Sentence examples for distinctive fauna from inspiring English sources
"Invasive species," Monbiot complains, "challenge attempts to defend a unique and distinctive fauna and flora" – just as anti-immigration demagogues claim that foreigners will destroy a unique and distinctive British culture.
Paul Tyler from the University of Southampton and chair of the Census of Marine Life said: "Hydrothermal vents have a very distinctive fauna that is only found on hydrothermal vents so mining close to the vents could wipe out the vents or cause a large amount of damage in the surrounding area".
The Barstovian contains a distinctive mammalian fauna.
The Mediterranean S. spinulosa reef does not shelter a distinctive associated fauna; however the richness in species composition underscores the importance of the reef as a biodiversity hot-spot.
Vast regions of the Amazon are growing more slowly than they were several thousand years ago because they lack the fertilising effect provided by South America's distinctive "mega-fauna" – the very large mammals that went extinct soon after the arrival of humans.
These ecosystems merit research in their own right, as they harbor both depth-generalist species and a distinctive reef-fish fauna.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Anyone interested in learning more about the distinctive flora and fauna here in the Last Frontier will want to pick up a copy of an unconventional new field guide: the 2010 Annual Report of the Alaska Department of Law.
The Lower Oder Valley National Park, established in 1995 in the northeasternmost part of Brandenburg, is part of a joint Polish-German effort to help preserve the region's distinctive flora and fauna.
On the plains of South Africa, millions of mima-like mounds that cover a vast area are home to distinctive flaura and fauna.
