Sentence examples for disturbed ecosystem from inspiring English sources

So the idea for the ecologists was that they would be able to look at the potentially rapid changes in a disturbed ecosystem.

We examine the degradation process in two cork oak woodlands, resulting from distinct disturbances, wildfire and oak mortality, aimed at evaluating the changes, trends and deviations of the spatial attributes of these woodlands as they move from an initial (less disturbed ecosystem) to a final state (more disturbed ecosystem).

However, many ecological and social factors such as disturbed ecosystem functions, social unrest, or psychological stress are difficult to evaluate in quantitative or monetary terms (Ismail-Zadeh and Takeuchi 2007).

Such a disturbance may give invasive species a chance to establish themselves with less competition from natives less able to adapt to a disturbed ecosystem.

A majority of the invasive flora (74%) is found in open habitats of irregular disturbance, followed by roadsides (44%), managed (annually disturbed) ecosystems (34%), forests (29%), and wetland, riparian, and aquatic systems (13%, 13%, and 4%, respectively; Table 3).

In order to meet their high nutrient demands, deer are specialized to exploit disturbed ecosystems.

Dandelions are often considered an annoying weed and are found most commonly in highly disturbed ecosystems such as lawns.

Disturbed ecosystems are susceptible to a loss of biodiversity, so ecologists like Mordecai want to understand how to conserve these habitats and the species that live there.

Despite explicitly not incorporating ecological interactions, METE has proven reliable for estimating the species-area relationship, endemics-area relationship, and species-abundance distribution in minimally disturbed ecosystems.

Forest plantations, particularly those based on native species, could be valuable for conservation purposes, especially in heavily fragmented and disturbed ecosystems.

Water authorities are under increasing pressure to reduce the impact of sewage effluent discharged into the coastal environment and restore disturbed ecosystems.