The largest area was lower-cover vegetation, the smallest area was swamp;

面积最大的是低覆盖度植被，面积最小的是沼泽；

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The consequences of an excessive number of livestock grazing in an area are the reduction of the vegetation cover and the trampling and pulverization of the soil.

在一个地区过度放牧的后果是植被覆盖的减少和对土壤的践踏和粉碎。

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Even in the areas that retain a soil cover, the reduction of vegetation typically results in the loss of the soil's ability to absorb substantial quantities of water.

即使在保留土壤覆盖的地区，植被的减少通常也会导致土壤丧失吸收大量水分的能力。

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This second mission is supposed to loft the Proba-V satellite to collect data on land cover and vegetation changes over the entire globe every couple of days.

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What my colleagues and I are discovering from our own work in Alaskan tundra is that this shift in vegetation cover has implications -- some good, some bad -- for the animals that depend on it for food and shelter.

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It needs dense vegetation, cover for nesting and protection from predators and mature woodland for winter food.

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