Sentences with phrase «breeding habitat by»

Destroying any mosquito breeding habitats by removing all potential sources of stagnant water

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The key objective of this proposal is to maximise the current Murray cod spawning response by providing suitable habitat inundation and associated food resources throughout their critical breeding period (mid Oct — mid Dec).

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) populations have decreased by about 95 % in the last fifty years, but the reasons are not well understood; it doesn't help that their preferred breeding habitat, stunted conifers deep in the wetlands of the boreal forest, makes finding and studying them difficult.

«For the first time,» co-author C. Page Chamberlain of Stanford University notes, «we have evidence that it may be possible to restore breeding populations in the north by preventing habitat loss in the south, allowing us to develop an international conservation strategy for dealing with songbirds.»

While breeding and reintroduction programs are becoming more effective by providing more pandas to bolster the wild populations, conservationists believe that learning more about the importance of personality combinations in breeding success could ultimately help boost the number of pandas even further — not only in accredited zoos, but also in their habitats in China.

Passenger pigeons, for example, will initially be bred in captivity by zoos, then placed into netted woods, and then finally re-introduced to portions of their original habitat — America's eastern deciduous forest.

Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians The Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians supports the humane treatment and conservation of reptiles and amphibians by promoting education, captive breeding, and habitat preservation.

While a successful captive breeding and release program has yet to be developed for any parrot species, we do support scientifically - based, bona fide parrot conservation programs undertaken by teams of experts in population genetics, ecology, animal behavior, habitat conservation and restoration, natural resource management, economics, politics, sociology, and all of the other fields that must be considered if such a program is to succeed.

Gradually reducing the numbers of cats in a habitat by contrast allows the native predators to breed up to the carrying capacity vacated by cats, until the native predators have completely taken over.

Derived from the Latin word for Terra, many working terriers were selectively bred to hunt vermin, large rodents and foxes by «going to ground» in their underground burrows and dens and forcing them out of their habitats where the hunters awaited them.

Such act may include significant habitat modification or degradation, where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering.»

Join experienced guides on a scenic cruise of the Terranora Inlet featuring Mount Warning, core of the largest shield volcano in the Southern Hemisphere and surrounded by world heritage listed rainforests; fish and bird breeding habitat; waterfront lifestyles; interpretive talks; local history; geographical points of interest; Aboriginal folklore; morning tea; and bird feeding.

Players begin Dragon Mania Legends with two dragons, but can recruit more by building additional habitats and breeding their starter units (or purchasing dragons from the store for free or premium currency).

«Passenger pigeons, for example, will initially be bred in captivity by zoos, then placed into netted woods, and then finally re-introduced to portions of their original habitat — America's eastern deciduous forest.

An analysis by the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) shows that more than 30,000 turbines overlap with federally protected bird habitat, including 24,000 in the migratory corridor of the whooping crane and 3,000 in breeding grounds of the endangered Greater Sage - Grouse.

Thankfully, the Canada Warbler breeds in scrubby, second - growth areas, so it may not take long for its preferred habitat to generate in an expanding (by 34 percent) climate space - if the birds are around to find it.

Coastal habitats, such as those critical for breeding Mangrove Hummingbirds in Costa Rica, may be affected by sea level rise.

Positive effects such as extended feeding areas and seasons in higher latitudes, more - productive high latitudes, and lower winter mortality may be offset by negative factors that alter established reproductive patterns, breeding habitat, disease vectors, migration routes, and ecosystem relationships.

Some species of marine mammals will be able to take advantage of increases in prey abundance and spatial / temporal shifts in prey distribution toward or within their primary habitats, whereas some populations of birds and seals will be adversely affected by climatic changes if food sources decline or are displaced away from regions suitable for breeding or rearing of young.

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East African Crowned cranes, a subspecies of the Grey Crowned cranes, are endangered due to habitat loss and degradation from human activities including due pesticide use, overgrazing by livestock, drainage of their wetland breeding areas and drought.

«Working lands, like those managed by SFI - certified companies, represent some of the best opportunities for conserving forest bird breeding habitat,» says Jim Shallow, conservation and policy director for Audubon Vermont.