Sentences with phrase «local extinction in»

Led by global paper giants APP and APRIL, the pulp, paper and palm oil industries are driving Riau's Sumatran tigers and elephants to local extinction in just a few years by destroying their habitat, the study found.

«Climate change is already causing widespread local extinction in plant and animal species.»

Climate change has already led to local extinctions in half of species surveyed in a new study — and global temperatures are only set to rise.

Biologists say that they «uncovered a staggering rate of local extinctions in the mammal fauna, with only 767 from a possible 3,528 populations still persisting.»

Unfortunately, a distinguished ecologist called Jim Steele found fault with her conclusion: there had been more local extinctions in the southern part of the butterfly's range due to urban development than in the north, so only the statistical averages moved north, not the butterflies.

Not exact matches

Within decades we will know whether man is going to be a physical success around earth, able to function in ever greater patterns of local universe, or whether he is going to frustrate his own success with his negatively conditioned reflexes of yesterday and will bring about his own extinction around the planet earth.

In thus individualizing ordination Augustine witnesses indirectly to the extinction in the West c. 400 of the older catholic feeling for the corporate ministry of the local church.51 Within four centuries the hereditary priesthood of Israel had been replaced by the indelible priesthood of Christendom, valid not by inheritance and birth but through a kind of rebirth in the solemn rededication of ordination in the descent of the Holy Spirit, an action which also represented a tactile succession going back to the apostleIn thus individualizing ordination Augustine witnesses indirectly to the extinction in the West c. 400 of the older catholic feeling for the corporate ministry of the local church.51 Within four centuries the hereditary priesthood of Israel had been replaced by the indelible priesthood of Christendom, valid not by inheritance and birth but through a kind of rebirth in the solemn rededication of ordination in the descent of the Holy Spirit, an action which also represented a tactile succession going back to the apostlein the West c. 400 of the older catholic feeling for the corporate ministry of the local church.51 Within four centuries the hereditary priesthood of Israel had been replaced by the indelible priesthood of Christendom, valid not by inheritance and birth but through a kind of rebirth in the solemn rededication of ordination in the descent of the Holy Spirit, an action which also represented a tactile succession going back to the apostlein the solemn rededication of ordination in the descent of the Holy Spirit, an action which also represented a tactile succession going back to the apostlein the descent of the Holy Spirit, an action which also represented a tactile succession going back to the apostles.

The coming elections in 2016 and 2017 present the very real danger of irrelevance and ultimately extinction for the party, especially if the SNP can gain local government fiefdoms like Glasgow, which act as centres for political patronage.

If Labour's collapse in the local and Mayoral elections had been synonymous with Ukip and Lib Dem gains, it would have been a portent of an extinction level political event on June 8th.

Endangered seals in a marine protected area are heading towards local extinction, even while the same species thrives in an unprotected area nearby.

The study projected that as many as 20 percent of lizard species worldwide could go extinct by 2080, and local extinctions — the disappearance of a population in one particular geographic location — could reach as high as 40 percent.

In May, a group of Kenyan forestry experts, including the conservation secretary of the country's Environment Ministry, warned that the mathenge tree could be at risk of extinction if the cogeneration plant's need for local biomass leads to overharvesting of the trees.

Previous studies by the Cardiff team on warming effects in the Rivers Wye and Tywi reveal significant reductions in insect numbers and even an instance of local species extinction due to climate change.

Among other examples of local and regional tipping points are the rapid collapse of coral reefs in the face of rising ocean acidity and the transformation of ecosystems by the extinction of a dominant species, or the introduction of a new one.

A global extinction crisis should show up in declining levels of local biodiversity, right?

In tropical forests, overhunting has been implicated in widespread local species extinction and the creation of»em pty forests»In tropical forests, overhunting has been implicated in widespread local species extinction and the creation of»em pty forests»in widespread local species extinction and the creation of»em pty forests».

These relatively speedy shifts may have driven local animals to extinction, says Brody Sandel, who studies ecoinformatics at Aarhus University in Denmark.

The findings come after UEA research revealed that up to half of all plant and animal species in the world's most naturally rich areas could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

New research, publishing on December 8th in the open - access journal PLOS Biology, shows that local extinctions have already occurred in 47 % of the 976 plant and animal species studied.

Local extinctions have already occurred in 47 % of the 976 plant and animal species studied, report researchers.

It found that local extinctions occurred in about half of the species surveyed across different habitats and taxonomic groups.

The new study, by Professor John J. Wiens from the University of Arizona, used these range - shift studies to show that local extinctions have already happened in the warmest parts of the ranges of more than 450 plant and animal species.

Up to half of plant and animal species in the world's most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

We have increasing evidence of a decline in certain tree species as a result of the local extinction of forest elephants.»

This could help avoid their own local extinction due to ever - increasing habitat degradation in their original range, could provide potentially robust stock for denuded areas, and assist in shortening the time needed for adaptation of stocks yet naïve to such extremes.

«The habitat would be chopped down and, in addition, with so many of the people who come in, there will be more hunting... exacting more pressure on species and leading to population declines and local extinctions.

«My concern is that the changes in behaviour Höglund describes may indicate populations on their way to local extinction,» says Bill Sutherland of the University of East Anglia.

Because their populations are already small in the region, barriers that isolate bears could eventually lead to inbreeding, increasing the risk of local extinction over time.

Now, if local people are hunting the prey and that's driving the tigers to extinction, catching a big trader in China is not going to help that problem.

Small populations of Middle Palaeolithic hominins may have contracted and survived in refugium zones in Arabia [19], [22], [62], [63], although genetic interchanges and local extinctions are expected [41], [60].

In the worst instances, alien invaders seriously disrupt local ecosystems and drive native species to extinction.

Away from the coastlines, there is evidence that non-human primates can hunt prey at unsustainable levels, for example wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Ngogo in Uganda hunt red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus) at a rate that may lead to local extinction of the latter (Teelen, 2008).

One involves engineering reproductive isolation (speciation) between populations that can otherwise interbreed, so as to limit gene flow; a second involves creating genetic methods that can, reversibly, drive populations of invasive species and / or vectors of disease to local extinction; a third involves creating genetic methods that can drive — in ways that are easily reversible — the spread of beneficial genes into wild insect populations so as to prevent the spread of vector - borne disease.

Public libraries have been teetering on the brink of extinction for years, a fact that doesn't seem likely to improve in the near future given the economic situations that lead local governments to take aim at the libraries as a primary target.

Toronto's reported dog bites have been rising since 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 reached their highest levels this century, even as pit bulls and similar dogs neared local extinction.

[14 — 17] Actually, Nico Dauphiné and Robert J. Cooper take its already - tenuous claims one step further, citing Hawkins» work (actually a 2004 conference paper that summarizes his dissertation [18]-RRB- as evidence that «the continuous predation pressure exerted by exotic predators in exponentially high densities can and has resulted in numerous local extinctions of continental land birds.»

In 2015, & Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve donated five lionesses to Rwanda's Akagera National Park (as part of an African Parks project) which helped to successfully reverse a 20 - year local extinction of the species; one of these lionesses recently gave birth to the first cubs born in Rwanda in nearly two decadeIn 2015, & Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve donated five lionesses to Rwanda's Akagera National Park (as part of an African Parks project) which helped to successfully reverse a 20 - year local extinction of the species; one of these lionesses recently gave birth to the first cubs born in Rwanda in nearly two decadein Rwanda in nearly two decadein nearly two decades.

With the help of their trusty Astro Worker, players terraform planets, decimate local fauna and drive native animal life to near extinction in their quest for the perfect soup.

What we do understand now are many of the mechanisms which drive populations down and result in local (and possible large scale) extinctions.

I'd say it'd be more apocalyptic (as per Dr. Venkman's «dogs and cats, living together» dictum) if the animals were migrating to environments * more * likely to result in their extinction;) Having said that, I acknowledge that a common view is that humanity is doing exactly that — not a physical migration, but an enforced anthropogenic man - handling of the entire biosphere towards a bad neighborhood in Earth's «state space», where we risk being stabbed by shadowy tipping points, mugged by run - away processes and distressed at the sight of an anoxic ocean vomiting over the local fauna.

Only 63 unique pillar coral colonies are currently alive in the Florida Reef Tract, so a group of scientists, including those at the Tampa - based Florida Aquarium have banded together to save the species, which is under threat of local extinction.

In particular, many of the plant populations predicted to persist in the near future will actually do so under local climate conditions that are already unsuitable for their long - term survival because long live spans and clonal reproduction strategies of many high mountain plants allow them to retard extinctioIn particular, many of the plant populations predicted to persist in the near future will actually do so under local climate conditions that are already unsuitable for their long - term survival because long live spans and clonal reproduction strategies of many high mountain plants allow them to retard extinctioin the near future will actually do so under local climate conditions that are already unsuitable for their long - term survival because long live spans and clonal reproduction strategies of many high mountain plants allow them to retard extinction.

Wiens found that local extinctions were more common in animals than plants, and in tropical species than those living in temperate regions — evidence that climate change may be hitting the more biodiverse regions of the world hardest.

The study found that local extinctions occurred in 47 percent of the 976 species evaluated.

In the longer term, there may be serious consequences for fisheries production that result from loss of coral communities and reduced structural complexity, which result in reduced fish species richness, local extinctions and loss of species within key functional groups of reef fish (Sano, 2004; Graham et al., 2006In the longer term, there may be serious consequences for fisheries production that result from loss of coral communities and reduced structural complexity, which result in reduced fish species richness, local extinctions and loss of species within key functional groups of reef fish (Sano, 2004; Graham et al., 2006in reduced fish species richness, local extinctions and loss of species within key functional groups of reef fish (Sano, 2004; Graham et al., 2006).

Some species in semi-enclosed seas such as the Wadden Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, also face higher risk of local extinction because land boundaries around those bodies of water will make it difficult for those species to move laterally to escape waters that may be too warm.

Spatial shifts of marine species due to projected warming will cause high - latitude invasions and high local - extinction rates in the tropics and semi-enclosed seas (medium confidence).

In a country that has suffered from widespread poverty, environmental degradation, and, most recently, warfare, a collaboration between conservationists and the local community has kept Mali's elephants from extinction.

The inaugural event also provided an opportunity to cheer a victory in the fight to save the popular local fish from extinction.

For decades marine biologist Karl Mayer and his small staff have worked unceasingly — one otter at a time — to bring this «keystone» species back from the brink of extinction so it can play its important role in the local marine environment.