Sentences with phrase «increasing loss of habitat»

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Loss of essential grassland habitat, increased use of toxic pesticides, reduced availability of nesting grounds, disease, and a changing climate with extreme weather patterns have all played a role in their decline.

As global sea level rises, low - lying island nations must reckon how to cope not only with loss of agricultural acreage and increased vulnerability to storms, but also with reduced habitat for endemic species

The floral turnover may have affected terrestrial vertebrate communities as the loss of wetland habitat space and an increase in arid climate adapted plants may have dwindled the supply of palatable vegetation for herbivores.

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.

In the case of Arctic whales, the changes in sea ice might benefit their populations, at least in the short term: the loss and earlier retreat of sea ice opens up new habitats and, in some areas of the Arctic, has also led to an increase in food production and the length of their feeding season.

Such habitat losses will likely increase, as the country's current population of about 22 million is projected to more than double by 2050.

«We then used models to forecast future habitat loss in the national forests from expected temperature increases in the region,» says Andrew Dolloff, research fishery biologist for the Forest Service Southern Research Station and a co-author of the study.

Increased land development, poor water quality and disease are leading drivers of their habitat loss.

The loss of breeding habitat, especially milkweed, due to the increased use of genetically modified herbicide - resistant crops, is an important factor influencing the decline of monarchs in the eastern United States.

The ongoing loss of habitat has increased the physical separation between the three groups.

«We hope visitors will come away with a greater understanding and appreciation of the world - renowned floral diversity found in California's many unique ecosystems — as well as an understanding of how climate change and increasing habitat loss are threatening Nature's fragile native plant communities and species,» the photographers say.

Small populations of island endemic taxa are often at risk of extirpation or extinction due to their reduced genetic diversity and increased susceptibility to genetic drift, disease, and climate change, especially in conjunction with over-exploitation, habitat loss, and predation or competition from invasive species [4 — 7].

«How do you price the increased deaths, the losses of endangered species and unique habitats, the increased damages from hurricanes that are becoming more intense?»

Regardless of whether hybridization rates may increase, at least for polar bears any effect they might have on population welfare pale by comparison to the loss of habitat and subsequent loss of foraging ability.

Loss of habitat and the presence of barriers to species movement increase the risk of extinctions as a result of climate change.

Many local impacts of forest loss are well known: drier soils, stronger winds, increased erosion, loss of shade and habitat.

The immediate negative effects of palm oil plantations are clear: loss of critical land and water resources for forest - dependent communities; increased conflicts between customary land owners and palm oil companies; and mass deforestation resulting in habitat loss for some of the world's most engendered species.

Increased droughts and forest fires, decreased runoff, loss of wildlife habitat, and rising air pollution are all signs of a climate out of control.

Widespread upscaling of organic agriculture would cause additional loss of natural habitats and also entail output price increases, making food less affordable for poor consumers in developing countries.

The most significant threats to arctic marine mammals comprise loss of sea ice habitat and its associated highly productive food web along with the increase in anthropogenic activities at high latitudes (Ragen et al. 2008).

Detrimental effects include loss of polar bear habitat and increased mobile ice hazards to shipping.

At the heart of both studies is a deeper concern about the response of the natural world to human - induced change, in the destruction of habitat, the loss of the plants, birds, insects, mammals, amphibians and reptiles that depend on habitat, and in the steady increase in atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases, as a consequence of profligate combustion of fossil fuels.

What the UNEP report actually says is this: «Increased biofuel production is expected to have large impacts on biological diversity in the coming decades, mostly as a result of habitat loss, increased invasive species and nutrient pollutioIncreased biofuel production is expected to have large impacts on biological diversity in the coming decades, mostly as a result of habitat loss, increased invasive species and nutrient pollutioincreased invasive species and nutrient pollution.»

Loss of vegetated coastal habitats should lead to a decline in pH, whilst loss in the cover of corals and oyster reefs and regime shifts towards a great dominance of macroalgae may lead to increased pH (Anthony et al. 20Loss of vegetated coastal habitats should lead to a decline in pH, whilst loss in the cover of corals and oyster reefs and regime shifts towards a great dominance of macroalgae may lead to increased pH (Anthony et al. 20loss in the cover of corals and oyster reefs and regime shifts towards a great dominance of macroalgae may lead to increased pH (Anthony et al. 2011).

«Increased biofuel production is expected to have large impacts on biological diversity in the coming decades, mostly as a result of habitat loss, increased invasive species and nutrient pollutioIncreased biofuel production is expected to have large impacts on biological diversity in the coming decades, mostly as a result of habitat loss, increased invasive species and nutrient pollutioincreased invasive species and nutrient pollution.»

With hope waning that we can limit climate change to an average increase of 2 degrees centigrade, global warming threatens many species (including our own) with loss of habitat, disastrous weather events, and evolving illnesses.

In coastal areas and margins, increased thermal stratification may lead to oxygen deficiency, loss of habitats, biodiversity and distribution of species, and impact whole ecosystems (Rabalais et al., 2002).