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Hạfliua or Hofliua, also known as Split Island, is an islet which falls under the governing jurisdiction of the Fijian dependency of Rotuma. The island is an important nesting site for sea birds . The seabird nesting colony contributes to its national significance as outlined in Fiji's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
New Zealand had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 7.12/10, ranking it 55th globally out of 172 countries. [10] In addition to terrestrial plants, New Zealand is home to many species of algae. Many species of southern bull kelp are found along the coasts of the main islands, Chatham Islands and the Subantarctic Islands. [11] [12]
The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...
Conditions vary sharply across regions from extremely wet on the West Coast of the South Island to almost semi-arid in Central Otago and the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury and subtropical in Northland. [8] Historical maxima and minima are 42.4 °C (108.32 °F) in Rangiora, Canterbury and −25.6 °C (−14.08 °F) in Ranfurly, Otago. [9]
The word desert has been "formerly applied more widely to any wild, uninhabited region, including forest-land", and it is this archaic meaning that appears in the phrase "desert island". [3] The term "desert island" is also commonly used figuratively to refer to objects or behavior in conditions of social isolation and limited material means ...
The Lehua Island Restoration Project was completed in 2006 which benefited Newell's shearwater and black-footed albatross. [27] [28] Subsequently, projects completed include the Hawadax Island Restoration Project [29] [30] [31] in 2008, the San Nicolas Island Project [32] [33] [34] in 2010, and the Palmyra Island Restoration Project [35] in 2011.
California has two high deserts: the Mojave Desert and the Great Basin Desert. The Mojave Desert ecoregion is marked by the presence of Joshua trees. [3] The dry cold Great Basin desert of California consists of the Owens Valley, and is classified into Great Basin shrub steppe by the WWF, [4] and into the Central Basin and Range ecoregion by ...
This is a list of biodiversity databases. Biodiversity databases store taxonomic information alone or more commonly also other information like distribution (spatial) data and ecological data, which provide information on the biodiversity of a particular area or group of living organisms. They may store specimen-level information, species-level ...