Sentences with phrase «by habitat destruction»

Worldwide, cats may have been involved in the extinction of more bird species than any other cause except by habitat destruction.»

Not all species is negatively affected by habitat destruction -LSB-...]

Madagascar native threatened by habitat destruction, hunting, illegal capture.»

Like many other carnivorous plants, the waterwheel has been heavily affected by habitat destruction and illegal collection.

Despite their heavy armor and fearsome jaws, alligator snapping turtles have been decimated by habitat destruction, overharvesting, illegal pet trade, water pollution and other assaults.

Not exact matches

It leads to the extinction of species especially by destruction of their habitat.

We now know that nature can not take care of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened by human expansion into their habitats, destruction of their food supplies, pollution of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.

«The one process ongoing in the 1980s that will take millions of years to correct,» Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson has warned, «is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.

Much more serious is the destruction of habitat by deforestation and expansion of farming.

We can not be sure that The Flood had no relationship to all flesh around that area having «corrupted its way»... The very protection of mankind from natural disasters that were inevitable from the contingent, limited perfection of the planet Earth as a habitat, might well have been mediated to human communities by great prophetic souls, even as Christ prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem as a consequence of his rejection, and because «in the day of your visitation, you did not know the things that were to your peace».

Common threats include: loss of nesting and roosting sites, habitat fragmentation by conversion or destruction of vegetation, habitat fragmentation by excessive exposure of nectar plants to herbicides and pollinators to pesticides, over-hunting, disruption of nectar corridors required by migratory pollinators, and competition by invasive species65.

These activities can have harmful environmental effects including draining of wetlands, destruction of amphibians and reptiles by heavy equipment, erosion and sedimentation, and other, permanent or long - term alterations of productive wildlife habitat.

«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.

The previous five were caused by natural events — meteorite impacts and global temperature change — but this latest is decidedly human - generated, primarily through habitat destruction.

Half of the orangutans on the vast Southeast Asian island died between 1999 and 2015 as a result of hunting or habitat destruction by oil palm and other industries, a new study found.

More than 100 species exist, and almost all of them have been decimated by disease, climate change, habitat destruction or some combination of these threats.

Based on a scientific literature review of 14 other publications, including some that looked at effects of existing walls and fences on the border, the authors outlined several concerns about the proposed wall, including habitat destruction and degradation caused by the construction of the wall and the roads on either side of the wall.

In addition to this, there was a drastic drop in the number of specimens in the 20th century due to its persecution, the destruction of its habitat, and two major viral epidemics suffered by the rabbit, its main food source.

According to official Chinese estimates, their numbers have fallen to only around 1590, largely as a result of the destruction of their natural habitats by humans.

«It is likely in the case of the red wolf and the Great Lakes [eastern] wolf that mixture with coyotes was caused by human actions, wolf control, and habitat destruction, which allowed coyote numbers to increase.

DiCaprio said a statement that the world's population of 3,200 tigers was endangered by «habitat destruction and escalating illegal poaching.»

According to this volume, it is known from only two sites in eastern Zaire, where it is threatened by the destruction of its habitat.

While habitat destruction has caused some extinctions, cats, foxes, and rats introduced around 1800 by British sailors have also played a major role, decimating native animals like bilbies and bandicoots — both small, ratlike marsupials found only in Australia.

By far the worst threats are infectious disease and habitat destruction so the Alliance will focus on these issues first.»

Conservationists say some 16 million sage grouse went from nearly blacking out the sun when they took wing over the sprawling western sagebrush to being nearly blacked out by the destruction of their habitat.

The researchers claimed that changing weather patterns would commit up to 37 percent of the world's species to extinction by 2050 — far more than would go extinct if we continued at the current rate of habitat destruction.

And while climate change remains a legitimate concern for wildlife — particularly on isolated mountaintops and in species - poor polar regions — it does not come close to the immediate, irreparable damage caused by the destruction of habitat.

So the destruction of natural habitats and urbanization not only affects the health of the environment, but it also affects our health and wellness by removing healthy colonizing microbiota.»

Predation by free - roaming cats only adds to the much more significant risks that birds face due to habitat destruction and climate change.

Bottom Line: Birds are killed by destruction of habitat and millions of pounds of pesticides every year, but no one wants to stop development or see our lawns and golf courses devoured by insects.

The rest were driven to extinction by direct human exploitation and habitat destruction.»

bird feeders and nesting boxes — but as much to compensate for the destruction of habitat caused by the creation of the plot on which their home stands than for the occasional kill that their cat makes.

[FN94] After the FWS amended its definition of harm by adding «an act which actually kills or injures wildlife,» as it reads today, the Ninth Circuit held in Palila II that habitat destruction that could result in extinction is sufficient to conclude a taking.

Alas, our herring are now depleted by 95 % due to spawning habitat destruction in the Salish Sea and the dogfish sharks have died off without a food source.

If the crops failed, these communities contained too many people to survive on local foraging or hunting — both because population densities were so high and because the habitat destruction caused by farming had reduced the amount of local wild food.

Other anthropogenic changes like habitat destruction and fragmentation also make it less likely that ecosystems can cope with climate change by shifting.

First, the trees are found, marked and felled in a process that all too often involves clear - cutting, resulting in massive habitat destruction and long - term ecological damage.Mega - machinery comes in to remove the logs from what used to be forest, either by logging trucks or even helicopters in more remote areas.

Julia Lehmann, from Roehampton University, said: «In reality, the effects of climate change on African apes may be much worse, as our model does not take into account possible anthropogenic effects, such as habitat destruction by humans and the hunting of apes for bushmeat.»

Life on land: Besides the reduction of greenhouse gases, the project assist environmental sustainability by slowing deforestation, which also prevents soil erosion, the destruction of natural habitats and the loss of biodiversity

And here are just a few other «side effects» of mining on public lands in the West: cyanide spills; wildlife habitat destruction and fish kills caused by poisoned waters; and water pollution caused by acid mine drainage, which leaches potentially toxic heavy metals like lead, copper, and zinc from rocks.

Their vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

WWF has gotten many UK supermarkets to help address the habitat destruction by agreeing to not buy soy connected to Cerrato destruction.

Whales may be particularly affected by changing location and abundance of food sources, changed migration patterns and habitat destruction.

The alternative vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The species is imperiled by the destruction of its rainforest habitat as well as by the illegal pet trade.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.

Partly this is because it's hard to beat the blunt biodiversity effects of direct habitat destruction (like deforestation) and partly that is because climate warming is often a slow process, for instance in the deep oceans, where its ecological effects are «outpaced» by the rapidly escalating plastic pollution — admittedly an impossible comparison.