Sentence examples for contiguous forests from inspiring English sources

Thus a total of 36% less carbon retained in tree biomass and soils in fragmented forests than in contiguous forests.

And Lyme disease, the East Coast scourge, is very much a product of human changes to the environment: the reduction and fragmentation of large contiguous forests.

The cannabis grows resulted in 1.5 times more forest loss and 2.5 times greater fragmentation of the landscape, breaking up large, contiguous forests into smaller patches and reducing wildlife habitats.

Likewise, a significantly lower SOC was contained in the soils of fragmented forests (17.26 ± 0.83 t C ha−1) than in contiguous forests (21.62 ± 0.78 t C ha−1) (p < 0.001).

Results showed that carbon storage in tree biomass was significantly lower in fragmented forests (16.3 ± 1.37 t C ha−1) than in contiguous forests (31.21 ± 2.75 t C ha−1) (p < 0.001).

The mismanagement of Kans ('sacred forests' protected by local communities) and reserve forests also aggravated the situation towards the loss of interior, contiguous forests (Chandran 1989).

There was also no large contiguous forest nearby.

Dr Edwards' team sampled three study areas, each comprising contiguous forest abutting cattle pastures.

This reserve falls within India's largest contiguous forest, which also includes Nagarhole.

Additionally, they found that overall avian biodiversity drops off faster for land-sharing cattle farms that are located farther away from contiguous forest.

Fragmentation increases risks to endangered species that find shelter in contiguous forest habitat that falls across several landowners.