Sentence examples for decline in area from inspiring English sources

We investigate the effect of spatial scale and implementation of scale correction when estimating two different forms of decline in area of occupancy: spatially correlated and spatially uncorrelated declines.

Notable impacts of olokerii expansion were the upsurge in tree felling for fencing and maintenance, a decline in area of land under common use thus increasing grazing pressure on plants in 'open access' areas and the expansion of invasive species (Opuntia subalata) previously used as a live fence on these enclosures.

They cite that "the species is believed to have undergone a decline of 80% over a period of 27 years, due primarily to a decline in area and quality of habitat within the known range of the species and due to levels of exploitation".

This reduction, made possible by increases in yields and cropping intensities, more than matched the decline in area per person, allowing food production to increase.

The average annual decline in Area B was estimated by assuming that the baseline data for this area reflected 2005 values and that the project was conducted over a full 5-year period.

Cereal production declined by almost 10 percent, largely as a result of changes in government price support policies, which led to a decline in area harvested (see the review of Chinese agriculture and the implications of China's accession to the World Trade Organization [WTO] below).

They believe that self-esteem and property values will decline in areas with the 81 code like Finchley, Hornsey, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, Wembley, Putney and Tooting.

There was a 16 percent decline in areas under coca cultivation in Colombia for the same time period, and an increase of 1 percent in Bolivia.

The species, the elkhorn, left, and the staghorn, have suffered a 97percentt decline in areas off the Florida Keys and in the Caribbean since 1985, said Stephania Bolden, a National Marine Fisheries Service biologist.

Mr. Galvão, the intelligence official, echoing scholars who study the militias, said that while homicides tended to decline in areas under militia control, other crimes, like beatings and rapes, often increased.

Currently, owners of empty homes are often unable to access funds to bring the properties back into use, creating a vicious cycle of decline in areas with high numbers of empty properties.