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habitat

the place where something or someone lives. In ENVIRONMENTAL LAW the focus of European Union and UK legislation affecting conduct in relation to certain habitats. The EU Habitats Directive requires the establishment of a series of high-quality Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) across Europe that will make a significant contribution to conserving the habitat types and species identified in Annexes I and II of the Directive. It has been held that the Directive extends UK obligations beyond the 12-mile limit to the UK continental shelf
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A set of three images (one for each pan) were printed on an A3 sheet of paper (1: 10 000) and the hardcopies were used subjectively to stratify the different habitats that occur around the pans by visual differentiation of greyscales and texture.
FLORISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RIPARIAN PAN VEGETATION FROM THE NDUMO GAME RESERVE, SOUTH AFRICA
At the start of the investigation, the teacher told students that they would be studying bird adaptations and habitats as it was part of the state curriculum for third grade.
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Citi Habitats announces launch of landlord services division
Disappearing forests create fragmented habitats, leading chimps and gorillas to live in tighter quarters.
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Oyster reef habitats are not only highly diverse but include species absent in adjacent soft-bottom environments (Coen et al.
A comparative evaluation of the habitat value of shellfish aquaculture gear, submerged aquatic vegetation and a non-vegetated seabed
Stephanie Stowell, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitats program, says she's seen everything from a 35-acre space in a schoolyard with natural forest down to 3x5 foot window boxes in downtown Detroit.
Second nature: when districts get in the habit of encouraging schoolyard habitats, children may get their hands dirty--but their minds will grow
The ensuing industrialization of parts of the refuge has fragmented and degraded wildlife habitats thanks to oil spills and explosions, widespread soil and water contamination, and airborne and noise pollution.
Seeking sanctuary: as it begins its second hundred years, our national wildlife refuge system is in trouble

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