Sentence examples for fragmented population from inspiring English sources

Thus land clearing must have further fragmented an already fragmented population, as well as greatly reduced the number of individual plants.

Its fragmented population of about 3,000 animals is declining owing to habitat destruction and predation by introduced mongooses and by feral dogs and cats.

This is the rise of the sort of domestic fanaticism that led to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the consequent loss of a common unifying purpose among an ever more fragmented population.

But a fragmented population of 1600 wolves is still at risk, environmentalists and wolf genetic researchers say, and should remain fully protected until there are at least 2000.

In this paper, we analyze the spatial variations in male density and habitat quality in a fragmented population located at the limit of the species' Iberian range, which is affected by agricultural intensification, using a regional modelling approach.

Based on the data collected during a long-term study on the ecology of this species in a small and fragmented population in SW Spain, I analyse the factors affecting connectivity between the two main sources and the rest of local populations.

We proposed that the management should focus on increasing the connectivity of remnant patches and fragments to increase the opportunity of greater gene flow among fragmented populations of A. rufipectus.

Earlier this year, the latest quadrennial survey reported that a total of 1,864 pandas are living in around 30 fragmented populations in the forests of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.

Dr. Traeholt said he thought small fragmented populations in parts of Thailand could be managed and invigorated by introducing animals, but it would be important to recognize genetic variations and identify any subspecies before mixing animals from different areas.

Serge Wich, a professor at Liverpool John Moores University and report co-author, says prioritising populations may mean losing some small, fragmented populations that, he says, have almost no chance of long term survival, but it would ensure the survival of the bulk of Africa's great apes, all of which are either listed as critically endangered or endangered.

Spatially explicit simulation studies were also conducted to assess the persistence likelihood of fragmented populations.