Sentences with phrase «of tiger numbers»

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Estimates from paw prints and camera traps put the number at about 1400 tigers (Science, 22 February 2008), a figure that reflects years of habitat loss and poaching.

NEW DELHI — Hot on the heels of a study that used feces to track penguin populations from space (ScienceNOW, 6 June), researchers in India are reporting that DNA from tiger poop can help them estimate the cat's numbers in the wild.

India is home to the world's largest number of wild tigers.

The numbers cast a foreboding light on the range of the aggressive Asian tiger mosquito, which transmits not only dengue but Chikungunya fever, a particularly nasty infection that causes excruciating joint pain.

Look at what has happened recently with tigers, which were safe in a number of reserves.

The number of wild tigers has plummeted from over 100,000 in the 19th century to perhaps 7000 now, according to United Nations (UN) officials.

A total of 21,257 genes were identified, a number similar to that of human beings and other mammals, and they have been compared to those of cats, tigers, cheetahs and dogs.

To find tigers in the DMZ would be great news for the future of the species — and not just because of the boost in numbers.

The Sumatran rhino has disappeared altogether and the country has seen a steady decline in the number of Malayan tigers.

Studies of tiger salamanders and the Asian salamander Hynobius retardatus have found that cannibal morphs develop when larvae are crowded in large numbers and are mostly unrelated (same species but from different parents).

The WWF said on Thursday that the money from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, set up by the 39 - year - old star of «The Great Gatsby» and the upcoming film «The Wolf of Wall Street,» will be used for an initiative to double the number of tigers in Nepal by 2022 - the next Chinese year of the tiger.

The research team combined their results and with data from other scientists and estimated the number of tigers in each remaining forest in Sumatra.

There's still enough forest left — if protected wisely — to meet the goal of doubling the number of wild tigers (Panthera tigris) by 2022, says an international research team.

The study found that tiger densities are 47 percent higher in primary versus degraded (logged) forests and that extensive clearing of pristine lowland forest has disproportionately reduced tiger numbers.

So, these big numbers of tigers that people talk about for whole countries, regions, states, are essentially not robust at all.

But the research development of the techniques to count prey and tigers and doing studies in different sites across India with high and low prey densities show very clearly that the number of tigers is linked to the number of prey in a very, very strong relationship.

And they make some conservation agencies set these unrealistic targets, saying that, «Okay, we had the tiger summit with Mr. Putin presiding in 2010, so in ten years after that we should have twice the number of tigers.»

But the conversion of tropical forests to oil palm plantations has devastated a huge number of plant and animal species, including tigers, elephants, rhinos and orangutans.

«Sadly, the decline appears to be due to the dwindling number of tigers left in the wild.»

Traffic, a wildlife monitoring network which works with WWF and the World Conservation Union, says the number of Sumatran tigers that are being illegally poached and sold is dropping.

Bamboo and jungle prints countered that expert simplicity of denim for denim's sake, mixing up the latter half of the collection into a paint - by - numbers lineup of sporty neoprene shirts, swimwear, nylon anoraks and slub linen Hawaiian shirts all crawling with Kenzo's tigers in the shade of tropical foliage.

Included in this product are ten frames up to 20 (1 - 10 in red, 11 - 20 in green); two plain trees; trees with 1 - 10 red apples; trees with 1 - 10 green apples; apples labeled from 1 - 10 in both red and green; a mat for sorting apples between red and green; a plain line art apple page; two mini-books with empty apple trees (one with numbers from 1 to 8, the other with blanks for the student to write numbers of their choosing); and a page with a lion, tiger, and dog with the label «Put 10 Apples on Top.»

There are a large number of amphibian species in the world and some of the species most commonly kept as pets include the South American horned frogs, tiger salamanders, waxy monkey tree frog and the African clawed frog.

These efforts, despite damaging the shark population, were shown to be ineffective in decreasing the number of interactions between humans and tiger sharks.

The park is a part of Project Tiger conservation and boasts of a number of tigers in their natural habitat.

«With international arrivals continuing to grow each year, thanks to contributions from the Tanzania Tourist Board and an increase in the number of airlines servicing Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is one of Africa's new tiger economies.

Or you can wander the wilderness collecting ingredients, and hunt a large number of animals such as deer, wolves, bears, and even tigers.

This is one of a number of works — tigers pierced by arrows, exploding cars — in which the artist responds to terrorism (here, specifically, to 9/11).

Numbering more than 100,000 at the turn of the last century, tigers have lost more than 97 percent of their population and 94 percent of their home range in just 100 years.

NEW DELHI, March, 28 2011 — The Indian Government today released new tiger population numbers for the first time since 2007, indicating that numbers have increased in the country that has half of the world's remaining wild tigers.

Similarly, the Ramnagar Forest Reserve outside Corbett National Park showed a good number of tigers.

Tiger numbers in recent decades have plummeted because of human encroachment - with the loss of more than nine - tenths of their habitat - and poaching to supply a vibrant trade in tiger parts.

The increasing rate of extinctions, the rising number of species suffering population declines in the order of 90 per cent (not just tigers, but sparrows and voles, too), the destruction of rainforests, the pollution of the oceans — the evidence is plain to see.

From an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers today is less than 3,500.

(AP)-- More than a dozen Asian nations aim to double the numbers of wild tigers by 2022 and prohibit the building of roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects that could harm their habitats.

In Malaysia, Panthera is working with the Johor State Government as part of of a collaborative project with the Wildlife Conservation Society that aims to increase tiger numbers by 50 percent over a 10 - year period at key sites across the animal's range.

Others fear that poaching will further reduce the numbers of tigers, particularly as the celebrations for the Year of the Tiger begin in February.

The Malenad - Mysore tiger landscape currently maintains > 220 adult tigers, one of the greatest concentrations in the world, mainly due to intensive protection of its source sites such as Nagarahole National Park, where tiger numbers have increased by 400 % after protection began in the early 1970s [17], [18], and has now maintained a high density for 30 years -LRB-[19], unpublished data).

Nevertheless, beginning in the early 1970s, conservation initiatives helped establish a large number of tiger reserves, particularly in India, Nepal, and, to a lesser extent, in Thailand, Indonesia, and Russia.

The number of wild tigers has declined from an estimated 100,000 in the early 1900s to a current estimate of around 3,500 adult animals.

The last confirmed Bali tiger was killed in September of 1937, with small numbers suspected to have lived on until the 1940s or 1950s.