We are eating almost all of the large animals on the planet.
These giant animals are the largest living land mammal.
Megafauna animals larger than 2 cm.大型哺乳动物,或巨型动物,如巨型树懒和剑齿虎,大约在1万年前灭绝,在进化上是非常独特的。
Large mammals, or megafauna, such as giant sloths and sabre-toothed tigers, which became extinct about 10,000 years ago, were highly evolutionarily distinct.Combinations with other parts of speech
关于巨型动物的丰度、生物量、种类结构和多样性的数据应以录像和照相剖面为依据。
Data on megafauna abundance, biomass, species structure and diversity should be based on video and photographic transects.在任何地方捕杀巨型动物,是贵族的特权,后来慢慢地变成了仅是王室特权。
The right to hunt large animals on any land was restricted first to nobles and then, gradually, to only the royal households.利用自主潜水器勘测进行巨型动物和结核丰度量化可能有帮助。
Quantification of megafauna and nodule abundance using autonomous underwater vehicle surveys may be useful.尽管淡水巨型动物受到高度威胁,但目前的保护行动对许多物种来说还不够。
Despite that freshwater megafauna are highly threatened, current conservation actions are inadequate for many species.淡水巨型动物现已量化的全球衰退突出表明,迫切需要采取保护淡水生物多样性的行动。
The now quantified global decline of freshwater megafauna highlights the urgent need for conservation actions for freshwater biodiversity.现在量化的淡水巨型动物全球衰退凸显了对淡水生物多样性保护行动的迫切需要。
The now quantified global decline of freshwater megafauna highlights the urgent need for conservation actions for freshwater biodiversity.关于巨型动物的丰度、生物量、种类结构和多样性的数据应以照像剖面为依据。
Data on megafauna abundance, biomass, species structure and diversity are to be based on photographic transects.然而,作者承认,巨型动物可以成为一些发展中国家人民的重要食物来源。
However, the authors acknowledged that megafauna can be a vital source of food to people in some developing nations.在过去的500年里,由于人类在安全距离内杀死野生动物的能力已经高度精炼,2%的巨型动物物种已经灭绝。
Over the last 500 years, as humans refined their ability to kill wildlife from a safe distance,2 percent of megafauna species have gone extinct.最初的工作侧重于利用拖撬和挖掘机采集巨型动物,主要任务并非巨型动物样本采集。
Initial work has focused on megafauna collected in passing by sledges and dredges with primary tasks other than megafauna sample collection.大约在12800年前,地球大部分地区陷入了一个小冰河期,导致许多巨型动物物种灭绝。
About 12,800 years ago, much of the Earth was plunged into a mini ice age,leading to the extinction of many megafauna species.大约12800年前,地球大部分地区陷入小冰期,导致许多巨型动物物种灭绝。
About 12,800 years ago, much of the Earth was plunged into a mini ice age,leading to the extinction of many megafauna species.据指出,最好开发滑橇或拖网技术用于采集无结核浅底栖巨型动物(结核会磨碎样品)。
It was pointed out that it would be desirable to develop sled ortrawl technology to collect epi benthic megafauna without nodules(which grind up specimens).然而,还有人指出,近年来的保护工作已导致13种巨型动物物种的稳定甚至增加。
It was also noted, however, that conservation efforts in recent years have led to the stabilization oreven increase of 13 megafauna species.他认为人类到达并在各个大陆生存繁衍与很多巨型动物物种的广泛灭绝之间存在直接关联。
He believes there is a direct correlation between humans arriving and populating continents across the globe andthe widely-seen demise of many megafauna species.在过去的500年里,由于人类在安全距离内杀死野生动物的能力已经高度精炼,2%的巨型动物物种已经灭绝。
As humans' ability to kill wildlife at a safe distance improved over the past 500 years,2% of large animal species have gone extinct.资源量、覆盖率和巨型动物多样性最初应至少以四个断面为依据。
Abundance, percentage cover and diversity of megafauna should be based initially on at least four transects.根据照片资料,在巨型动物丰度方面,日本深海影响试验区和高丰度区之间不存在明显的重大差异。
No significant differences in megafaunal abundance were evident between the JET and high-abundance areas based on photographic data.然而,科学家们认为保护巨型动物的工作将依赖于发达国家提供的资金和援助。
But, researchers say that protecting our megaherbivores will depend on funds and efforts from the developed world.一些人认为气候变化导致了巨型动物的死亡,但是没有有力的证据。
Some believe climate change killed the megafauna, but there is no strong evidence.数千年前,在过去的北美,所有巨型动物--猛犸象和巨熊这些大型动物--都消失了。
Thousands of years ago in northwestern North America, large animal species, among them the woolly mammoth and the horse, became extinct.该举措旨在制订巨型动物群落的环境和结构基线参考,并提出管理深海海底采矿影响的建议。
This initiative aims to propose a baseline reference of the environment andthe structure of megafaunal assemblages and develop recommendations for the management of the impacts of deep seabed mining.快结束时我开始产生非常强烈的幻觉以至于我觉得身后的建筑看起来像巨型动物的头。
I began to hallucinate sohard that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads.(c)应使用摄影或录像断面来确定生境类型、群落结构以及巨型动物与特定类型底质的关联。
(c) Photographic or video transects should be undertaken to determine habitat type,community structure and associations of megafauna with specific types of substrata.