Sentence examples for ecosystem conversion from inspiring English sources

Tropical ecosystem conversion to agriculture has caused widespread habitat loss and created fragmented landscapes composed of remnant forest patches embedded in a matrix of agricultural land uses.

The uncoupling of α- and β-diversity after ecosystem conversion that is observed here for arthropods is generally not seen in examples from plants and larger animals98: conversion usually results in decreases in both α- and β-diversity in parallel as observed above for the total population.

The main objectives of this research are to evaluate the efficacy of designated conservation lands in a rapidly expanding frontier landscape and to assess the effect on ecosystem conversion of granting conflicting land-use designations, such as mining concessions, inside conservation areas.

The outcome may seem initially to be a gain, but as the ecological impacts and associated economic losses become apparent over time, it is less clear that the costs of irreversible ecosystem conversion and overexploitation are always worthwhile.

A quantitative understanding of pathways and mechanisms that affect the transport of Hg II) from sources to ecosystems, the conversion of Hg II) to CH3Hg, and its bioaccumulation in food webs is fundamental to evaluating and managing human and wildlife health risks.

An accounting system was determined from the conceptual framework and applied to the evaluation of ecosystem services of conversion activities in Yancheng National Nature Reserve (YNNR), an international important coastal wetland in Jiangsu Province of China.

The National Programme for Hydrological Environmental Services in Mexico (PSAH) pays between 57 90 BRL per hectare annually depending on the forest type considering the OCs of land conversion (Ecosystem Marketplace [2010]; Muñoz-Piña et al. [2008]).

While major threats to the health of the global ecosystem include habitat conversion, climate disruption, overexploitation, toxification, species invasions, and disease, the authors argued the two biggest drivers of population loss are often "much less frequently mentioned": human overpopulation and "overconsumption, especially by the rich".

Global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, principally emission trading systems or "carbon markets," could represent a potentially large economic incentive to convince the holders of coastal ecosystems to avoid habitat conversion and thus lessen the likelihood that ecosystems will change from greenhouse gas sinks to sources.

California grasslands represent an ecosystem where plant community conversion is nearly complete (Mensing 1998).

In conclusion, this study showed that conversion of natural ecosystem into crop/cultivated land ecosystem has resulted in deterioration of the soil resource base.