Sentences with phrase «one's current habitat»

Developed and implemented interactive science unit based on habitats that concluded with the students creating dioramas of current habitat.

«[That] tells me that these logged forests are important current habitat,» Asner said, «and they could become even more important if allowed to recover.»

The team predicts that viable caribou habitat will shift north, the southernmost herds will disappear and herds in northeastern North America will become more threatened with extinction, losing up to 89 % of their current habitat.

In the worst - case scenario, where the Earth's oceans warm by three degrees Celsius by 2100, fish could move away from their current habitats at a rate of 26 kilometres per decade.

«Our observation that groups matched their compositions to the one optimal at their site of origin (regardless of their current habitat) is particularly important,» Pruitt and Goodnight write, «given that many respected researchers have argued that group selection can not lead to group adaptation except in clonal groups and that group selection theory is inefficient and bankrupt.»

The researchers focused on streams draining seven national forests in the southern Appalachian region, first mapping out how much of the area's current habitat is suitable for acid - and heat - sensitive aquatic species such as the native brook trout.

Sax, who studies amphibian responses to climate change, says, «There are a lot of species you wouldn't normally be concerned about that might be in trouble in the future» because a barrier stands between their current habitat and one they might need to occupy in coming decades.

Entire communities of lichens in coastal North Carolina might be tweezed from their current habitat and transplanted to higher ground

Research using climate models suggests that the combined effects of higher temperatures and lower oxygen will drive many marine animals away from their current habitats to areas with more oxygen, according to in a recent press release...

Fewer predators (do not need the protection of a pod) in the current habitat - most lone dolphins are observed in coastal habitats, whereas when found in the open ocean lone dolphins will swim with other species of cetaceans

Whether because a cat has abruptly lost her owner, a feral cat can not safely remain in his current habitat, or a myriad of other reasons, shelter admission will still be the right choice.

Their home or shelter is being destroyed and it is impossible to provide an alternative shelter at their current habitat or migration of the cats within a reasonable distance is not possible.

Cats are very territorial and remaining in their current habitat is optimal for their health and safety.

Researchers hope that the visualization will motivate conservationists and land managers to consider preserving the connectivity between species» current habitat and their future ones.

Researchers analyzed how six tropical fish species might behave in ocean temperatures that are 2 to 3 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than their current habitats — a change that is expected to happen by the end of this century.

The research investigates if butterflies are able to respond to climate changes by making use of microclimates in their current habitats.