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• Habitat conservation — is a land management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore, habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.[1] It is a priority… …   Wikipedia

• Habitat destruction — The Chaco thorn forest is being felled at a rate considered among the highest in the world to give way to soybean cultivation. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species… …   Wikipedia

• Habitat (écologie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Habitat. L habitat est un concept utilisé dans le domaine de l écologie pour décrire l endroit ou plus précisément les caractéristiques du « milieu » dans lequel une population d individus d une espèce… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Habitat fragmentation — is a process of environmental change important in evolution and conservation biology. As the name implies, it describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism s preferred environment (habitat). Habitat fragmentation can… …   Wikipedia

• habitat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ native, natural ▪ her observations of wild chimps in their natural habitat ▪ suitable ▪ a decline in the amount of suitable habitat ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• No net loss wetlands policy — No net loss is the United States government s overall policy goal regrading wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland loss due to economic development with wetlands reclamation, mitigation, and restorations efforts, so… …   Wikipedia

• Destrucción de hábitat — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rinoceronte blanco, especie amenazada por la caza y la destrucción de hábitat en África …   Wikipedia Español

• Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog — Habitat: During the dry seasons these amphibians choose to live near freshwater streams where there is surrounding vegetation. Streams are the perfect location for them to breed. Their main habitat is located on the mountain slopes in Cordillera… …   Wikipedia

• conservation — conservational, adj. /kon seuhr vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights. 2. official supervision of rivers, forests, and other… …   Universalium

• Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium