Sentence examples for driver of declines from inspiring English sources

The report found "agricultural change was by far the most significant driver of declines", as a result of switching from spring to autumn sowing, which reduces food and habitat for many species, intensification of grazing, increased use of pesticides and fertilisers and loss of marginal habitats, such as ponds and hedgerows.

The introduction of the American mink, which have escaped from fur farms in Britain since the 1920s, has been the single greatest driver of decline.

If globalization alone were the main driver of declining union membership, we could expect the countries to have comparable unionization rates.

While the decline in the savings rate and the growth in household indebtedness since 1980 has in part reflected a shift toward more consumption, conspicuous consumption in the classic sense has not been the biggest driver of declining savings.

For example, the rate of forest loss is often cited as a chief driver of decline of wildlife populations (5, 6), but the impact of bushmeat hunting, also recognized to be a key driver, is rarely measured.

Natural gas's growing share of electricity production has been the largest driver of declining U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, the climate advocacy group Carbon Brief reports.

The report shows that 51percentt of garden plant samples purchased at top garden retailers (Home Depot, Lowe's and Walmart) in 18 cities in the United States and Canada contain neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides -- a key driver of declining bee populations.

Numerous stressors have been identified, and human habitat modification is the single most important driver of decline.

After analyzing the threat information for these species, the authors found that exploitation and agriculture are the biggest drivers of declines in biodiversity.

Richman, N. I. et al. Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea).

The cheetah's distribution has been severely reduced in the last century, with habitat loss and fragmentation among the principal drivers of decline.