Army helicopters could be used for the vegetation study but would scare away birds. portions of shrub-steppe habitat in Washington state. The Hanford Reservation is the other. "It's a bit ironic ...

Grasslands and meadow-steppe vegetation are the prototypical natural vegetation of the region, but most of the area has been converted to crop lands. RANGE: The giant Palouse earthworm inhabits the ...

The greater area of Jebel Bishri which according to ACSAD covers ca. 1 million ha is generally arid and semi-arid with steppe-type vegetation lying between the 100 mm and 250 mm isohyets. It is a ...