Sentence examples for caused declines from inspiring English sources

They said the media and habitual police detractors had undermined the department's morale, polarized the debate and caused declines in the number of applicants interested in a police career.

"Sardines With Your Bagel?," by Taras Grescoe (Op-Ed, June 9), about swearing off salmon, is on the mark in describing how urbanization, dams, agriculture and other human activities have caused declines in Pacific salmon, especially the mighty chinook or king salmon.

He said domestic grazing and fires had caused declines in tree such as birch and willow.

For example, Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) predate many native species and have caused declines in native bird species and small mammal species.

In the first example, little to no regulation of groundwater use for irrigation has caused declines in groundwater levels resulting in loss of baseflow to streams and threatening future water supply.

Outbreaks of whirling disease in major spawning tributaries within the native ranges have also caused declines.

Where M. cerebralis has become well-established, it has caused decline or even elimination of whole cohorts of fish.

Shift in salt concentration away from the optimal values caused decline in enzyme activity.

The question of what causes declines in stocks is difficult to answer.

Plucking animals out of the wild can also cause declines in populations and lead to extinctions.

Changes in management frequency and intensity are known to cause declines in plant populations.