Sentence examples for forest verges from inspiring English sources

We compared strengths of correlations between species richness of butterflies, plants and farmland birds between habitats (semi-natural grasslands, forest verges or field boundaries), spatial scales (0.8 ha, 25 ha and 50 ha) and landscapes differing in heterogeneity and regional land-use intensity.

"The forest verge spun by, the fern streaked away between flying hooves and whirling wheels..

However, partly forested landscapes seem to offer many alternative habitats for open habitat species such as butterflies, since modern forestry and development of infrastructure has created several new environments such as forest road verges and power-line corridors.

We ride through the pretty town of Church Stretton, our only real bit of road riding all day, before making our way up through a pine forest, its verges dotted with brightly coloured spring flowers.

The determinants of local species richness of diurnal Lepidoptera were studied in 68 agricultural landscapes in five geographic regions by sampling field margins, road verges, forest edges and patches of semi-natural grassland.

Then a group of mule deer poked their way out of the forest onto the verge.

At least 34 plant species of tropical forest are on the verge of extinction.

I would be hard-pressed to find a grassy verge, a forest, a fence line or a meadow in any of New York City's five boroughs without it.

We compared heathy roadside verges and linear forest clearings with heathland nature reserves and forests.

The rest of the action takes place on the verge of a forest: the classic habitation of a fairy tale.

The spotted owl -- the same rare bird that a decade ago gave the American environmental movement one of its greatest victories in saving an endangered species and its forest habitat in the Pacific Northwest -- is verging on extinction in Canada.