Sentences with phrase «term species loss»

If the variation between teeth decreased over time, the team reasoned, this loss of diversity would indicate that the ecosystem was declining and may have paralleled a long - term species loss.

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Speaking in terms of biodiversity loss, this indicates endemic plant species that are already at risk of extinction will be the most vulnerable to sea level rise.

In the longer term, there may be serious consequences for fisheries production that result from loss of coral communities and reduced structural complexity, which result in reduced fish species richness, local extinctions and loss of species within key functional groups of reef fish (Sano, 2004; Graham et al., 2006).

Not well represented in the literature, however, is an emotional response we term «ecological grief,» which we have defined in a recent Nature Climate Change article: «The grief felt in relation to experienced or anticipated ecological losses, including the loss of species, ecosystems, and meaningful landscapes due to acute or chronic environmental change.»

E.O. Wilson, the eminent biologist credited with bringing the term biodiversity into the public lexicon, spoke on the loss of species and how much we just don't know about the spectrum of life on the planet.

Many of the primate species are not household names, and sadly that fact tends to make the prospect of their extinction less troubling to some — while being an equally devastating loss in terms of biodiversity.

In economic terms, this would mean the loss of income from tourism and other sectors, as well as the loss of potentially valuable species.

Even if farmers are right in their claim that they'd face significant losses without neonicotinoids this year, there comes a time when they have to ask: what kind of losses will they face long term with fewer birds, bees and other species that play such a central roll in a healthy ecosystem.