Sentence examples for contiguous habitats from inspiring English sources

They fragment once contiguous habitats into smaller, isolated patches triggering numerous negative ecological consequences [5].

For instance, the diversity and habitat criteria used to evaluate siting alternatives for the Tortugas Ecological Reserve (Florida Keys, FL, USA) was "to choose an area that would contain the greatest level of biological diversity and that would encompass a wide range of different contiguous habitats" [15].

The results were used to provide guidance for allocation of conservation resources towards preserving large and contiguous habitats in northern Madagascar (Perry et al. 2013).

One of the goals of the conservation easement program we study is to protect contiguous habitat.

When habitat patch size and isolation were manipulated, the abundance of colonising isopods increased with increasing isolation from contiguous habitat.

The construct allows conservation planners to analyze and weigh different minimum contiguous habitat size requirements that are to be used in specific land acquisition or retention projects.

And although David Wildt, a reproductive biologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation and Research Center in Washington, D.C, is pleased with the higher number, he says the future of the giant panda "still comes down to the need for adequate, contiguous habitat".

These results imply that conservation agencies have leveraged past conservation investment to enroll more contiguous habitat in permanent easements through a combination of targeting and positive social interactions among neighboring landowners.

Crucially, our results suggest that contiguous habitat corridors are important for maintaining connectivity of invertebrate populations, as forest dependent species may not easily be able to disperse through the agricultural matrix.

As the bison (Bison bison) population in Yellowstone National Park increased following the cessation of intensive management in the late 1960s, bison began moving from isolated herds in the interior of the park to contiguous habitat along the western and northern boundaries.

The GBR exists as a relatively contiguous habitat positioned along a predominately north south gradient of approximately 2000 km.