Sentence examples for cover is sparse from inspiring English sources

This situation is perhaps intensified because insects, which are an important supplementary food for sun bears, are largely unavailable, and ground cover is sparse.

In many arid and semiarid ecosystems, vegetative cover is sparse.

Soil cover is sparse and bedrock is exposed in ∼80% of the RAS and RPD catchment areas.

Forest cover is notoriously sparse across neotropical southeastern South America.

The country's forest cover is naturally sparse, but it has been diminished further by excessive timber cutting and overgrazing.

Farhan et al. (2013) found high soil erosion in areas where there is sparse vegetation cover and poor soil conservation measures.

BSCs occur on all continents on Earth, in warm arid and semi-arid habitats as well as in other climate zones such as alpine regions, where soil moisture is limiting and cover provided by higher plants is sparse (Belnap and Lange 2001).

Where prey is abundant, a territory area may be as small as 20 square km (8 square miles), but if game is sparse, it may cover up to 400 square km.

The shade cover can be sparse in some areas.

Though the states cover a lot of territory, population in most areas is sparse.

Forests, both coniferous and deciduous, cover more than a third of the range, and the population is sparse.