Sentences with phrase «other suitable habitats»

As the «Nature» study points out, other factors such as the proximity of other suitable habitats and the ability of species to move to them will also determine the risk of extinction.

Not exact matches

Mink are an introduced and highly predatory species which represents the main threat to water voles and other native wildlife where the habitat is suitable.

Among other things, scientists are now trying to determine whether there is a red wolf population size that could persevere alongside the coyotes without human management, and whether there is more suitable habitat than the Albermarle Peninsula.

As temperatures rise, there is concern that ticks could spread into newly suitable habitat and bring Lyme disease and other pathogens with them.

The density of females on Sea Lion Island was quite low (about 110 females per km of the coastline suitable for breeding) compared to densities recorded in other sub-Antarctic populations: this low level of crowding of females probably depends on the small population size and the abundance of sandy beaches with a gentle slope, which are the preferred breeding habitat for elephant seal.

Polar bears, like other species of wildlife, can not survive without suitable habitat.

Suitable habitat for the Asian Tiger Mosquito, which can transmit West Nile and other vector - borne diseases, is expected to increase in the Northeast from the current 5 % to 16 % in the next two decades and from 43 % to 49 % by the end of the century, exposing more than 30 million people to the threat of dense infestations by this species.48

For example, cod and lobster fisheries south of Cape Cod are projected to have significant declines.83, 84 Although suitable habitats will be shrinking for some species (such as coldwater fish like brook trout) and expanding for others (such as warmwater fish like bass), it is difficult to predict what proportion of species will be able to move or adapt as their optimum climate zones shift.85 As each species responds uniquely to climate change, disruptions of important species interactions (plants and pollinators; predators and prey) can be expected.

If on the other hand the moderately impacted land used in organic agriculture made it a suitable habitat for several important native species of wildlife that are threatened by conventional agriculture, then perhaps it would be ok to use a little more land for agriculture.