The main killer — outside of
ongoing destruction of habitat — is a fungal disease known as chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).
«Given the rapid depletion of both forest and savanna elephant numbers in the past century and
the ongoing destruction of their habitats, the conservation implications of recognition and species - level management of these distinct taxa are considerable,» the authors write
Not exact matches
«The one process
ongoing in the 1980s that will take millions
of years to correct,» Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson has warned, «is the loss
of genetic and species diversity by the
destruction of natural
habitats.
We use the sanctuary as the last choice location to place those Calvert County cats which can not be adopted and can not be returned to their original colony site, usually because
of ongoing consturctions and
destruction of their
habitat or other local activites which are dangerous to the cats.
Re: # 1 One trick pony, one trick pony — substitute
habitat destruction, energy security, energy scarcity, air and ocean pollution, depletion
of ground water, even your coming ice age — you miss the point
of this piece in your
ongoing devotion to denying climate change in every thread
of DotEarth, regardless
of the actual topic
of Andy's post.
This extent
of habitat destruction and fragmentation means that even if individuals
of a species can move fast enough to cope with
ongoing climate change, they will have difficulty dispersing into suitable areas because adequate dispersal corridors no longer exist.