Sentence examples for extent of areas from inspiring English sources

However, the extent of areas inhabited by the quebraderias has dropped significantly, accompanied by a decline in the babassu trees in those areas.

An evident increase in the number and extent of areas sensitive to LD was observed during the last fifty years in southern Italy.

Second, we quantified how potential climate change-driven shifts in both weather extremes and transient soil moisture conditions may alter the abundance and extent of areas in temperate drylands that can support rainfed agriculture.

The study recognizes that sea level rise will not be consistent globally, but is affected by coastal bathymetry and local topography and tides, while the extent of areas periodically submerged will also be affected by storm surges.

Dating may be used to establish the beginning of the prehistoric agricultural activity in a particular area and to determine the extent of areas used for agriculture in the past.

As the rules did not consider optimal growth they were possibly 'too inclusive', so the spatial extent of areas suggested for re-planting was refined by defining 'target areas' for trees, shrubs and grasses based on precipitation, aspect, landform, and slope.

The extent of area burned in Alaskan wildfires is projected to double by 2050 and triple by 2100.

Costs of treating fuels in the interface were significantly higher on a per hectare basis, but the extent of area requiring treatment was considerably lower.

"What we've been seeing in the last two decades is an increase in the extent of area burned from year to year and a fairly substantial increase in the frequency of these very large fire years," Rupp says.

According to the U.S. National Climate Assessment, the extent of area burned in Alaskan wildfires is projected to double by 2050 and triple by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions are not quickly brought under control and runaway Arctic warming continues.

Secondly, the comparison between observed and simulated land precipitation suggests that anthropogenic forcing most likely caused the redistribution of the repartition of land precipitation, decreasing the extent of arid area (area with precipitation range between 50 and 300 mm/yr), and increasing the extent of area with a precipitation range between 450 and 900 mm/yr.