Sentences with phrase «also shrink the habitat»

Warming could also shrink the habitat that is available, forcing the animals to move higher up mountainsides and away from good food sources.

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Altered fish communities: Warmer lakes and streams will certainly provide more habitat for warmwater species as conditions in northern reaches of the basin become more suitable for warmwater fish and as lakes and streams are vacated by cool - and coldwater species.91 Habitat for coldwater fish, though not expected to disappear, will shrink substantially, though it could also expand in some areas, such as Lake Superior.