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Aambyvalley Rd.,Lonavala,Mah.,India
enemy at the gates!!
endemic to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The species is widely distributed and is for the time being considered Least Concern although it is closer to being Near Threatened.(IUCN)
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This collection was created especially for nature lovers. We have collected these public domain illustrations from the Biodiversity Heritage Library, a big source of antique nature artwork. Explore this ecosystem of natural creatures for some rare flowers, birds, fish and much more. These vintage paintings are available for you to download for free under the Creative Commons 0 license.
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« TEIONHENKWEN Soutiens de la vie est un écosystème urbain ancré dans le territoire, un lieu de rassemblement empruntant des trajectoires de réciprocité générative. Il comprend des plantes indigènes, dont les variétés sont originaires de l’endroit, aux propriétés médicinales, utilitaires et cérémonielles. Les formes qui accueillent ces plantes sont inspirées de symboles culturels autochtones de la région. Ensemble, tous ces éléments mettent l’accent sur les plantes indigènes, les humain·e·s et les animaux qui, tout en étant bien présent·e·s, ont peu d’endroits incontestables où se rassembler et coexister dans l’espace urbain. »
The San Pedro riparian area, containing about 40 miles of the upper San Pedro River, was designated by Congress as a National Conservation Area on November 18, 1988. The primary purpose for the designation is to protect and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive network of similar riparian systems throughout the Southwest.
Many recreational opportunities are available within the NCA. Murray Springs Clovis Site, a significant archaeological site contains an undisturbed stratigraphic record of the past 40,000 years. Excavations were conducted by the University of Arizona from 1966 to 1971. People first arrived in this area 11,000 years ago. They belonged to what we now call the Clovis Culture and were the earliest known people to have inhabited North America. Named after the distinctive and beautifully crafted Clovis spear points they made, they were expert hunters of the large mammals of the last Ice Age. An interpretive trail leads visitors through the site. From Sierra Vista, take State Highway 90 east 6 miles to Monson Road. Turn left, and go about 1.2 miles to the signed turnoff to Murray Springs. The access road is located on the right.
The Spanish Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate is the most intact remaining example of a once-extensive network of similar presidios. These fortresses marked the northern extension of New Spain into the New World. Only a stone foundation and a few remaining adobe wall remnants mark the location of an isolated and dangerous military station. From Fairbank on Highway 82, drive approximately 2 miles west on Highway 82, turn right on the Kellar Ranch Road and travel approximately 3 miles to the trailhead. Hike about 2 miles to the ruins and interpretive displays.
The San Pedro House, located 9 miles east of Sierra Vista on State Highway 90, is a popular trailhead for birdwatchers, hikers, and mountain bikers. The Friends of San Pedro operate a bookstore and information center.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
This water is gathered in a storm drainage ditch in a neighborhood in Hampstead, NC on May 29th, 2016. The moist, humid conditions in this region allow these small ecosystems to emerge in human populated communities. This manmade habitat provides the necessary resources for many organisms including the visible algae, and tiny fish. As the algae absorbs the sun’s radiation in the photosynthesis process, the fish are provided plenty of oxygen to oxygenate their blood. I believe these minnow-like fish are Eastern Mosquitofish, which are highly adaptive fish that can tolerate harsh conditions such as high salinity, and pH levels that would kill other species of fish. In some areas, they are considered an invasive species and have negatively impacted ecosystems due to their large consumption of mosquito larvae. This species of fish also reproduces very quickly and experiences a lot of intraspecies competition as the population density increases.
Aambyvalley Rd.,upper Lonavala,Mah.,India
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=Dendrocalamus stocksii.
The Montreal Biodome is an indoor zoo, an aquarium, and a botanical garden wrapped into one. It's a series of indoor ecological systems which recreate regions in the Americas, showcasing animal species as well as plant life indigenous to each area.
Mimicking habitats to the point of regulating the temperature and humidity levels of each showcased ecosystem, the public can not only see what life is like in each region, but can actually feel what it's like too.
The Biodome is effectively one of the only places in the world that replicates all four seasons indoors at the same time, attracting roughly 800,000 visitors every year.
This starfish was seen in the aquarium section of the Biodome. I really enjoyed this unique attraction and would love to visit again.
Change of ecosystems between Mountain Coolibah (Eucalyptus orgadophila) woodland and the endangered regional ecosystem of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda avenacea) grasslands on alluvial Basalt derived plains.
Stearns Creek Bayou
99.9 % of Savanna have been destroyed in Michigan
Time to harvest the crop
To encourage the growth of native prairie species. Ottawa County Parks will be removing the old pine plantations. This will improve the health of the land & hopefully restore one of Michigan's rarest ecosystems.
You will see major changes when this work begins. Those changes may seem counterintuitive at first, bu t a diverse, native ecosystem is waiting to re-grow when the pines are removed.
Most of the pine trees at Stearns Creek were planted with the purpose of harvesting them for Christmas trees or lumber. Although unharvested pine stands seem natural to some, they are simply a row crop like corn. Many of these trees would not naturally grow here & if not harvested, these trees can become diseased & die.
Along the trails, you will find clues to Stearns Creek's history as a savanna. Scattered uncommon prairie plants, such as prickly pear cactus & frostweed can be found in opening within the pine plantation.
*Eastern prickly pear cactus
Photo courtesy of Ivo M. Vermeulen
*Frostweed
Photo courtesy of AE Cole via Flickr
*Pine plantation at Stearns Creek that will be harvested & restored.
Oak Savanna Restoration
Oak savannas ecosystems have scattered trees & an abundance of grasses & wildflowers. These ecosystems are highly diverse & have significant value for wildlife. These wide-open spaces can also be exceptionally beautiful.
At a meeting of the Pioneer Society at Centreville, Michigan, in 1893, Ruth Hoppin, an experienced naturalist who taught taxonomic botany at Smith College (now Eastern Michigan University), was asked to describe a Michigan oak opening in its primeval beauty:
"Such a description would require the eye of an artist & the pen of a poet. In early summer the grass was overtopped with wild flowers surpassing in beautiful effects the most skillful landscape gardening & city park scenery."
*Restores oak savanna in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife National Refuge
Photo courtesy of Save the Dunes
Source: The Great Lakes Botanist
Modern threats to oak savannas
1. Suppression of fire: Fire is an essential part of maintaining the wildflowers, grasses & wildlife that require ample sun. Prescribed fire is used today as a safe alternative to the wildfires of the past.
2. Reforestation: Yes, are good, but too many trees in savanna block sunlight & outcompete other plants for water & nutrients. This can even harm the trees. Oak trees need sunlight to regenerate. Without opening in aok forests, more shade-tolerant species will replace the oaks.
3. Development: The soils & other conditions that create a good environment for oak savannas are often ideal land for residential & commercial development.
4. Invasive species: Invasive species like spotted knapweed & autumn olive can invade savanna resulting in a significant decline in biodiversity & changes to the nonliving parts of the ecosystem, such as soils.
The red king crab is native to the Okhotsk and Japan Seas, the Bering Sea, and the northern Pacific Ocean, where it is an important economic resource. In Alaskan waters, red king crabs have historically been the second most valuable species to fishermen after salmon, although since the 1980s overharvesting has led to the closure of some areas to fishing. The king crab also has an invasive distribution in the Barents Sea. Since its introduction in the 1960s, the population has increased steadily and expanded its range, which now spans from Sørøya, Norway in the west and Kolguev Island, Russia in the east, and to about 72° north. Given the current state of knowledge on the impacts of red king crab on native benthic communities and fishes, it is difficult to draw any precise conclusions on the threat caused to the Barents Sea ecosystem and impact on native benthic communities.
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Aambyvalley rd., Upper Lonavala Maharashtra India
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The San Pedro riparian area, containing about 40 miles of the upper San Pedro River, was designated by Congress as a National Conservation Area on November 18, 1988. The primary purpose for the designation is to protect and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive network of similar riparian systems throughout the Southwest.
Many recreational opportunities are available within the NCA. Murray Springs Clovis Site, a significant archaeological site contains an undisturbed stratigraphic record of the past 40,000 years. Excavations were conducted by the University of Arizona from 1966 to 1971. People first arrived in this area 11,000 years ago. They belonged to what we now call the Clovis Culture and were the earliest known people to have inhabited North America. Named after the distinctive and beautifully crafted Clovis spear points they made, they were expert hunters of the large mammals of the last Ice Age. An interpretive trail leads visitors through the site. From Sierra Vista, take State Highway 90 east 6 miles to Monson Road. Turn left, and go about 1.2 miles to the signed turnoff to Murray Springs. The access road is located on the right.
The Spanish Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate is the most intact remaining example of a once-extensive network of similar presidios. These fortresses marked the northern extension of New Spain into the New World. Only a stone foundation and a few remaining adobe wall remnants mark the location of an isolated and dangerous military station. From Fairbank on Highway 82, drive approximately 2 miles west on Highway 82, turn right on the Kellar Ranch Road and travel approximately 3 miles to the trailhead. Hike about 2 miles to the ruins and interpretive displays.
The San Pedro House, located 9 miles east of Sierra Vista on State Highway 90, is a popular trailhead for birdwatchers, hikers, and mountain bikers. The Friends of San Pedro operate a bookstore and information center.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
Aambyvalley Rd.,OFF Lonavala,Mah.,India
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May be Ropalidia marginata
Id. Updated.
Aambyvalley Rd.,Off Lonavala,Mah.,India
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/219/mode/1up (fig.1)
allied to Cusiala suiasasa (fig 13)
To live on the moon, you would need an atmosphere. On Earth the atmosphere is generated very largely by living organisms. To survive in your new atmosphere, you would have to take with you rather a lot of stuff that nature supplies here on Earth. Although many humans live in great luxury, more or less disconnected with the living world in their own perceptions, almost all of their well-being depends on goods and services delivered by things that live.
Everything we eat, for example, was recently nourished by ecosystems in the soil. These days the work of those soil organisms is often supplemented or disrupted by products synthesised from oil - another product of ecosystems, albeit ecosystems that lived some 360 million years ago. Cotton, wool, timber, and many pharmaceuticals are the product of the living world.
In 1981 Paul and Anne Ehrlich coined the term “ecosystem service” to refer to these things that humans get from the living world. A decade later the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment categorised the services into “provisioning” services such as food and fibre; “regulating” services such as control of climate, floods or disease; “cultural” services such as spiritual, cognitive, aesthetic and cultural benefits; and “supporting services” such as production of atmospheric oxygen, soil formation, and nutrient cycling, that themselves maintain the conditions for life on Earth.
This picture illustrates one of the more depressing findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, or MA; most of the ecosystems on Earth have been and continue to be degraded. The culprit, in every case, is the human species, either directly or indirectly. There are so many of us, and we demand so much from the planet, that ecosystem services are increasingly disrupted.
Among the out of focus tiles you will see “food” and “water”, and several other services that are missing letters here and there.
Language not only communicates, it defines culture, nature, history, humanity, and ancestry. The indigenous languages of the Arctic have been formed and shaped in close contact with their environment. They are a valuable source of information and a wealth of knowledge on human interactions with nature is encoded in these languages. If a language is lost, a world is lost. This deep knowledge and interconnectedness is expressed in Arctic song, subsistence practices, and other cultural expressions but especially in place names across the Arctic. Place names of the indigenous peoples reflect subsistence practices, stories, dwelling sites, spawning sites, migratory routes of animals, and links to the sacred realms of the indigenous peoples of the north. This map presents the original languages of the respective indigenous peoples, even if they do not speak their languages today. Notes: Overlapping populations are not shown. The map does not claim to show exact boundaries between the individual language groups. Typical colonial populations, which are not traditional Arctic populations, are not shown (Danes in Greenland, Russians in the Russian Federation, non-native Americans in North America).
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A Young mangrove sapling. Indonesian scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Qatar-based scientist Mohamad Khawlie explore Qatar's most important ecosystem - the mangroves. Doha, Qatar.
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A sunset viewed from Kure Atoll, located near Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.
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Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportunities now and into the future. In Canada, the world’s largest exporter of forest products, harvest rates and strict jurisdictions are set to ensure long term ecosystem sustainability, protecting soil and water resources and 55% of all energy used by the forestry sector is renewable bio-energy.
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Within industrial countries, the area burned by fires is declining but the number of major fires is increasing. In the United States, for example, the area burned has declined by more than 90% since 1930, while in Sweden the area burned annually fell from about 12,000 hectares in 1876 to about 400 hectares in 1989.
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