Nearby were diverse habitats, including expanses of open water and marshes that provided fish, the most important protein source for the populace.
They have been shown with stunning consistency across a vast expanse of research in diverse settings, with diverse populations, using diverse methods, to account for some 80% of all chronic disease and premature deaths.
It has the world's highest marine endemism; including most the diverse sea-grass meadows, greatest expanses of mangroves and most extensive coral reef communities [ 1].
Diversity is, instead, diverse.
This formula is beautifully consistent across the expanse of the world's diverse Blue Zones, yet is wonderfully non-prescriptive.
(2) Florida Has Ruined What Was a Precious Wetland: Before the white man drained the wetlands and built the worst definition of suburban hell, everything south of Orlando was like the Everglades... a vast expanse of marshes with all sorts of diverse wildlife.
But across the broad expanse of American industry, the situation is much more diverse.
The landscape of emerging infections in our November issue, broad, diverse, and fueled by human activity, rivals Bruegel's in geographic expanse, topographical detail, and the threat of unrelenting human hazard: antimicrobial drug resistance, violent conflict, HIV/AIDS, vectorborne infections, epizootic (H5N1) and pandemic flu, ecologic disasters, community- and hospital-acquired infections.
Estuaries are biologically productive, supporting rich fisheries and diverse habitats, including oyster reefs, sea grass meadows, and vast expanses of fringing marshes.
Wallace had other reasons to be in the bush — he was helping the Bolivian park service develop a management plan for Madidi National Park, a New Jersey-size expanse that has the distinction of being the most biologically diverse protected area in South America — but it was impossible not to be impressed by the monkey, a titi about sixteen inches tall.
