Plastic "gardens" represent habitat loss for developing humans as well as for wildlife.
In fact, the forest composition ratios used on our model were specifically chosen to represent habitat suitability indeces for A. flavicollis, the species mainly responsible of the non-viraemic transmission of TBE virus to ticks [54], [55], which is generally described as a species of mature forests with understory [56], [57].
Of each 30 m section, three groups of habitat variables were recorded: (1) characteristics of the stream, representing habitat relevant for tadpoles, (2) characteristics of the adjacent forest, representing habitat relevant for frogs, and (3) structure of riparian vegetation, which is relevant for breeding activities.
In total, two maps were produced representing habitat change (i.e., habitat expansion, habitat loss, no habitat change, unsuitable environment) occurring for the A2 and B2 climate change scenarios at each resolution and modeling scenario.
To test if recently colonized riparian woods crossing intensively cultivated lowlands of NW Italy represent marginal habitats for the forest-specialist pine marten Martes martes, we assessed its population density by a recently developed, camera-trap-based non-invasive method, the Random Encounter Model (REM).
Seamount environments may represent optimal habitats for particular faunal groups resulting in thriving and dense populations encountered only rarely in other habitats.
Such areas represent suitable habitats for locust oviposition (Latchininsky and others 2007; Sivanpillai and others 2006).
In urban Atlanta, Georgia, the highly polluted waters of streams affected by combined sewer overflow (CSO) represent significant habitats for the WNV mosquito vector Culex quinquefasciatus.
Loss of trees represents lost habitats for various animal species, many of which are found only in Madagascar.
