Sentences with phrase «conservation biologists because»
On the other hand, I'm a conservation biologist because I care about wildlife.
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That's because poachers are decimating the forest elephants, says Samuel Wasser, a conservation biologist at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Still others, such as conservation biologist Michael Soulé, believe that top - down versus bottom - up, like all dualisms, is false, because the natural world is complex and bottom - up forces (nutrient flow) interact with top - down forces (the effects of predation).
William Murdoch's counterargument, termed the plant self - defense hypothesis by conservation biologist John Terborgh, suggests that food (bottom - up control) has the strongest influence, that the world may be green because not all plants are palatable to herbivores, and that predators are unnecessary for ecosystem regulation.
«[Brazil's] borders are hard to control and its extraordinary biodiversity is often seen as easy money by trafficking networks,» says Juan Carlos Cantú, a biologist in Mexico City who manages the Mexico office of Defenders of Wildlife, a conservation group in Washington, D.C. Birds are especially vulnerable, and parrots top the list of threatened species because of the high demand for them in the pet market.
Conservation biologists are excited about functional traits because they could influence decisions about what to protect.
Also, although climate change is a concern for conservation biologists, it is not the focus for most researchers (at present), largely I think because of the severity and immediacy of the damage caused by other threats.
«Because western society's orientations toward wildlife is becoming more moralistic and less utilitarian,» explain the authors of a study recently published online in PLoS ONE, «conservation biologists must develop innovative and collaborative ways to address the threats posed by feral cats rather than assuming wholesale removal of feral cats through euthanasia is a universally viable solution.»
«We're definitely seeing species going extinct because of climate change,» says Camille Parmesan, a conservation biologist at University of Texas.
Also, although climate change is a concern for conservation biologists, it is not the focus for most researchers (at present), largely I think because of the severity and immediacy of the damage caused by other threats.