Sentence examples for herbaceous steppes from inspiring English sources

Past studies have shown that WSC is particularly well suited for monitoring Sahelian pastoral regions consisting of large homogeneous herbaceous steppes (Jarlan et al., 2002a,b).

After 2610 years BP psammophytic herbaceous steppe development, as well as mammals, suggests arid to semiarid conditions.

Habitat selected by maras was characterized by a high proportion of bare soil, low β diversity, open herbaceous steppe, and proximity to fences.

A diverse herbaceous steppe vegetation dominated during the Belaya Interglacial (a mixed coniferous forests with broad-leaved trees occurred in wet areas).

The succulent, herbaceous and/or graminaceae steppes are not considered in this study.

The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP) is an integrated long-term study that evaluates ecological effects of alternative treatments designed to reduce woody fuels and to stimulate the herbaceous understory of sagebrush steppe communities of the Intermountain West.

Species-rich herbaceous communities, such as prairies, steppes, meadows and pastures, have a high biodiversity value.

Dry watersheds and slopes had cryophytic (cold-adapted) steppes, cryoxerophytic (cold and dry-adapted) herbaceous and prostrate shrub-herbaceous communities, dry herb-prostrate shrub tundras, and tundra-steppe communities proper.

A 2014 study concluded that forbs (a group of herbaceous plants) were more important in the steppe-tundra than previously acknowledged, and that it was a primary food source for the ice-age megafauna.

Peganum harmala L. is a perennial herbaceous, glabrous plant that grows in semi-arid conditions, steppe areas and sandy soils.

Juniper expansion has degraded the sagebrush steppe by altering fire regimes and outcompeting shrubs and herbaceous vegetation for limited resources.