Sentences with phrase «effects on bird populations»

Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

(The Condor: Ornithological Applications, May 6, 2015)-- Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

In addition, they are carrying out similar studies to measure the effects on bird populations of «conventional» pollutants such as pesticides and other heavy metals, as well as new molecules such as perfluorinated compounds that are also accumulating in the Antarctic.

Shifting to renewable energy sources has been widely touted as one of the best ways to fight climate change, but even renewable energy can have a downside, as in the case of wind turbines» effects on bird populations.

A three - year study in Denmark concentrated on the non-crop habitats, such as hedgerows, of conventional and organic farms and their effects on bird populations.

The key result of the study is that with longer dry seasons and more intense seasonal drought, there is an overall negative effect on bird populations.

Recent research suggests that collisions with buildings and communication towers have no significant effect on bird populations.

Not exact matches

«If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,» Katzner said.

Worldwide, such facilities have been responsible for the deaths of 140,000 to 328,000 birds and 500,000 to 1.6 million bats, raising questions about their effects on population sustainability.

The effects of waste on larger animals, including birds with stomachs full of plastic, have garnered significant attention, he says, but «when you start altering [whole] populations,... that's when you get these true impacts.»

«We don't know how many tree sparrows there are in China but the size of the consignment underlines the volumes of birds being sold — and it must have some effect on wild populations.»

«Rachel was right about the drastic effect DDT was having on populations of birds, fish, and other wildlife,» Robbins says.

«Scientist studies effects of wildfire management on bird populations.»

To better understand the interacting effects of habitat degradation and climate on bird populations, researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW), Klamath Bird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rbird populations, researchers from the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW), Klamath Bird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa RBird Observatory, and Costa Rica Bird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa RBird Observatories spent 12 years studying the White - collared Manakin, a fruit - eating tropical bird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rbird, in mature and young forests along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Loss of bird populations would have large effects on potential spreading of vegetation to new areas.

Research Assistant, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY (May 00 — Aug 00) The interactions of tree regeneration, rodent and bird populations, and tick density and their effect on the risk of human exposure to vector - borne disease.

I was fortunate to have prof. Olavi Kalela (1908 - 1974) as the supervisor of my master's thesis which concerned the effects of weather and climate on population dynamics of northern bird species.

Pesticides Linked to Declining Bee Populations Also Threaten Birds and Small Mammals http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42959-pesticides-linked-to-declining-bee-populations-also-threaten-birds-and-small-mammals Though the scientific community is sounding the alarm about the die - off (at least in the case of the bees), they are even now completely in denial or oblivious to the highly toxic climate engineering and its effects on terrestrial life forms.

Research showing prospective effects of climate change on bird populations demonstrated a need for prevention, one approach being renewable energy.

«That is completely unproven and projected effects of global warming on bird populations are unsubstantiated.»

Her research focuses on the effects of agricultural land uses on forest bird populations, as well as testing monitoring techniques to determine how land use patterns around protected areas influences their capability to maintain current levels of biodiversity.