Both the succulent and climbing floras are depauperate. From Wordnik.com. [Itigi-Sumbu thicket] Reference
Sulawesi contains a depauperate bird fauna but with high levels of endemicity. From Wordnik.com. [Sulawesi lowland rain forests] Reference
The herpetofauna of Tonga, consisting of 20 known species, is considered depauperate. From Wordnik.com. [Tongan tropical moist forests] Reference
The reptile and mammal fauna is depauperate, cosmopolitan, and dominated by introduced species. From Wordnik.com. [Western Polynesian tropical moist forests] Reference
The plant communities of these islands are extremely depauperate with floras ranging from 2 to 40 species and with almost no endemism. From Wordnik.com. [Central Polynesian tropical moist forests] Reference
The ecoregion includes the most extensive stands of lancewood-bullwaddy found in Australia, but this is generally a fairly depauperate environment. From Wordnik.com. [Victoria Plains tropical savanna] Reference
The freshwater stream fauna in this ecoregion is known for its high endemism, but this fauna is still depauperate in comparison to biota from southeastern Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands] Reference
In exchange for scalable caloric resources in the form of grains human populations were faced with a narrowed diet so that their nutrient streams became depauperate. From Wordnik.com. [Low Vitamin D Levels Put Healthy Children at Risk] Reference
Although this small ecoregion has a depauperate mammal fauna, consisting of just forty-four species, seventeen species are endemic and one is a near endemic (Table 1). From Wordnik.com. [Mentawai Islands rain forests] Reference
Dominant plant species here include the shrubs Ephedra przewalskii and Nitraria sphaerocarpus, although today the vegetation of the Tarim Basin is extremely depauperate. From Wordnik.com. [Taklimakan desert] Reference
If source populations in undisturbed forest fragments are not imbedded in or adjacent to regrowing tracts, large areas of secondary forests may remain depauperate into the future. From Wordnik.com. [Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests] Reference
While the downs are generally considered fairly depauperate, this region does contain a unique and distinctive fauna, adapted to the region's seasonality and variability in yearly rainfall. From Wordnik.com. [Mitchell grass downs] Reference
All of these islands are depauperate of native landbirds; Kiribati and Tuvalu share Pacific pigeon (Ducula pacifica) while the Line Islands do not (but contain 2 restricted-range bird species). From Wordnik.com. [Western Polynesian tropical moist forests] Reference
Frequent burning of maquis results in depauperate vegetation dominated by Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera), Cistus spp. or Sarcopoterium spinosum, all of which regenerate rapidly after fire by sprouting or mass germination. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin] Reference
Few fishes are adapted to this high level of acidity and, as a result, the Dismal Swamp (63c) is depauperate in fish species; some cutoff pools are ultra acidic and may not support fish life (Jenkins and Burkhead, 1993 (1994)). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA)] Reference
It can be distinguished from other grassland associations by the dominance of tallgrass species – and from the Central Tall Grasslands to the north by its more depauperate biota and a thin soil layer spread over distinct beds of limestone. From Wordnik.com. [Flint Hills tall grasslands] Reference
To my mind, it isn't tropical biodiversity that needs an explanation, it's the depauperate condition elsewhere that needs to be explained. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
And because the small-seeded plant species are often those that are stock less carbon, then such secondary, depauperate forests may lose their important role as carbon sink. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
We lose migrations and become biologically depauperate with farms and fences, even though there is no reason why humanity cannot technically and socially advance while maintaining natural phenomena. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
But small and depauperate specimens of the two species run so nearly together in form, color, and surface characters, that it becomes a matter of some difficulty for even an expert to distinguish them. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
In small specimens the stem is often white, especially in depauperate specimens are the stem and annulus white, and even the gills are white when the volva may be so reduced as to make it difficult to distinguish the specimens from similar specimens of the poisonous fly agaric. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
We live in a world depauperate of monsters. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
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