( We do, however, recommend those patented covers to prevent both people and junk -- flora and fauna generally -- from accidentally wintering in the pool.

In some ways, studying the language, culture, physiology, and artifacts of European colonies was not unlike studying the flora and fauna of those places.

* A book about flora and / or fauna of an area or region ( see for example Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland )

Experts said that this drop brought the level to within twenty-seven centimeters of the critical point where flora and fauna would be endangered.

The fauna and flora of Alabama are similar to those of the Gulf states in general and have no distinctive characteristics.

* The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed October 4, 1991 and entered into force January 14, 1998 ; this agreement prevents development and provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment through five specific annexes on marine pollution, fauna and flora, environmental impact assessments, waste management, and protected areas.

These forest-types, which includes the Yungas and parts of the Chocó, are very rich in flora and fauna, although few large mammals exists, exceptions being the threatened Mountain Tapir, Spectacled Bear and Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey.

Some elements of Aboriginal languages have been adopted by Australian English — mainly as names for places, flora and fauna ( for example dingo ) and local culture.

Burkina Faso's fauna and flora are protected in two national parks and several reserves: see List of national parks in Africa, Nature reserves of Burkina Faso.

The fauna is largely constituted of golden eagles, marmots, ibex and vultures, and the flora includes a large proportion of larches, génépis and white asphodels.

Debris including plastic bottles and containers, ladies ' shoes and buoys create a potentially harmful environment to its flora and fauna.

The era began in the wake of the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event ( K-Pg event ) at the end of the Cretaceous that saw the demise of the last non-avian dinosaurs ( as well as other terrestrial and marine flora and fauna ) at the end of the Mesozoic.

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Crete is isolated from mainland Europe, Asia, and Africa, and this is reflected in the diversity of the fauna and flora.

As a result the fauna and flora of Crete have many clues to the evolution of species.

Its coordinates are 15 25 N, 61 20 W. It is known as " The Nature Island of the Caribbean " due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which is protected by an extensive natural park system.

Also, while in New Guinea, he visited the Lutheran missionaries Otto Thiele and Christian Keyser, in the Finschhafen district ; there, while in conversation with his hosts, he uncovered the discrepancies in Hermann Detzner's popular book, Four Years among the Cannibals in German Guinea from 1914 to the Truce, in which Detzner claimed to have seen the interior, discovered several species of flora and fauna, while remaining only steps ahead of the Australian patrols sent to capture him.

The conworld influences vocabulary ( what words the language will have for flora and fauna, articles of clothing, objects of technology, religious concepts, names of places and tribes, etc.

* Land or natural resource — naturally-occurring goods such as water, air, soil, minerals, flora and fauna that are used in the creation of products.

Due to its high rainfall ( 900 – 1200 mm ), mild temperatures and high mountains ( Mount Meron's elevation is 1, 000 – 1, 208 metres ), the upper Galilee region contains some unique flora and fauna: prickly juniper ( Juniperus oxycedrus ), Lebanese cedar ( Cedrus libani ), which grows in a small grove on Mount Meron, cyclamens, paeonias and Rhododendron ponticum which sometimes appears on Meron.

Hertfordshire affords habitat for a variety of flora and fauna.

The volcanic origin and remote location of the islands meant that the islands ' flora and fauna had to reach the archipelago from far across the sea ; as a result, the island is home to relatively few plant species and very few animal species.

Twenty-three species of flora listed as rare and threatened ( Under Queensland legislation ) have been found in the park, including the iconic Livistona nitida ( Carnarvon Fan Palm, Carnarvon Gorge section ), Cadellia pentastylis ( Ooline, Moolayember section ), and Stemmacantha australis ( Austral Cornflower, Mount Moffatt section ).

The highest point of the park ( and of Bruny Island ) is Mount Bruny at 504 m. The park also embraces the Labillardiere Peninsula, named in honour of the French botanist Jacques Labillardière author of the first general flora of Australia and a member of Bruni d ' Entrecasteaux's expedition.

It includes a mesa known as Mount Lesueur, and supports a highly diverse flora.

Endemic flora species occur on the peaks that can be found nowhere else on earth, such as the Moogerah Peaks Leionema and Mount Greville Reed Grass.

Tweed Heads ' most popular tourist destinations include Mount Warning, one of the largest shield volcanoes in the Southern Hemisphere, and the nearby Nightcap, Border Ranges, Springbrook and Lamington National Parks, which abound with sub-tropical fauna and flora.

Activities in the park include bird watching, hiking to Mount Mirador ( See below ), trekking to view the flora and fauna, or trekking to the Bantakay Falls in Brgy.

A panorama print of the view from Mount Clarence was published in England in 1834, accompanied by a pamphlet describing the sound and the geography, geology, flora, fauna and native inhabitants of the immediate region.

Plans for the botanical garden were drawn up by Alexander Eig, chairman of the Botany Department of the Hebrew University, based on the flora of the Land of Israel from Mount Lebanon to the desert.

Although it is geologically separate from the neighboring mass of Mount Sipylus ( Spil Dağı ), their flora, fauna and history have very much in common, and the two mountains have sometimes been viewed as extensions of each other.

Much more detail on the vegetation zones of Mount Shasta, and their associated flora and fauna, can be found in C. Hart Merriam ’ s important early biological survey, published in 1899. http :// ia700202. us. archive. org / 18 / items / resultsofbiologi00merr / resultsofbiologi00merr. pdf

The two species of Doryanthes, the only genus of the family, are huge rosette-forming herbs that are a conspicuous element of the flora in the vicinity of Sydney, Australia, being hard not to notice when in flower.

BV is caused by an imbalance of naturally occurring bacterial flora and is often confused with yeast infection ( candidiasis ) or infection with Trichomonas vaginalis ( trichomoniasis ), which are not caused by bacteria.

In his 1806 book Attempt at a Flora ( Försök til en flora ), Retzius describes how chives are used with pancakes, soups, fish and sandwiches.

Capybaras are coprophagous, meaning they eat their own feces as a source of bacterial gut flora, to help digest the cellulose in the grass that forms their normal diet, and to extract the maximum protein and vitamins from their food.

Candida species are frequently part of the human body's normal oral and intestinal flora.

Such predictions were called into question by 1995 data that show that within regions of Southeast Asia much of the original forest has been converted to monospecific plantations, but that potentially endangered species are few and tree flora remains widespread and stable.

Many members of this family are a normal part of the gut flora found in the intestines of humans and other animals, while others are found in water or soil, or are parasites on a variety of different animals and plants.

Goeldi's marmosets prefer to forage in dense scrubby undergrowth ; perhaps because of this, they are rare, with groups living in separate patches of suitable habitat, separated by miles of unsuitable flora.

Animals deficient in this are more susceptible to induced colitis, implying that SIGIRR might possibly play a role in tuning mucosal tolerance towards commensal flora.

Excessive T-helper 1 responses to resident flora in the gut are controlled by inhibiting the controlling influence of regulatory T cells and tolerance-inducing dendritic cells.

Flights operating under VFR are flown solely by reference to outside visual cues ( horizon, buildings, flora, etc.

Many plants are characteristic of the Antarctic flora, and are related to plants found in southern South America, New Zealand and Australia.

Madagascar's varied fauna and flora are endangered by human activity.

Eighty percent of the flora and fauna are endemic.

This is opposed to the earth's current flora, in which the dominant land plants in terms of number of species are angiosperms.

New Caledonia ’ s natural heritage significantly comprises species whose ancestors were ancient and primitive flora and fauna present on New Caledonia when it broke away from Gondwana millions of years ago, not only species but entire genera and even families are unique to the island, and survive nowhere else.