Sentences with phrase «impacts on bird»

The positive impacts on bird populations are due to increased space and the presence of cattle.

This fast growth has widespread and severe negative welfare impacts on the birds *, causing debilitating physical problems ranging from heart failure to lameness and results in millions of birds dying in sheds every year before they even reach slaughter age (up to 20 million die in sheds each year in Australia).

The decision to increase the venue's capacity was made swiftly and unilaterally by the Park District without opportunity for public input or regard to adverse impacts on birds and natural areas.

Our technical review and assessment of the Cape Wind DEIS primarily focused on the project's impacts on birds and their habitat.

The studies examine everything from viable ports to turbine manufacturing and wind - farm construction and staging to the need for cables, pipelines and other infrastructure, as well as the impact on birds, bats and fish.

But the researchers argue that the estimate of human impact on birds fails to account for new species identified from remains and those species likely to be extinct but not yet declared so in order to continue conservation efforts.

«This is a prime example of how intensive management of forest lands for industrial purposes can have a direct impact on bird populations in a positive way.»

We're still trying to do some of the modeling to assess that, but we're talking about major impacts on birds.

Once again the politico's fail to learn from past mistakes (the entire history of the sea is one mismanagement after another), ignoring no only the impact on bird life but the impending ecological disaster of exposing a 600 sq mile alkali bed to the high winds of the area (think of salt blowing all over those green golf courses in Palm Springs, only 30 miles away).

As the UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds notes, in refreshingly straightforward language: «Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide... It is likely that most of the birds killed by cats would have died anyway from other causes before the next breeding season, so cats are unlikely to have a major impact on populations.»

This seems unrelated to the task of helping your anti-social bird become more friendly, but the truth of the matter is that underlying health issues can have a real impact on your bird's personality.

There are also negative impacts on birds and other wildlife.

It does not take a great stretch of the imagination to conclude that a cat's impact on birds can be as lethal as any poison.»

As the title — «Impacts of Free - ranging Domestic Cats (Felis catus) On Birds In the United States: A Review of Recent Research with Conservation and Management Recommendations» — suggests, the primary purpose was to describe the cats» impact on birds.

«Despite the large numbers of birds killed, there is no scientific evidence that predation by cats in gardens is having any impact on bird populations UK - wide,» explains an article on the RSPB website.

When it comes to cats and their potential impact on birds, however, the SMBC apparently has a lot to learn.

Research by Environment and Climate Change Canada found that the top human - related impacts on birds are due to predation by free - roaming cats (feral and owned outdoor cats).

Other false statements; if all the cats were gone it would have no impact on bird numbers.

Deliberately installed in a wavy pattern in keeping with the theme of the piece, related to human impact on bird migration patterns.

But we need to ensure the use of materials like neodymium and concrete is kept to a minimum, that turbines use recycled materials wherever possible and that they are carefully sited to the reduce the already minimal impact on bird populations.»

The consortium running the project blame the abandonment of an additional 65 giant turbines on «various factors», but especially the requirement for a 3 - year study on the potential impact on birds.

Ohio's Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) reject the assessment's claim that the planned Icebreaker wind energy facility would have little to no impact on birds and bats, citing the critical importance of Lake Erie to migratory birds such as the endangered Kirtland's Warbler.

The EA fails to acknowledge similar existing or planned projects throughout the Great Lakes that could increase the cumulative impacts on birds and bats — an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Researchers have not drawn up final conclusions on the impact on the birds because of a wide variation in their breeding numbers from year to year.

Other wind energy environmental impacts include moving shadows / «strobe effect,» erosion, impact on birds, interference with electromagnetic communications, and personnel safety.

Was the «expert» prediction correct that modern climate change (i.e., global warming) would have a significant negative impact on bird specie populations?

So far the impact on birds has been thankfully limited, but conservationists are preparing for the worst.

The article also went on to say that Mr. Kerlinger drew upon survey data collected at the project location and reviewed the impacts on birds and bats of offshore wind farms in Europe and onshore facilities in the United States.

Not exact matches

She writes about the impact of coffee production on birds, biodiversity, and the environment, along with related topics, at Coffee & Conservation, coffeehabitat.com

Although there is no direct evidence on the impact of the reduced pesticide use, it is certainly a contributor to richer bird life in and around the farm.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office can (and does) use environmental water to extend the duration of high natural flows in order to deliver better environmental outcomes (e.g. bird and fish breeding) but always and only if there are no detrimental impacts on people and property.

The CSIRO conducted short - term monitoring on behalf of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder to assess both the impacts of predators during waterbird breeding and the birds» patterns of movement away from the colony during and after breeding.

Pet food, bird seed or other dry products typically packed in multiwall or laminate bags now have a new high - strength option that competes on shelf impact and cost.

«People have told me that Magic and Bird are going to have a tremendous impact on the game,» says Williams.

Citizen cientists use their eyes, ears and smartphones to protect birds, frogs and other wildlife - Medill Reports Chicago - October 21, 2016 Citizen science recruiters seeking new volunteers shared the impact of ongoing projects at The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's inaugural citizen science fair on Saturday.

Mass Audubon's Challenge was based on five years of project review, including three years of ornithological fieldwork; our assessment and comments on Cape Wind's first federal Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and literature review; talks with ornithologists, scientists, and engineers; and a visit to Denmark's offshore wind farms during the 2005 spring bird migration.

However, the main welfare problem with regard to broilers is the impact of selective breeding on the birds themselves.

As a nature enthusiast and bird - watcher who also is afflicted by asthma, she is concerned about air pollution and the impact humans are having on the global environment.

The authors are continuing their study of urban impacts on finches — emphasizing the behavioral and immunological impacts of humans and urban parasites on the birds.

Tropical birds are also an interesting case study for climate change impacts on ecosystems.

They found that worm infection in parent birds or their nestlings impacted most on others in their family group.

The impact of colour on flight could be a further inducement for birds to make costly melanin pigment to darken feathers, she says.

«This paper highlights the potentially huge impact merit releases have on a few birds that are easily caught and are already of conservation concern,» says John Pilgrim, a conservation consultant who specializes in Southeast Asia and Melanesia and who was not involved in the study.

Concern over their potential to impact health was stoked in the 1960s, in large part due to Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, which focused on DDT's harm to birds and the world's food supply.

The study, which involved collaboration with British Trust for Ornithology, Aberystwyth University and the University of Leeds and part - funded by the RSPB, showed that the humble crane fly, more commonly known as «daddy longlegs», is a crucial link in determining the impact of climate change on these peatland bird species.

Mortelliti, who holds degrees from the La Sapienza (University of Rome), is an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Habitat Conservation at the University of Maine, where his lab's research is focused on the impact of land - use change on vertebrate species (mammals and birds).

«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.

To investigate the impacts of climate fluctuations on Northwestern migratory bird populations, ecologist M. Philip Nott and colleagues at the Institute for Bird Populations in Point Reyes Station, California, captured birds in «mist» nets at 36 stations in forests of Oregon and Washington between 1992 and 2bird populations, ecologist M. Philip Nott and colleagues at the Institute for Bird Populations in Point Reyes Station, California, captured birds in «mist» nets at 36 stations in forests of Oregon and Washington between 1992 and 2Bird Populations in Point Reyes Station, California, captured birds in «mist» nets at 36 stations in forests of Oregon and Washington between 1992 and 2000.

Audubon pushed to ensure that the guidelines address habitat fragmentation, one of the biggest potential impacts of wind development on birds.

For example, he says, several high - profile studies have used banded penguins to investigate the impact of climate change on the birds.