Eastern Australia’s temperate broadleaf forests, dominated by eucalypts, are among the most fire-prone in the world, and major fires are relatively common2,3, yet annually only small percentages of this forest biome burn, typically below 2% even in the more extreme fire seasons4,5. This is...
There was a large proportional reduction in the area of both grassland (35%) and savanna (19%) between 1961 and 2006 because of the expansion of rain forest. However, the greater initial extent of savanna meant that the areal loss of savanna was an order of magnitude greater than for ...
Although three-quarters of the world's accessible freshwater were located in areas covered by forests, some 40 percent of the 230 major watersheds at global level lost more than half of their original tree cover, the organization explained citing researches. "Despite this, the area of forests m...
Rainforest Australia, photos and text. Courtesy of Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge, Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland, Australia
If you live near an area that is knownfor wildfires, it is good to have a plan in place on whatyou will do f a wildfire happens.1. What is the main cause of forest fires inthe United States?A. Continued dry weather.B. Sparks from falling rocks.C. The heat and wind.D. Human ...
Burned area in Australia's forests shows a linear positive annual trend but an exponential increase during autumn and winter. The mean number of years since the last fire has decreased consecutively in each of the past four decades, while the frequency of forest megafire years (>1 Mha burned...
It covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles, which is nearly the size of the continent of Australia. The Amazon Rainforest gets its life from the Amazon River, the world's second longest river, which runs directly through the heart of the region. The big forest itself consists ...
Range extension of the Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus (Chiro~tera: Vespertilionidae) into a semi-arid area of central Queensland, Australia 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 44 作者:RA Young,GI Ford 摘要: A northward range extension of approximately 500 km of the Little Forest ...
These were surrounded by a mostly urban matrix, and widely separated within a total area of similar to1000 km(2). Species were analysed with respect to both their individual abundances and collective patterns within four a priori groups: winter migrants, summer migrants, complex wanderers and ...
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