Sentence examples for causing population from inspiring English sources

Arrival cities "are not causing population growth; in fact, they are ending it," he notes.

"The overall goal of this research programme is even more ambitious – to develop a version of this genetic system that will spread itself through the target species, removing females and causing population crash or extinction as it goes," he said.

Chytridiomycosis, described by scientists as "the worst infectious disease ever recorded among vertebrates," has so far infected more than 600 amphibian species globally, causing population declines, extirpations or extinctions in more than 200 species.

Unfortunately, humans are not so kind to orcas: pollutants and declining fish stocks, especially salmon in the North Pacific, are thought to be causing population declines in several regions.

Teasing apart which of these scenarios is causing population divergence is an important first step in coevolutionary studies.

Toxic contaminants may also directly impact genetic structure in natural populations by exhibiting genotoxicity or by causing population declines resulting in genetic bottlenecks.

Traditionally, gamekeepers killed off local harriers and other birds of prey to bolster grouse numbers, causing populations to crash.

The new demographics that are causing populations to age and to shrink are something to celebrate.

Even more extraordinarily, this single species is land-living, but has managed to become the top predator in the oceans too, causing populations of whales and fish to collapse.

Ecologists also note that habitat loss and population declines among its prey may be causing populations of Eurasian lynx to decrease in some parts of their range.

The climate shifts, the researchers suggest, altered the environment, causing populations to die off or move away.