Sentence examples for alter species from inspiring English sources

Skeptics say that tampering with nature could inadvertently alter species, harm wildlife and give rise to new problems, like herbicide-resistant "superweeds".

Conversely, fertilization did not measurably alter species diversity in the two years following addition.

Although the larvae were tolerant to present levels of salinity stress future changes in this stressor may alter species distribution.

In estuarine environments, these plants can grow across a range of environmental conditions which may alter species interactions.

When applied across a broad spatial extent, intensive biomass production in forests, which support a large proportion of biodiversity, may alter species composition, nutrient cycling and subsequently biodiversity.

Our data indicate that fragmentation processes such as habitat loss can alter species diversity and species composition by reducing habitat availability and increasing fragment isolation.

As global change continues to create conditions that favor C3 shrubs over C4 grasses in arid and semiarid ecosystems worldwide [42], compositional stability will likely decline further through altered species interactions [62], increased environmental variability, and altered disturbance cycles.

Recent research from insect systems suggests that habitat edge responses cascade both up and down multi-trophic foodwebs and these altered species interactions may affect evolutionary processes.

Global climate change is rapidly altering species range distributions and interactions within communities.

Anthropogenic effects – including climate change, expanding land use and pollution (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board 2005) – are rapidly altering species' habitats.

HIREC often alters species interactions and can cause species declines, including extinctions and range shifts (Parmesan et al. 1999; Thomas and Lennon 1999; Walther et al. 2002; Thomas et al. 2004; Jackson and Sax 2010).