Sentence examples for anthropogenic practices from inspiring English sources

These debates have important implications for our understanding of the role of anthropogenic practices in the development, or at times degradation, of regional environments.

In spite of the natural occurrence of heavy metals as rare elements, diverse anthropogenic practices have contributed to spread them in the environment.

Charcoal in regional stratigraphic records suggests natural development and maintenance of the Malagasy grasslands by fire (Burney 1987a, b, c), though the present fire regime is heavily influenced by anthropogenic practices such as pasture management for cattle grazing, with estimates of a quarter to a half of Malagasy grasslands (by land area) are burned annually (Kull 2012).

We use a case study of the mountain date palm (Phoenix loureiroi Kunth), harvested in South India to produce brooms, to present a conceptual framework illustrating how intensive harvest of a common species interacts with other anthropogenic management practices, plant-animal interactions and surrounding environmental conditions.

The lack of a change in middle Holocene hydrology and the spatiotemporally heterogeneous nature of the Quercus-Pinus transition on the ACP indicate prehistoric anthropogenic land management practices may represent the most parsimonious explanation for the regionally pervasive ecological change.

French populations are threatened by anthropogenic pressures (agricultural practices, economic development of territories, regulation of river flows, and water regime modification of alluvial plains).

Anthropogenic activities such as agricultural practices can have large effects on the ecological components and overall health of stream ecosystems.

The effect of anthropogenic activities and land use practices around the creek only marginally affected the abundance of the fish species but not the diversity.

Although soil erosion by water and subsequent sediment delivery to rivers are natural processes, anthropogenic pressures, including modern farming practices and management, have accelerated soil erosion rates on both arable and grassland.

Evidence of physical damage to coral colonies consistent with anchoring practices or other anthropogenic activity was also examined.

In the changing scenario of increasing heavy metal contamination in the environment due to altered agricultural practices and increasing anthropogenic activities, it is necessary to develop crop plants which can tolerate heavy metals without accumulating them in edible parts.