Sentences with phrase «reduced number of birds»

These results suggest that limited food availability is a key factor in the reduced number of birds in conventionally farmed areas.

A study published in Ecological Applications led by Professor John Swaddle, visiting Research Associate at the University of Exeter, found that filling a controlled area with acoustic noise around an airfield, where the majority of collisions tend to take place, can reduce the number of birds in the area by 80 per cent.

Mastication reduced the number of bird species by about 50 percent and reduced total numbers of birds by about 60 percent.

Not exact matches

This should reduce the number of people I hear saying that Bird - Friendly coffee is too hard to find.

But overfishing has reduced the numbers of the fish the penguins once preferred, leaving krill as the birds» major prey.

Although the number of grounded birds does not seem alarming, the team considers it a priority to make efforts to reduce levels of light pollution to the lowest possible.

A Dutch study finds that spraying bug killers on crops can reduce the number of insect - eating birds

Even if we all were to agree that cats are damaging bird populations at the species level (an idea that Welcome to Subirdia very neatly refutes), one would think that bird conservationists and cat advocates could nevertheless agree on TNR, because TNR not only reduces the number of cats, it also reduces the need of cats to hunt, since colony caregivers feed the cats.

``... one would think that bird conservationists and cat advocates could nevertheless agree on TNR, because TNR not only reduces the number of cats, it also reduces the need of cats to hunt, since colony caregivers feed the cats.»

I'm not sure why this is, but bird conservationists seem unable to hold the concept in their minds that proponents of TNR are not for it because of what you so condescendingly call the «Bambi effect,» but because TNR at least has a chance to reduce the number of free - roaming cats, whereas the catch - and - kill method has no chance.

If Mr. Stevenson is truly interested in protecting birds, he'd be much more effective by participating in programs that humanely reduce the number of ferals... adoption of abandoned animals, CNR programs, etc..

Our goal is ultimately to reduce the number of animals going to rescue or shelter agencies by promoting clearer understanding between animals and the humans they live and work with.Our business works with all types of animals, including domestic (dogs, cats, horses, birds, etc), non-domestic (wildlife) and non-traditional pets such as snakes, lizards, etc..

(4)-- The Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO / Birdlife) wrote (translation): we were able to verify the occulting of bird carcasses by wind farm employees, who perhaps thought that their jobs depended upon the number of birds being killed in their wind farms, and that behaviour reduces the mortality rate shown in monitoring studies.

Wind farms can reduce local bird numbers by up to half, according to a new study by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in conjunction with the Scottish Natural Heritage.