Sentences with phrase «recover species populations»

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Such a low birth rate makes it hard for the species to recover from sharp population declines.

Whaling drove many populations and species to near extinction, and the end of such hunting should let them recover.

The species was on the brink of extinction late in the 20th century but has largely recovered and now has a stable population and is in the process of being removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species.

As conservationists work to recover endangered species populations, taking individuals that are maintained and protected under human care and reintroducing them into the wild, it becomes apparent that there is a great deal to learn about the science of species recovery.

The study throws cold water on the federal government's claims that the Yellowstone grizzly population has been recovering steadily and the animals could be removed from the threatened species list.

Since that time, the Gorongosa Restoration Project has managed and studied existing wildlife populations and has begun to restock species struggling to recover on their own.

«This ongoing study provides us information about these unique birds that was essentially lost when the populations disappeared in the wild and will help us with our ongoing efforts to recover this species.»

But instead of recovering, this species» populations have continued to drop every year by roughly the same percentage, a trend the scientists expect is continuing.

Immature butterflies may die immediately following controlled burns, but populations can recover over time, with the amount of time depending on the species.

The island fox has made a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction, with three of six populations on their way to becoming the fastest mammal recovered under the Endangered Species Act.

So, toads ARE an ecological problem - but only for a fairly small number of species (the big predators) and fortunately, Queensland populations of many of those species (like yellow - spotted goannas and northern quolls) are recovering, a few decades after the toads arrived and really reduced the predator numbers.

Sardines are short - lived species that will probably recover from ongoing, widespread collapses in their populations.

The population was in severe decline, but has since recovered enough that the subspecies found in the eastern Pacific (Eumetopias jubatus monteriensis), was delisted from the Endangered Species List in 2014.

As stated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species, the northern elephant seal has recovered from near extinction and population growth and is expected to continue over the coming decades.

Six endemic species Saint Lucia has six endemic species, one of which is the islands national bird, the Saint Lucia Parrot (Amazona Veriscolor), a species that recovered from dangerously low population numbers in the early 1980s.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

What has happened in yellowstone is not simply «wolf populations have done well» but the forest has recovered it's natural balance both in terms of species diversity and with grass meadows.

Though wild dogs can often recover faster from population decreases due to their high reproductive rate, the researchers concluded that such practices place added pressure on species that are already suffering from habitat loss and restricted ranges and require further action to monitor and minimize.

Establishing marine protected areas would allow species to recover from overexploitation; higher numbers would give their populations and gene pools more resilience in responding to climate changes.»

Functional extinction - This term defines a species which has lost its capacity to persist and to recover because its populations have declined to below a minimum size.

This is one species that can not recover from population loss without a lot of time to catch up.

The North Atlantic population is now extinct, due to overhunting; the Western North Pacific population is critically endangered; the East North Pacific population has recovered significantly and was removed from the US endangered species list in 1994.

Though conservation efforts, beginning in the 1930s, helped population recover from historic hunting, by the 1980s protection for the species waned and poaching soared.