human disturbance

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human
adjective
uk /ˈhjuː.mən/ us /ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk /dɪˈstɜː.bəns/ us /dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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Invasions by exotic plants, therefore, do occur without humandisturbance.
When shade-tolerant plants are introduced to an area, they can invade forests without humandisturbance.
The forest is primary evergreen rain forest, with no traces of any recent humandisturbance.
Little is known about the ecological legacy of humandisturbance in tropical ecosystems.
Higher light conditions in gaps are expected as humandisturbance expands in tropical landscapes.
Villages are scattered along the roads which thus form ribbons of humandisturbance.
Roads are the main source of humandisturbance in these forests, because villages are sited on the roads.
Most exotic plants are not shadetolerant, however, and depend on humandisturbance to invade tropical forests successfully.
Inset shows areas of humandisturbance (black cells) estimated from aerial photographs; each cell represents 1 km2.
The causes of desertion were not always clear, but humandisturbance was probably the primary cause within the rubber plantation.
Remaining forest areas are subject to varying levels of humandisturbance from selective timber cutting, rattan harvesting and hunting.
In general, it is found that invasibility positively correlates with humandisturbance, and that undisturbed tropical forests harbour few exotic species.
The six mature-forest sites of this study represent both the situation preceding humandisturbance, and the theoretical endpoint of secondary forest succession.
The expected negative influence of humandisturbance on nematode occurrence seemed to be compensated by greater crop diversity, mainly near the towns.
Small mammals were selected as the main study group, and surveys were undertaken across four habitat types that represented varying levels of humandisturbance.
A detailed plan of the underground topography with various areas of possible humandisturbance was drawn and used in connection with test pits.
However, the differences in relative predation pressure and predator assemblages among the habitats in this study show that humandisturbance can have marked effects on biotic interactions.
In managed heathland landscapes, where the vegetation undergoes successional dynamics due to regular humandisturbance activities, a stock of viable seeds is an advantageous regenerative strategy.
The forest around the station, although largely free of humandisturbance, contains patches of second growth in small areas cleared for agriculture in the 1970s and 1980s.
Therefore, if undisturbed forests are generally less invaded, and exotic species are associated with humandisturbance, temperate forests should be more impacted by exotic species than tropical forests.
Sampling was conducted in a 130-ha plot of intact forest with no evidence of humandisturbance that was surrounded by an extensive area of selectively logged forest.
It is of course humandisturbance that destroys the fauna in these wild areas.
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It is threatened by humandisturbance.
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Threats are humandisturbance and habitat loss.
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It showed a clear correlation between the inability of golden plover to establish territories and humandisturbance.
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