Sentence examples for extensive mortality from inspiring English sources

Some species have great ecological and economic importance, as broadscale outbreaks are common, resulting in extensive mortality of healthy trees.

Since the mid-1990s the forests of central British Columbia have undergone an unprecedented Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) (MPB) epidemic that has resulted in extensive mortality of canopy lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm).

We evaluated the remotely sensed detection of foliar drought stress in two conifer species, Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma, which are co-dominants of extensive-juniper woodlands in North America, the first of which experienced extensive mortality in association with a recent drought.

This is the causal agent of phytophthora disease of alder which is causing extensive mortality of the trees in some parts of Europe.

This 'bathtub effect' likely led to extensive mortality in 1998 and precluded any depth refuge below which corals could survive.

This may explain why fish species with no obvious dependence on coral as adults decline in abundance following extensive mortality [16].

Many children suffer from diseases that go on to cause extensive mortalities.

These events can cause deoxygenation of waterways and extensive fish mortality.

Additionally forests were gained from succession, and towards the end of the study period extensive tree mortality occurred.

Extensive tree mortality and loss of vigor due to the non-native pathogen white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola A. Dietr)., mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins), altered fire regimes, and climate change endanger the existence of whitebark pine, which is an important food source (pine nuts) for several wildlife species.

Romania suffered a severe case of widespread bee intoxication and extensive bee mortality from deltamethrin in 2002.