habitat loss

In most cases, the damage to an ecosystem can be attributed to individual activities such as over-hunting and pollution, or to habitat loss.

Of the many threats facing the endangered mountain gorilla, habitat loss is one of the most pressing.

Bats are the biggest family of mammals and the only one that can fly, but are threatened by habitat loss and persecution by humans.

Still locally abundant in the E Himalayan foothills, this species is now rare in Yunnan, its distribution affected by habitat loss.

Landscape fragmentation and habitat loss are widely recognized as the major threats to the biodiversity decrease and species extinction.

This highly distinctive, Chinese endemic species is quite rare and possibly endangered due to habitat loss.

Some species of scarab are threatened by habitat loss and collection by beetle hunters, but as a whole, the scarab population is stable.

Meanwhile, habitat loss and alteration, he says, are even more of a menace to pollinators than pathogens.

The primary causes for the decline of the tiger population were poaching, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation.

Increasing habitat loss is likely to trap forest species, stopping them from seeking more favourable climates or elevations.

But other factors have also had an impact: habitat loss, pollution, disease and invasive species.

Habitat loss and fragmentation have been associated with the decline of endangered species.

Like many other species, giant panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has been endangered due to habitat loss and degradation.

Habitat loss and fragmentation is the primary cause of population, meta population and species extinction worldwide.

African vultures are struggling due to habitat loss, a lack of food, and collisions with power lines.

In general, reddish egret numbers have declined due to human encroachment and habitat loss.

The habitat loss and illegal hunting are two reasons making the decline of population and individuals of hoolock gibbon.

However, the tiger is facing the grave threat of extinction due to illegal poaching and habitat loss.

It's thought that sawfish populations have been reduced by some 90 percent due to habitat loss and accidental entanglements in fishing nets.

We care about animals, campaigning against habitat loss and buying free-range eggs because we feel sorry for battery hens.

The Amur leopard is critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching for its spotted coat.

Hunting, disturbance, habitat loss and pollution are cited as the main causes of the decline (Poyarkov 2006).

Habitat loss, urban expansion, vehicle strikes, dog attacks and disease have contributed to their dwindling numbers.

In India, massive habitat loss continues to devastate Bengal tiger populations.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

"Fish stocks are already under threat from overfishing and habitat loss, " said Turley.

Habitat loss and poaching are major contributors to the Asian elephant's population decline, despite a 1989 ban on ivory trade.

In recent years, due to the forest is less and less, make suitable habitat loss of glasses monkey environment, thus face extinction.

If the problem is habitat loss, domestic use or disease, a trade ban will not help.

The report highlights a number of culprits, though it is emphatic about the worst offender: habitat loss.

The fires, often set by pastoralists, underscore a new threat to wildlife: habitat loss.

Many are endangered and in places that are threatened by pollution, habitat loss and other human-related problems.

"These species face a double whammy, " RAEI's Paul Hamilton said, referring to habitat loss and global warming.

Because the Gran Chaco is largely threatened due to habitat loss it is necessary to know how landscape changes influence this species.

Many bumblebee species are in decline, mainly because of habitat loss and likely due to introduced pathogens.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) specified habitat loss, hunting, hurricanes and trade as causes for their decline.

Habitat loss and climate change will be the biggest reasons for their extinction.

Habitat loss or a change in land use are frequently to blame.

The most serious threat, however, is the loss of warm water due to habitat loss.

This species is resistant to cold temperatures. It is also endangered because of habitat loss.

Habitat loss could cause a dramatic fall in dwarf seahorse populations, warn conservationists

the decline or extinction of marine species due to habitat loss;

Assessment of reclamation impact on inter-tidal habitat loss

Habitat loss and human hunting

The creatures are declining in number, primarily because of habitat loss

Ratios of total habitat loss