Sentences with phrase «of species invasions»

They say the analysis provides the simplest expectation for the future distribution of marine biodiversity, showing recurring spatial patterns of high rates of species invasions coupled with local extinctions.

Not exact matches

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark..

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark, nor the 400,000 species of beetles, nor the gnats that live for a few hours, nor for that matter, human beings!

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Arc.

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships larger than the D - Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the ark.

With New York's population of ash trees under siege against an invasive species, environmental officials are working to stop the invasion of another wood - eating pest.

How has the invasion of round gobies, a fish species that made its way into this country's Great Lakes after being brought over here in the early 1990s in the ballasts of large ships from Europe, impacted upstate fishing?

With 50 ships traveling through the canal daily, swapping around 10 million tons of ballast water annually between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, it's no surprise the Suez is a hotbed for species invasion.

As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.

And in terms of damage to fisheries and other recreational activities, the dollar toll for the ecological unraveling of the lakes due to ballast invasions was pegged in a 2008 University of Notre Dame study at $ 200 million annually — a number the study authors predicted would grow as new invasive species are discovered.

Even with human - induced species invasions, there is no species capable of colonising all of Earth's biomes — not even the mighty cockroach.

The ugly will include the need, for example, to brace for the ever more jarring effects of extreme weather patterns, the extinction of a huge range of animal and plant species, and the invasion into new latitudes of predators and pests.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

Approaches to tackle the growing issue largely rely on knowledge of species» invasion history elsewhere, giving new previously unrecorded alien species a higher chance of slipping through border controls and eluding early response management.

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In 2010 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched its «Eat Lionfish» campaign to combat the species's invasion of the Caribbean.

The study, published today in PNAS and led by scientists at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the University of Vienna and UCL, analysed a global database of 45,984 records detailing the first invasions of 16,019 established alien species from 1500 until 2005 to investigate the dynamics of how alien species spread worldwide.

60 %: grasslands degraded due to overgrazing by livestock, invasion by alien species, or conversion to agriculture, resulting in a rapid decline of native flora and fauna

Ant invasions are a nuisance for picnickers, but for California's coastal horned lizards, the proliferation of one foreign ant species threatens their very survival.

Indeed, one of the big surprises to invasion biologists is the large number of alien species that any given ecosystem can harbor.

The call to action follows the publication of a paper «Tackling Invasive Alien Species in Europe: the Top 20 Issues», in the peer - reviewed journal Management of Biological Invasions.

«From entanglement to invasions of alien species: the harm caused by marine litter.»

A head count of species — native or introduced — in one place or another is one way to measure the impact of biological invasion, but it may not be the most telling.

Professor Dick said: «Alien plant and animal species cause environmental, economic and social damage across Europe, and their rate of invasion is set to increase in the coming years.

«Our findings strongly suggest that that the effect of different species is much stronger than the effect of time since the invasion on the level of unionid infestation,» said Burlakova.

Lead researcher Peter Bellingham issued the following plea: «Given the strength of our evidence of the serious consequences of this invasion for biodiversity, we urge the relevant institutions in Jamaica, and international funding bodies, to prioritise a programme of control of this species.

For example, the number of native unionid species dropped from 18 to 5 in Lake St. Clair after zebra mussel invasion.

John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences at Bangor University, explained: «Over the past 24 years the severity of this invasion was associated with a decline in the diversity of native tree species, including those species that are found only in Jamaica, which are the highest conservation priority.

University of Groningen scientists have described how microbial invasions follow the same general pattern as invasions by plant or animal species.

While the marine life in ships» ballast water and attached to ship hulls explains the invasion of many species in the sea, the forams, and similar bottom - dwellers not found in the water or attached to hulls, are believed to be rarely moved by ships.

«This research will help land managers better understand the conditions in which invasive plant species exist and which forest types are at risk of understory plant invasion.»

For example, if one reads the literature on biological invasions published in the 1990s, one will find few efforts by ecologists to present the full picture of the impacts of introduced species — for instance, that a small number cause great health, economic, and / or ecological problems, most have little known impact, and a small number have a positive impact.

In the May article «The Truth About Invasive Species,» Alan Burdick dismisses the impact of introduced species with the contention that «fifty years of research by invasion biologists around the world has failed to confirm it,» suggesting that all changes and impacts wrought by invaders merely threaten «our self - serving ideas of what nature is supposed to be.Species,» Alan Burdick dismisses the impact of introduced species with the contention that «fifty years of research by invasion biologists around the world has failed to confirm it,» suggesting that all changes and impacts wrought by invaders merely threaten «our self - serving ideas of what nature is supposed to be.species with the contention that «fifty years of research by invasion biologists around the world has failed to confirm it,» suggesting that all changes and impacts wrought by invaders merely threaten «our self - serving ideas of what nature is supposed to be.»

Alpine plants in the far north are not prepared for the invasion of competitive species from the valley.

«Impact of invasive species varies with latitude, highlighting need for biogeographic perspective on invasions.»

Gracilaria seaweed's invasion of North Carolina mudflats provided the researchers with a unique system to conduct their study in an area where native species are absent or have severely declined.

A number of ladybird species within Britain are largely confined to coniferous woodland and it appears that such habitats are more resistant to invasion by the harlequin ladybird than other habitats.

They found that the intensity of plant invasions by non-native species can vary considerably with changes in latitude.

Invasions are also more likely if the start point is in warm water, which usually contains more species, and if the water at both ports is of similar temperature and salinity.

The paper was published in the journal Biological Invasions and also examines impacts sika deer have had on the native white - tailed deer populations in an attempt to provide information that could lead to better management of the species.

«The rapid spread of this species has inspired biologists to study the process of invasion on a global scale,» says Helen Roy of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in the UK.

Phenomena such as species» migration, extinction, intrusion; ecosystem stability; decline of pollinators and pest invasion have to be monitored closely and identified momentarily.

In a new paper published in PLOS ONE, Elizabeth Hobson and colleagues describe a recent, rapid, and ongoing invasion of monk parakeets in Mexico, and the regulatory changes that affected the species» spread.

The intestinal microbiota, which is composed of diverse populations of commensal bacterial species, provides resistance against colonization and invasion by pathogens.

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Introgression poses a serious threat to all 14 subspecies of cutthroat trout in western North America due to widespread stocking and invasion of non-native trout into historical cutthroat trout habitats (Trotter 2008); two subspecies are now extinct, five are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and seven have been petitioned for listing.

The invasion of non-native pest species (rodents, feral pigs, insects) represents a significant global threat to biodiversity.

Biological invasions are among the greatest drivers of species extinctions worldwide and can cause severe impairments of ecosystem services, imposing huge economic costs on society.

He has spent the last few years trying to understand how the process of invasion - like the cane toad's invasion through Australia — affects both the invader itself, and the native species.

Here, it's not war, nuclear holocaust or even a hostile invasion that threatens the end of humanity; instead, it's a strange, plant - based species that quietly and effectively replaces the inhabitants of San Francisco with identical pod people.