Sentence examples for habitat from inspiring English sources

As well as whalers' harpoons, whales must navigate the dangers of ship strikes, entanglements in shipping nets and other ocean apparatus, disorientating man-made ocean noises, habitat destruction, resource exploitation, climate change and pollution.

"The status of the African golden cat in the wild has never been rigorously assessed, but the species is increasingly threatened by habitat degradation, loss and fragmentation, and by unsustainable hunting," according to one study.

Brereton said climate change as well as habitat loss was contributing to its decline.

Her place now is to be a habitat for others, a great climbing frame, and every now and then she will offer up a reward.

This protected swath of steppe and low mountain ranges is starkly beautiful, with the coirón grasses and spiny bushes providing a habitat for rhea, tinamou, pigeon and burrowing owl.

On top of chytrid, amphibians also face deforestation, habitat destruction, air and water pollution, pesticides, invasive species, a sometimes predatory pet trade and climate change.

Victoria's faunal emblem, the Leadbeater's possum, has officially been listed as critically endangered, with the federal government's scientific advisers calling for an end to logging in the species's habitat in the Victorian central highlands.

The possum's woes have been exacerbated by fire, with the report showing that of the 195,000ha of potential habitat for the possum, 35% was burnt during the 2009 bush fires, with nearly half of the most valuable habitat being ravaged by the flames.

"This would be one of the nation's most controversial extinctions and we can prevent it if we stop logging critical habitat," she said.

Sarah Rees, president of MyEnvironment, which is based near the possum's habitat, said Hunt had "acted commendably" in uplisting the species.

"There will be grasses, trees, wild flowers, and plants, unique to London's natural riverside habitat," she said.