In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction...

locations and with low quality of construction. Grouping and deliberate habitat alteration is often done with the goals of providing protection, accumulating...

multiple lineages to move and adapt to new environmentally-challenging habitats. Researchers estimate that 690,000 carcasses/skeletons of the nine largest...

colonize vacant habitats and even new geographic regions. Dispersal distances and deposition sites depend on the movement range of the disperser, and longer...

adaptable, generalist species, occurring in most American habitat types. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking but also...

neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. Successful habitat preservation has seen a rise in panda numbers, though loss of habitat due to human activities remains its...

develop and disperse in the ocean for weeks to months before transitioning into juveniles and eventually finding suitable adult habitat. The pelagic...

1995). Maisons rurales et vie paysanne en Provence. L'habitat en ordre dispersé. Paris: Serg/Berger-Levrault. pp. 152–157. ISBN 2701303354. "Mas". Centre...

Hammer of Prawer and the Anvil of Goldberg”. Adalah's Newsletter 81 (1) and Habitat International Coalition (2010) “The International Fact Findings Mission...

variation in habitat quality may affect the population growth or decline of organisms. Since quality is likely to vary among patches of habitat, it is important...

on the forest floor for long periods, affecting such things as wildlife habitat, fire behaviour, and tree regeneration processes. Some trees leave behind...

threat is the transformation of its forest habitat into agricultural land. Within these disturbed habitats, there is a noticeable lack of young trees...

is considered to be a nursery habitat. Sturgeon populations will use the same spawning reefs from year to year. Habitat factors that can help determine...

species occurs in widely spaced patches of a habitat type that is naturally fragmented, and it does not disperse far from its natal area. The main population...

takes hold in new habitat. The plant is used as groundcover in gardens, and valued for its pretty blue flowers, but it is easily dispersed into the environment...

conservation measures are implemented. Habitat fragmentation, habitat loss and destruction, conversion of bear habitat into agricultural land as well as other...

coverts and on the sides of the tail. The sexes are similar. Although its habitat is being fragmented, it is a common bird with a very wide range so the...

provide basking areas in early spring and late fall. In one study tracking habitat conditions, eastern rat snakes were found to exhibit site fidelity; returning...

environments is predicted to cause a 45 percent reduction in the available habitat for D. cinnabari by 2080. Additional threats include harvesting of its...

and plays a part in dispersing the seeds of forest trees. It is considered Near Threatened because of loss of its forest habitat and collection for the...

in lawns. In China, it is found in a variety of natural and disturbed habitats. It is known to penetrate into intact natural communities as an invasive...

abundant, and it also uses a variety of open habitats and forest edges. Milksnakes in fragmented habitat selected locations with a greater number of cover...

Pigeon 12 (1950): 99-109. Ward, Michael P. (1 October 2005). "Habitat selection by dispersing yellow-headed blackbirds: evidence of prospecting and the use...

one plant species. Furthermore, different seed dispersers tend to disperse seeds to different habitats, at different abundances, and distances, depending...

species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on species richness and landscape-level...

considered to be a threatened species and its reasons for decline being habitat destruction, hunting and poaching for the illegal pet trade. It is illegal...

coastal habitat, such as brackish marshes and mangroves. Though it is not very competitive with other flora, it can easily colonize coastal habitat and impact...

impact on Japanese black bears' populations due to human interference. Habitat destruction is a problem for these bears as peoples' villages begin to...

between fish species richness, abundance and habitat complexity in a range of shallow tropical marine habitats". Journal of Fish Biology. 66 (3): 650–667...

does not display any red colour in its regular appearance. In its native habitat it is threatened by invasive species such as the Brazilian pepper tree...