Sean B. Carrollの 'The Serengeti Rules' を読んでいます。
The focus on the numbers of large, visible, and tourist-attracting mammals, while understandable and generally good news, does however tend to overshadow other indicators of Gorongosa's health and importance. That indicator would be the overall biological diversity in the park, and this is where Gorongosa really stands out. Despite all the trauma it has experienced, it is because of the variety of habitats within Gorongosa--rainforest, sand forest, riverine forest, miombo woodland, limestone caves, grasslands, and floodplain--that it may currently provide home to more species than any other park in Africa.
"riverine forest" の "riverine" は川と関係がありそうですが、辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Relating to or situated on a river or riverbank; riparian.: a riverine village
・Collins Dictionary: on or near the banks of a river; riparian: He had served in the Navy in Vietnam in riverine patrol boats-one of the few places Navy officers actually got shot at.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: living or situated on the banks of a river: But this uniquely Australian creature’s riverine habitat is being threatened by climate change, in the form of more severe and more frequent droughts, as well as by water diversion and extraction.
'The Serengeti Rules' を読み終えたところで、丁度年末になりました。今年１年間で読んだ本のページ数は例年より１５％程少ない結果でした。私の読書は会社への通勤中、昼休みの間が大半なので、コロナのお蔭で会社に行かない時期が２ヵ月強あった今年は読書時間が減ったためでしょう。来年はコロナが治まることを願っています。
The focus on the numbers of large, visible, and tourist-attracting mammals, while understandable and generally good news, does however tend to overshadow other indicators of Gorongosa's health and importance. That indicator would be the overall biological diversity in the park, and this is where Gorongosa really stands out. Despite all the trauma it has experienced, it is because of the variety of habitats within Gorongosa--rainforest, sand forest, riverine forest, miombo woodland, limestone caves, grasslands, and floodplain--that it may currently provide home to more species than any other park in Africa.
"riverine forest" の "riverine" は川と関係がありそうですが、辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Relating to or situated on a river or riverbank; riparian.: a riverine village
・Collins Dictionary: on or near the banks of a river; riparian: He had served in the Navy in Vietnam in riverine patrol boats-one of the few places Navy officers actually got shot at.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: living or situated on the banks of a river: But this uniquely Australian creature’s riverine habitat is being threatened by climate change, in the form of more severe and more frequent droughts, as well as by water diversion and extraction.
'The Serengeti Rules' を読み終えたところで、丁度年末になりました。今年１年間で読んだ本のページ数は例年より１５％程少ない結果でした。私の読書は会社への通勤中、昼休みの間が大半なので、コロナのお蔭で会社に行かない時期が２ヵ月強あった今年は読書時間が減ったためでしょう。来年はコロナが治まることを願っています。
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