Sentence examples for majority of threatened from inspiring English sources
Priority ecoregions with conservation status defined as "critical/endangered" harbor the majority of threatened Neotropical anurans; however, threatened species which are endemic to a given ecoregion are mostly found in "vulnerable" ecoregions (Figure 3A, Table S1).
Most animal species being bred by zoos aren't endangered or threatened, and the vast majority of threatened mammal and bird species are not represented in the Consortium of Charitable Zoos (CCZ), a list of nine British zoological societies, approximately representing the UK's largest zoos in financial terms.
The majority of threatened species are restricted-range semi-terrestrial endemics living in habitats subjected to deforestation, alteration of drainage patterns, and pollution.
Land clearance for agriculture (grazing and cropping) and urbanization have been the primary causes of range contractions and habitat loss in the past, responsible for the current status of the majority of threatened Australian plants.
As a consequence of these high levels of habitat loss, the 25 hot spots are locations where the majority of threatened and recently extinct species are to be found.
The majority of threatened species have very small natural ranges.
"But pretty much the majority of threatening processes do not occur when people go and deliberately kill native wildlife … most of it's indirect.
While the Board approves the layoffs each spring, the district in recent years has been saved from having to actually issue the vast majority of the threatened pink slips by an emergency transfusion of funds from the city's rainy day fund--something expected to happen again this year to the tune of $6 million, significantly less than what was distributed in previous years.
Furthermore, the majority of species threatened by bycatch are cetaceans and sharks (Figure 1).
The rise of these parties is symptomatic of the explosion of threatened majorities as a force in European politics.
The under-represented poor found their voice in voting for him, creating an overwhelming electoral majority that threatened the primacy of the Bangkok-based establishment.
