Sentence examples for decrease in richness from inspiring English sources

This trend was driven by a strong decrease in richness of infrequently encountered species with increasing road length within 1 km from breeding ponds.

The value of the breakpoint was estimated at near 30% forest cover, and the data set revealed a very sharp decrease in richness and abundance.

In terms of trophic/life-habit groups, the total succession shows an increase of infaunal suspension-feeder species' richness from the lowest (C1) to the upper (C4) shell bed, whereas epifaunal taxa decrease in richness.

An increase in low-intensity land-use was linked to an increase (or less marked decrease) in species richness at sites located in open farmland surroundings but to a decrease in richness at sites located in forest surroundings.

Although many studies advocate a species-specific response to habitat loss and fragmentation, Sapotaceae as a whole experienced a dramatic decrease in richness in landscapes with reduced forest cover, most likely due to a common response to deleterious effects triggered by the reduction in habitat, and defaunation.

A recent meta-analysis documented an increase in fish species richness with moderate declines in coral cover that shifted to a decrease in richness with more severe declines of coral [52], consistent with the model of intermediate disturbance.

Bird assemblages, which we used as a surrogate for biodiversity, showed complex patterns although with overall decreases in richness and abundance.

While the annual variation amongst treatments was not significant, the results of this study suggest that fall burns support higher overall richness and native species richness; spring burns yield a decrease in overall richness, but an increase in native species richness; and summer burns contribute to an initial decline in overall and native species richness.

Second, we also examined correlations between latitude and allelic richness, or latitude and He, because a decrease in allelic richness or He with latitude may indicate that the population has not yet reached equilibrium since expansion from the last glacial maximum.

From primary degraded forest to intensively managed oil-palm systems, we found a 46% decrease in species richness and a 48% reduction in density, but weaker effects on functional group richness and an increase in functional dispersion.

The Pennsylvanian decrease in taxic richness had little effect on the disparity of compound leaves.