Sentences with phrase «change shrinks their habitat»

Caribou populations are predicted to become more isolated and fragmented as climate change shrinks habitat and as caribou have fewer opportunities for genes to flow between individuals and herds, explained Hundertmark.

Caribou populations are predicted to become more isolated and fragmented as climate change shrinks their habitat and they have fewer opportunities for genes to flow between individuals and herds, explained Hundertmark.

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They see the changes at the border as just another piece chipped from the shrinking store of habitat.

The international team of researchers led by Barry Sinervo of the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that even though their habitats remained intact, the population of one group of lizards in Mexico has shrunk by 12 per cent since 1975 due to climate change.

There are immediate reasons to study the vocal patterns of cetaceans: these marine mammals are threatened by human activities through competition for fishery resources, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with vessels, exposure to pollutants and oil spills and, ultimately, shrinking habitats due to anthropogenic climate change.

Lister explains that climate change could be to blame for the mammoths» demise, as their range shrank when grassland habitats were replaced by forests.

The habitat of this brown lemur in Madagascar is likely to shrink by half before the end of the century due to climate change, finds a Duke University study.

Polar species, including the polar bear, ice - dependent seals, and emperor penguins are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change as their unique sea ice habitats shrink due to warming.

A new study of amphibians argues that growing smaller to take up less resources won't always help a species avoid extinction in the face of a shrinking habitat, climate change, and disease.

Elsewhere, climate change - induced drought shrinks bird habitats in Turkey, while worldwide manmade noise makes it increasingly difficult for birds to communicate, creating another means of avian population decrease.

Joshua Tree National Park is known for its iconic trees, but Joshua tree habitat is expected to shrink dramatically because of climate change.

It illustrates the pace of environmental change, including land - use change, urban growth, degradation of marine and coastal areas, altered hydrology and shrinking water bodies, loss of habitats and the impacts of climate change.

Mountain - dwelling animals and plants are already seeing their habitats shift and shrink as a result of climate - change - induced temperature increases, which force many species to move upslope.

For example, cod and lobster fisheries south of Cape Cod are projected to have significant declines.83, 84 Although suitable habitats will be shrinking for some species (such as coldwater fish like brook trout) and expanding for others (such as warmwater fish like bass), it is difficult to predict what proportion of species will be able to move or adapt as their optimum climate zones shift.85 As each species responds uniquely to climate change, disruptions of important species interactions (plants and pollinators; predators and prey) can be expected.

Climate Change To Shrink Animal And Plant Habitats Dramatically, Study Forecasts.