biotopes

A mountain creates biotopes and eco-niches, it channels water and stores heat, it provides viewpoints and valleys, access and shelter.

Zira Island by BIG Architects 2009

It is a vast coastal marshland, productive, well preserved and inaccessible where the River Guadalquivir meets the Atlantic Ocean, notable for the great diversity of its biotopes: beaches, swamps, lagoons, fixed and moving dunes, pine and cork oak woodland and heath.

Doñana National Park, Spain 2008

Reindeer inhabit a wide range of different biotopes.

Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010

The escarpment supports important refugial biotopes rich in relict species and vegetation types otherwise felled or burnt by man's activities in more accessible localities.

Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 2009

Because of its high productivity, sheltering seagrass beds and the variety of marine biotopes, the gulf is a major fish spawning and nursery ground for the whole west African coast.

Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2009

The only way to get satisfying answers about the exact conditions of possible biotopes outside of our home planet is to establish our own presence in a close-up range.

Cassini Captures Sunshine Gleaming off Lake on Titan | Universe Today 2009

Various species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkonidae) and Anolis spp. unique to the ecoregion are endangered to varying degrees, as are land pulmonates (snails) like those of the genera Polymita and Coryda, various species of scorpions and other arachnids, which also have great varieties of form in these biotopes, along with significant endemism.

Cuban cactus scrub 2008

Saudi Arabia: Assessment of biotopes and coastal zone management requirements for the Arabian Gulf Coast.

Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

The core area of the Biosphere Reserve consists of the existing Tikal National Park and the protected biotopes, the new areas include the national parks.

Tikal National Park, Guatemala 2008

If Hansen believes in his temperatures and in what he keeps yelling about the inabilities of biotopes to adjust to rapid changes in temperature, he should be looking at India and realize something is crap. paminator

Waldo in India « Climate Audit 2007