Sentence examples for communities occur from inspiring English sources

Conversely, in places where snow accumulates as deep drifts in sheltered spots and where it remains until late spring or summer, snowbed communities occur that are dominated by the heather Phyllodoce or by sedges (species of Carex), with many other small plants also present.

Due to variation in elevation and geology, a variety of forest communities occur in this region ranging from high alpine to northern hardwood (Leopold et al. 1988).

Since these mixed forest communities occur on a wide geographic gradient (different elevation and climatic regime controlling photoperiod), we compare reproductive phenology and success in two typical geographical locations: coastal and mountain sites.

Our results show that there is a realistic opportunity to design a system of biodiversity reserves in this region that represent the full range of environmental conditions in which the various plant communities occur.

Tussocky (Thrift) (Holcus/Armeria) communities occur mainly on the western side, and some patches of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) on the eastern side.

For example, unique biological communities occur above and below drift ice on the sea surface in coastal areas in the Sea of Okhotsk off northern Hokkaido in winter.

Widespread racial integration of communities occurred.

He reestablished Zoroastrian orthodoxy, and, although some persecution of Christian communities occurred during periods of tension with Byzantium, the restoration of peace brought about a considerable amount of religious tolerance.

Forest communities occurred fragmentarily.

No differences in geomorphology and amphibian communities occurred between buffer types.

The authors say that "critical modifications in terrestrial communities occurred during the Permian period as an increasing variety of herbivorous tetrapods and their predators evolved.