Sentence examples for scarce vegetation from inspiring English sources
On the top of a rocky outpost called Spin Jamaat in Sherwangai, the commander of the forces in the area, Gen. Khalid Rabbani, sounded a confident note as he surveyed a vast landscape of hills and scarce vegetation.
The results of the vegetation index (NDVI) indicated rather scarce vegetation as a whole in the highly saline soils.
The catchments were set up in two different zones: a burnt area with scarce vegetation and unburnt area with a denser plant cover.
The scarce vegetation cover growing on a lithic soil composed by an accumulation of carbonate concretions that can be seen on the proximal and intermediate dunes contrast with the dense vegetation growing on a unaffected soil on the distal dune.
This trend in turn currently increases the grazing pressure on the scarce vegetation of the coastal plain which, in the past, was able to regenerate during the absence of the transhumant herds in the rainy season.
Tropical forest managers need detailed maps of forest types for REDD+, but spectral similarity among forest types; cloud and scan-line gaps; and scarce vegetation ground plots make producing such maps with satellite imagery difficult.
Our results suggest that corridors with scarce understory vegetation may limit the persistence of birds avoiding urban areas.
At the very top of the sequence, a 4 6 cm layer of fine pale sands is colonized by scarce grassy vegetation.
Scarce natural vegetation remnants retained the highest richness, diversity and plant cover, potentially acting as a refuge for both, plants and rabbits.
The great abundance of Staurosirella pinnata from the beginning of the record until 10.7 kyr BP might imply intensified erosion processes in the catchment and this is fully consistent with the presence of scarce and dry vegetation and the generally arid climate during this period.
Predicting the location of populations and dispersal pathways through the East African Rift System during the last glacial phase is a challenging task due to scarce direct archaeo-vegetation data.
