Sentence examples for sustaining a population from inspiring English sources

But sustaining a population of the birds on a farm is a challenge; because of borers' small size and seasonal population changes, they make up only about 10% of warblers' diets.

We therefore concluded that in yeast cells limited in calorie supply macromitophagy is obligatory for sustaining a population of mitochondria that (i) preserve the functional and physical integrity of the IMM; and (ii) efficiently couple electron transport to ATP synthesis.

"When we block migrations, we lose the ability to sustain a population".

It has four enclosures surrounded by a moat, a vast artificial lake, or baray, and could sustain a population of at least 100,000.

Once the government demanded that the businesses generate a profit rather than merely sustain a population, many could not compete with manufacturers abroad.

I see a very high probability that humanity will sustain a population of at least 9 to 10 billion for one century or longer.

Its Cambodian heartland sustained a population of at least 1m through rice farming along the shores of the Tonle Sap, and fishing in its waters.

But a sustainable future will require certain industries – not just tobacco and fossil fuels, air travel and automobiles, even baby formula – to become much much smaller to sustain a population of nine billion human beings.

The Aztec capital, built in the middle of Lake Texcoco and linked by causeways to the mainland, was itself an astonishing engineering achievement: it sustained a population estimated at 200,000.

The laying of mines is the 21st-century equivalent of what the Romans did to Carthage: plow salt into the ground so that it could never again sustain a population.

Addressing the school's graduating students during the degree ceremony June 18, Matson emphasized the importance of solving the challenges of our planet: increasing the energy, water, food and other resources to sustain a population growing to 10 or 11 billion in our lifetime.