady tropical trees where this place as a habitat for group of monkeys.

Visit the Itala Game Reserve where you'll find both highland lowland birds in the habitat varying from high cliffs to rolling hills and forests.

There's a unique rainforest habitat where you can experience life in a tropical forest at birdseye level, observing native wildlife from treetop walkways.

Sierra Pacific Industries, a family - owned lumber company based in Anderson, California, partnered with several environmental, academic and government organizations to better understand fisher habitat, restore the species to forests where they've been lost and help them expand into new areas.

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

Forest prescriptions for «group - selection» stands called for two post-treatment basal areas, one for «open» areas that would be evenly thinned and another for «group» areas where thinning would be minimal to enhance wildlife habitats by retaining greater tree densities.

Likewise, increased ocean acidity has even created some never - before seen habitats, where corals are finding sanctuary among the submerged roots of mangrove forests.

The criteria include: using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible; implementing no - burn policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut the risk of fires spreading into forest areas; sparing forests with high conservation value from development; taking measures to reduce air pollution; and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent — a byproduct — from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

These include using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible, implementing no burn policies, sparing high conservation value forests from development, taking measures to reduce air pollution, and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

In Europe, where this forest management wasn't practiced, there was and still is little habitat for critters.

(Diverse prairie systems also provide this as well as bird movements and other natural phenomenon but trees and forests, the natural habitat where most humans live, are unparalleled in this regard.

Hey, how about tiny home rallies (like motorcycle rallies), farm / tiny home co-op villages, maker workshop / tiny home R&D parks, outdoor recreation / tiny home vacation parks, restoration ecology / tiny home ventures (where tiny home dwellers get to stay for free in return for planting trees, cleaning up creeks & riverbanks, restoring wildlife habitats, and clearing forest fire hazards)?

Environmentalists point to what's happening already with the Forest Service, where firefighting costs have ballooned and other programs — including recreation and habitat restoration — have suffered.

A short list of the areas where development is prohibited includes: areas adjacent to ground and surface water reservoirs and tributaries; mature forests; wildlife habitat; connecting zones; areas containing gravel, sand or limestone; and — just in case anything was missed by that wide net — areas where agricultural land predominates.