Sentence examples for has declined in numbers from inspiring English sources

Its support is disproportionately rural, coming particularly from large farmers, and has suffered as that segment of the population has declined in numbers.

The species has declined in numbers in parts of northern and western Europe since the 1980s due to fewer grassland invertebrates being available as food for growing chicks.

The tidewater goby, which depended on the transient lagoon at the mouth for survival, has declined in number because of modifications to its habitat.

Once-common species such as lapwings, yellow wagtails, skylarks and kestrels have declined in numbers.

Overall, 76 per cent of the UK's butterflies have declined in numbers since 1975.

Though some studies show colonies that have declined in numbers or even disappeared, others show they just keep going.

The dolphin had declined in numbers for decades, and efforts to keep the species alive in captivity were unsuccessful.

The second reason is its conclusion: that no fewer than 60 per cent of these species have declined in numbers, 30 per cent have declined by more than half, and 10 per cent are threatened with extinction.

Since 1970, more than half of the 121 species studied have declined in numbers or, in some cases, disappeared from parts of Europe.

In Australia, after fits and starts, branch decline has definitely set in, with 2010 being the 4th year running that branches have declined in numbers.

As a mainly coastal species, it is vulnerable to habitat destruction in Australia's increasingly populated and urbanised coastal areas, particularly in the south and east of the country, where it appears to have declined in numbers.