The Alaska marmot, which grazes on low-nutrient tundra vegetation, must seek productive foraging areas where it competes indirectly with other mammalian grazers, including caribou, Dall's sheep, and voles.
It has been argued that the establishment of a healthy and productive vegetation cover can ameliorate most of the detrimental effects of stockpiled coal discard on the environment, including the human component.
The objective of this study was to understand the long-term (> 22 yr) impacts of land use intensification (introduction of productive vegetation type, greater N fertilizer input and stocking rate) on soil microbial community composition and activity in Florida grazing lands.
In cities around the globe, gardeners and farmers are digging into backyards and vacant lots, replacing blighted eyesores with lush, productive vegetation.
Bolaños is made up of a smattering of family homes among forest, thick vegetation and patches of productive land to help feed the community.
A highly-significant explanatory logistic model demonstrated that little bustard post-breeding sightings primarily occur in locations with greater food availability, adequate vegetation height, and more productive soils.
The greater pollen contribution of the forested regions to the PS51/118-3 reflectseflects higher pollen production of the boreal trees and shrubs over the low-productive Arctic vegetation.
We selected eight endangered butterfly species, all habitat specialists of low-productive, early-successional vegetation.
The relationship appears to be quite general, although the magnitude of the effect is related to the structural properties of the canopy and the productive capacity of the vegetation [37].
Coral reefs, whose polyps are rich in endosymbiotic algae, support some of the world's most productive ecosystems, and protect vegetation in tidal zones and on shorelines from strong currents and tides.
