Sentence examples for population of rock from inspiring English sources

You would have to imagine more than eight times the total world population of rock pigeons, all flying at the same time in a connected mass.

Concerns that a light festival in central Australia could affect a vulnerable population of rock wallaby has led to more than a thousand people signing a petition calling for it to be stopped, and to the federal Department of the Environment and Energy examining the festival's plans.

Big Blue Unlimited (Leeward Channel; 649-946-5034; www.bigblueunlimited.com) has kayaks for rent starting at $15 an hour, as well as half-day eco-tours starting at $95. Paddle around mangroves or visit the solitary Little Water Cay, a wildlife reserve that is home to an endangered population of rock iguanas.

The summit of Cobb Seamount (about 24 m depth), for example, is covered by encrusting algae and a dense population of rock scallops, which, in the mesophotic zone, are used as secondary substrates for a dense assemblage of suspension feeders [47], [48].

Mark Eldridge, a mammalogist at the Australian Museum who has researched the rock wallabies, said the description of the festival's action sounded like it could have a serious impact on the populations of rock wallabies that live there.

We determined VDSI in Galician populations of rock (n ≥ 34) and mud (n ≥ 18) snails at regular intervals from pre-ban times until 2009 and 2011, respectively.

Studies were conducted in the outskirts of urban neighborhoods, where boulder mounds were inhabited by large populations of rock hyraxes.

Conversely, studies of independent melanic populations of rock pocket mice have also shown that convergent phenotypes can sometimes be achieved through mutations in different genes [ 45, 46].

Although details on reproductive timing in natural populations of Rock pigeons are lacking, such data are available for its direct descendant, the feral pigeon.

Secondly, population densities of rock dwelling haplochromines are typically very high, in the order of tens of thousands per km2 or more [24], which can favor the spread of infectious diseases [27].

A cross-sectional evaluation of the population of Black Rock, Plymouth was conducted in 1976 1978 to evaluate the predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular risk factors and alcohol consumption, and participants followed up until 2005.