Sentences with phrase «species by»

Make sure it's in a sheltered spot, out of reach of predators, and attract a variety of species by using a range of feeding techniques — during the spring and summer, when birds are feeding their young, put out foods high in protein, and high energy foods in autumn and winter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A ruling on endangered species by the U.S. Supreme Court is seen as a victory for private property rights.
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
Scientists call it «negativity bias,» with the theory being that negative news impacts our brain more significantly than positive news and, thus, preserves our species by enabling humans to remember anything that can kill us or harm us.
While many laws and regulations protect animals against cruelty, or seek to prevent extinction of entire species by protecting diversity, it is often the case that these laws are not enforced because those who have the greatest interest in having them enforced — animals — can not bring suit in their own name.
TheUnited Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that climate change may contribute to the extinction of 20 - 30 percent of all species by 2030.
In a breakthrough for bird watchers and the avian - curious everywhere, the Visipedia research project and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have collaborated on a nifty website that has a keen skill: it can identify hundreds of bird species by photo alone.
In January 2014, Intermarché announced that it would no longer fish below 2,600 feet (800 meters) and would phase out the sale of deep - sea species by 2025.
Through this partnership, the fishermen were able to lower their bycatch rate by 65 % and increase their catch of target species by 40 % compared to the rest of the fleet.
But in hopes of preserving the rhino, hunted illegally for their coveted horns, conservationists offered a lifeline to the threatened species by relocating seven of them to a wildlife reserve in South Africa in 1964.
Increasing urbanization is making life tough for many birds, beneficial insects, and other species by fragmenting their natural habitats.
GEM, with an atmospheric lifetime in the range of 5 — 24 months, can be transported across long distances to remote locations before conversion to divalent Hg species by atmospheric oxidation processes (4).
The bluetail mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus) is found in Florida's interior peninsula and is considered a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A selection of Cape Farewell artworks, including Endangered Species by Siobhan Davies, toured with the Natural World Museum and United Nations Environment Programme exhibition Envisioning Change to Oslo, Brussels, Monaco and Chicago
Is it possible that more forest losses will take place because of the great storms cause d by climate change, the wildfires caused by global warming or the increased infection of many species by fungi?
Among the global threats, the researchers highlighted the depletion of atmospheric ozone (O3), the establishment of non-native species by colonisation or accidental introduction, rising sea temperatures, and ocean acidification.
As the coming century of global warming threatens to accelerate the extinction crisis, we believe the highest and best use of public lands is to provide safe harbor for species by protecting the ecological systems upon which they and we ultimately depend.
The MBTA provides a misdemeanor criminal sanction for the unpermitted taking of a listed species by any means and in any manner, regardless of fault.
And in Panama, scientists will use detailed datasets of species by species differences across regions to understand which characteristics enable some species to thrive under warmer or drier conditions, while others perish.
In the Scenic Hudson study, Dr. Michael Klemens demonstrated that the original proposal's 951 widely - spaced units would be «ecologically damaging» and would cause widespread harm to important habitat and wildlife species by permanently fragmenting of over 2,200 acres of rich Hudson Valley open space.
Extinction diminishes the richness of our entire planet, species by species.
Assuming no migration of species, 10 - 15 % of the species were projected to fall within the IUCN Critically Endangered or Extinct categories by 2050, increasing to 25 - 40 % of species by 2080.
Much of the globe's biodiversity will be affected, with the expected extinction of more than 1 million species by 2050 and the decimation of nearly all coral reefs by 2100.
The / planets species by 2050 as a result of global warming.
I recall the stripbark matter, and perhaps I conflated Gaspe with the White Mountain bristlecones, who also have stripbark issues but also are a «treeline» species by nature.
Noting that the current atmospheric concentration of CO2 is higher than it's been in the past 650,000 years, the IPCC predicts that human - induced climate change could spell extinction for 20 to 30 percent of the world's species by the end of this century, cause increasingly destructive weather patterns, and flood coastal cities.
«Recent studies predict that climate change could result in the extinction of up to half the world's plant species by the end of the century.»
In the Florida Keys, there is a closed season for one fish species that caused the closure of all similar species, where the endanger species by - catch in the keys is negligible.
I would suggest FoS folk read — carefully — the following books: Lost Antarctica by James McClintock and Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton.
See International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Table 1, «Numbers of Threatened Species by Major Groups of Organisms,» http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/stats.
A defeat or surrender of the human species by nature will result in extinction.
«Southern Ocean acidification via anthropogenic CO2 uptake is expected to be detrimental to multiple calcifying plankton species by lowering the concentration of carbonate ion (CO32 − to levels where calcium carbonate (both aragonite and calcite) shells begin to dissolve.
The next step is to secure the long - term survival of the species by ensuring that the polar bear habitat in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas is protected from the threat of oil and gas drilling.
We may be finding out, species by species, as we whittle away in that slow - drip style.
The latest achievement of J. Craig Venter — rebooting a bacterial cell as a different species by giving it a man - made genetic instruction manual — is just one step on the long inevitable path into synthetic biology.
What should be at the top of everyone's agenda is the extermination of 1/3 to 1/2 of the Earth's species by humans by the end of this century.
Traditional campaigns to protect wildlife tend to be conducted species by species, focused on, say, pandas or gray wolves, or on specific hot spots like Madagascar or on groups of species like whales.
The last assessment of this branch of the species by the conservation union included this grim description:
[25] Two of the most significant thinkers of the period were biologist Charles Darwin (1809 — 82), author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859), and political scientist Karl Marx (1818 — 83), author of Das Kapital (1867).
While catching all the available Pokemon if a huge goal for many players, some are content either with a smaller amount made up of their very favorite species, or they prefer to collect only the strongest Pokemon in the strongest species by breeding the perfect specimens.
And here we are, with a concept made reality, that takes Earth forward a thousand years, into a post-apocalyptic state where humanity has regressed, replaced as the dominant species by breathtaking robotic dinosaurs of an unknown origin.
All elephants are coming from Sumatra, we are from tourism side would like to try our best to conserve this magnificent species by creating an adventure in Bali.
Many liveaboard scuba diving vacations contribute to the protection of these species by way of the park fees that are collected from divers.
You will see some different species by simply walking along the beaches of Manuel Antonio.
It alters native plant communities and displaces native species by competing for light availability.
[8] Females do not have the large proboscis and can be distinguished between species by looking at their nose characteristics.
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin This classic and its author will be referenced repeatedly during your time in the Galápagos.
It has the particularity to have an internal shell, the cuttlebone, giving it its oval shape, and the chance for Biologists to determine each different species by analyzing the size, shape and pattern of ridges or texture.
Applying the ESA prohibition on the take of an endangered species, including habitat degradation, to the issue of free - roaming cats, it would appear that under the right circumstances, aa court could find that cats degrade the habitat of endangered or threatened predator species by killing the prey upon which those species depend for food.
Like Volusia County in the Loggerhead Turtle cases, these local governments need to be aware that they could be found in violation of the ESA for allowing the take of endangered species by permitting cat colonies to be maintained, or if their animal control ordinance is deemed not to be specifically intended to protect endangered species from free - roaming cats in their jurisdiction.
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