Sentence examples for ecological backbone from inspiring English sources
Although they are the structural and ecological backbone of some forests, they are missing from much of North America as a result of extensive logging over the last 200 years, said Jerry F. Franklin, a professor of ecosystem analysis at the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington.
Pastoralism is being increasingly appreciated worldwide as an environmentally friendly practice, which, in the European Union (EU) is valued as particularly important for the protection and the safeguarding of mountainous areas, defined as 'Europe's ecological backbone' (European Environment Agency 2010).
To quote Nori and Gemin (2011), the Common Agricultural Policy is supposed to be supporting pastoralism: 'Pastoralism is being increasingly appreciated worldwide as an environmentally friendly practice, which, in the European Union (EU) is valued as particularly important for the protection and the safeguarding of mountainous areas, defined as "Europe's ecological backbone"'.
In doing so, they provide an important ecological backbone for the world's marine life.
We divide these priority greenway networks into three categories of ecological security: ideal greenways, backbone greenways and the comprehensive greenway network.
In addition to soils and their fertility, biological diversity is another key element of ecological resilience and forms the backbone of many crucial ecosystem functions and services (Cardinale et al. 2012).
Ecological interactions among species are the backbone of biodiversity.
Monitoring of the ecological status and chemical contamination is the backbone of the assessment of water quality according to the WFD with the intention to provide a holistic assessment on the way to a non-toxic environment.
It indicates that R100-backbone plasmids were successful in avoiding natural barriers such as restriction systems and occupy a new ecological niche in nature.
