Sentence examples for extensive conversion from inspiring English sources

What we are seeing in the Southwest is a fairly extensive conversion of forests into grasslands and shrubs, which are inherently more resistant to dry, warm conditions.

An important part of the programme was the extensive conversion of shelters and dormitory-type hostels into supported housing, to address the huge need for accommodation that offered help to tenants.

In recent decades, extensive conversion and degradation have significantly affected tropical forests (Dirzo and Raven 2003; Sodhi et al. 2009; Gibson et al. 2011).

This parcelling of the landscape has allowed for extensive conversion of rangeland to cropland (started in the 1950s, largely by Han Chinese immigrants from the east), fracturing of traditional seasonal migration routes, and exploitation by wealthy elites.

Medium maximization occurred with a mixture composing 20% jussara pulp and 10% glucose in which the microorganism was able to reach the highest enzymatic production as well as produce the most extensive conversion of the main anthocyanins.

QDs elicited autophagy in the HeLa cells and cultured hippocampal neurons as well, accompanied with GFP-light chain protein 3 (LC3) puncta dots and autophagosome formation, extensive conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II and a significant decrease of p62.

The 60,000 capacity stadium will eventually have cost £701m following an extensive £272m conversion to make it suitable for football.

Extensive land conversion from agricultural fields into urban land use is one important driver of vegetation declines.

This approach partly reflects a unique Australian experience including the fact that extensive habitat conversion had only begun relatively recently, leaving much greater scope for systematic biodiversity conservation compared to Asia, Europe, or even North America (Margules 1989).

The primary product activities responsible for extensive land conversion include plantation agriculture, ranching, forestry and mining activities, and often result in export-oriented extractive enclaves with little or no forward and backward linkages to the rest of the economy (Barbier 2011; Borras et al. 2012; Bridge 2008; Jiménez and Tromben 2006; Pacheco et al. 2011; van der Ploeg 2011).

Erlotinib, which has different side-chains, was reported to undergo extensive enzymatic conversion into its metabolism through three main paths: (i) O-demethylation of the side chain that could be oxidized into the carboxylic acid form, (ii) oxidation of the acetylene moiety to aryl carboxylic acid, and (iii) 4-hydroxylation of the phenyl-acetylene moiety (IV) [125, 126].