Sentences with phrase «species invasion»

Islands in the region are likely to suffer from sea level rise and floods, coastal erosion and deterioration, water scarcity and non-native species invasion, among others.

A space - age species invasion could damage not just alien organisms, but also the opportunity to study them properly.

With 50 ships traveling through the canal daily, swapping around 10 million tons of ballast water annually between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, it's no surprise the Suez is a hotbed for species invasion.

Aizen says that «a coordinated approach is urgently needed to reduce the potential for transnational species invasions.

Even with human - induced species invasions, there is no species capable of colonising all of Earth's biomes — not even the mighty cockroach.

Earlier this year, STRI research associate William Laurance published a paper in Science, stressing the importance of considering wildlife conservation during transportation infrastructure planning, because it is well known in the conservation community that roads «can unleash a Pandora's box of environmental ills, such as land encroachment, wildlife poaching, forest fragmentation, exotic species invasions and illegal mining.»

«New alien species invasions still rising globally.»

Until now, conservationists have pointed to habitat loss, direct overexploitation, and species invasions as the chief hazards to species survival, says Thomas.

They say the analysis provides the simplest expectation for the future distribution of marine biodiversity, showing recurring spatial patterns of high rates of species invasions coupled with local extinctions.

Species invasions come at a high cost.

Sax, D.F. and Gaines, S.D., Species invasions and extinction: The future of native biodiversity on islands, in In the Light of Evolution II: Biodiversity and Extinction,.

[7] The maintenance of biodiversity is recognized as a way of generally stabilizing ecosystems and their services through mechanisms such as functional compensation and reduced susceptibility to foreign species invasions.

Non-native species invasions are an increasing concern in marine ecosystems around the world.

Founding events in species invasions: genetic variation, adaptive evolution, and the role of multiple introductions

The main result: humans have caused a net increase in plant species richness across two - thirds of the terrestrial biosphere, mostly by facilitating species invasions.

There are many actions which can be taken to reduce, but not eliminate, the risk of alien species invasions, such as the treatment of ballast water in cargo ships and wood products, strict quarantine applied to crop and horticultural products, and embargos on the trade and deliberate introduction of known invader species.

Will rapid transitions and species invasions lead to sudden changes in plant community balance, killing large numbers of trees or otherwise upsetting the local carbon cycle, and will those disruptions put more CO2 and methane into the air or remove it?

It is important to note that these impacts do not take account of ancillary stresses on species due to over-harvesting, habitat destruction, landscape fragmentation, alien species invasions, fire regime change, pollution (such as nitrogen deposition), or for plants the potentially beneficial effects of rising atmospheric CO2.

Not exact matches

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark..

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark, nor the 400,000 species of beetles, nor the gnats that live for a few hours, nor for that matter, human beings!

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Arc.

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships larger than the D - Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the ark.

With New York's population of ash trees under siege against an invasive species, environmental officials are working to stop the invasion of another wood - eating pest.

How has the invasion of round gobies, a fish species that made its way into this country's Great Lakes after being brought over here in the early 1990s in the ballasts of large ships from Europe, impacted upstate fishing?

Sean Ryan [email protected] A state plan to recruit road builders for the war against foreign plant species will not stop the invasion, particularly if enlistment remains voluntary.

When it comes to invasion from foreign species, not all ports are created equal, according to a new study that tracked 2.89 million shipping voyages.

As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.

«Understanding how native species resist exotic species could help us prevent further invasions that damage crops, biodiversity and cost # Billions each year.

Being able to predict how a species «fits» into an environment — the so - called species niche — can help managers prevent, predict, and manage the next big invasion.

Managers can use the results to make more informed predictions about how native species will be affected by an invasion or even how species ranges may be extended due to climate change.

And in terms of damage to fisheries and other recreational activities, the dollar toll for the ecological unraveling of the lakes due to ballast invasions was pegged in a 2008 University of Notre Dame study at $ 200 million annually — a number the study authors predicted would grow as new invasive species are discovered.

The ugly will include the need, for example, to brace for the ever more jarring effects of extreme weather patterns, the extinction of a huge range of animal and plant species, and the invasion into new latitudes of predators and pests.

Approaches to tackle the growing issue largely rely on knowledge of species» invasion history elsewhere, giving new previously unrecorded alien species a higher chance of slipping through border controls and eluding early response management.

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In 2010 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched its «Eat Lionfish» campaign to combat the species's invasion of the Caribbean.

Typically, biological invasions unfold when humans introduce exotic species — either accidentally or on purpose — into areas where they are not native, Faillace said.

Prof Hui says while the current article took an invasive moth species as case study, the new theorem is applicable to the financial world, ecologists working on regional scale invasions or threatened species, as well as any biologist working with time - series data.

The study, published today in PNAS and led by scientists at Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the University of Vienna and UCL, analysed a global database of 45,984 records detailing the first invasions of 16,019 established alien species from 1500 until 2005 to investigate the dynamics of how alien species spread worldwide.

Indeed, alien invasions are second only to habitat loss in causing species extinction worldwide.

60 %: grasslands degraded due to overgrazing by livestock, invasion by alien species, or conversion to agriculture, resulting in a rapid decline of native flora and fauna

Ant invasions are a nuisance for picnickers, but for California's coastal horned lizards, the proliferation of one foreign ant species threatens their very survival.

Indeed, one of the big surprises to invasion biologists is the large number of alien species that any given ecosystem can harbor.

The call to action follows the publication of a paper «Tackling Invasive Alien Species in Europe: the Top 20 Issues», in the peer - reviewed journal Management of Biological Invasions.

«From entanglement to invasions of alien species: the harm caused by marine litter.»

A head count of species — native or introduced — in one place or another is one way to measure the impact of biological invasion, but it may not be the most telling.

«With invasions in a place like San Francisco Bay, you've got more species than you had before,» says Carlton.

Professor Dick said: «Alien plant and animal species cause environmental, economic and social damage across Europe, and their rate of invasion is set to increase in the coming years.

«Our findings strongly suggest that that the effect of different species is much stronger than the effect of time since the invasion on the level of unionid infestation,» said Burlakova.

Lead researcher Peter Bellingham issued the following plea: «Given the strength of our evidence of the serious consequences of this invasion for biodiversity, we urge the relevant institutions in Jamaica, and international funding bodies, to prioritise a programme of control of this species.

For example, the number of native unionid species dropped from 18 to 5 in Lake St. Clair after zebra mussel invasion.