Sentence examples for persistent forest from inspiring English sources

While our landscapes remained largely forested (mean proportion of persistent forest = 0.479), routes with low persistent forest (range 0.11 0.29) may already fall below the habitat amount threshold where fragmentation effects become important predictors of species richness and abundance (approximately 10 30% suitable habitat) [34], [35], [36].

The ability to connect the human need for the natural environment with life support system of persistent forest ecosystem should become an important contributing factor of urban forestry for well-being of urban society.

First, we found that routes with low persistent forest have higher rates of forest disturbance and higher progressive similarity values than routes with high persistent forest.

Persistent forest and persistent non-forest remained forest or non-forest, respectively, from 1985 to 2006.

Sustained forest disturbance over the 22-year period of our study may maintain habitat similarity and thus, progressive similarity on low persistent forest routes.

By definition, post-disturbance forest and post-disturbance non-forest do not transition to persistent forest or persistent non-forest as the latter two classifications were undisturbed for the entire study period.

Lastly, persistent forests, which may act as carbon sinks and potentially offset carbon emissions [81] are another unknown contribution to the carbon accounting in DRC.

Previous land-use activities may have persistent effects on forest ecosystem properties, yet there is scant information on the long-term recovery of forest soils from agriculture.

Abundant seed production in combination with seed longevity of up to 81 years (Turner, 1933) results in the accumulation of persistent seed under forest stands, making the long-term management of this weed difficult (Oneto et al. 2010).

It is not until the mid-Holocene (after 7000 cal BP) that persistent and widespread forest loss occurs, with burning and the transplanting of Musa banana into an open grassland environment, which is contemporary with local archaeological features representing cultivation practices.

"I have stories of things I believe in: a persistent river, a forest on the edge of night, the religion inside a seed, the startle of wingbeats when a spark of red life flies against all reason out of the darkness.