Sentence examples for under high threat from inspiring English sources

The reefs and seagrass beds are under high threat from illegal bomb or blast fishing and pollution (Edinger et al. 1998; Pet-Soede and Erdmann 1998; Nadiarti et al. 2012).

In line with the current theoretical state of the art we hypothesised to find evidence for a so-called simple effect of threat, in that threat is positively associated to behaviour under high efficacy (but not under low efficacy), and evidence for a simple effect of efficacy in that efficacy is positively associated to behaviour under high threat (but not under low threat).

Meta-analysis of the six studies that satisfied the inclusion criteria clearly showed a significant interaction between threat and efficacy, such that threat only had an effect under high efficacy (d = 0.31), and efficacy only had an effect under high threat (d = 0.71).

The most recent meta-analysis resolved a number of problems of previous meta-analyses, finding clear evidence for a significant interaction between threat and efficacy such that threat only had an effect under high efficacy and efficacy only had an effect under high threat [ 3].

Under high-threat conditions the control, unstressed animals decreased their performance by an average of 28% ± SE 9% (number of rewards obtained) compared to their performance in a prior low-threat test ([final-initial/initial] × 100).

We showed that under high-threat conditions adult rats exposed to stress during adolescence began foraging sooner, made more transitions between foraging patches, and consumed more food compared with unstressed rats, which supports the application of early hypotheses addressing prenatal stress.

Beyond what is observed in agricultural pests, agricultural weeds, and bacteria, far more profound large-scale human-induced evolutionary consequences are under way, with 65% of global aquatic river habitat under moderate to high threat (Vörösmarty et al. 2010).

The implications of the findings are discussed in the context of understanding memory processes under conditions of high threat.

Human fishing removes more than 25% of the primary production in upwelling ocean regions, more than 35% of the primary production in the temperate continental shelf (Crutzen 2002), and 65% of global river discharge (and the aquatic habitat supported by this water) is under moderate to high threat from human influence (. Vörösmarty et al2010).

However, there is evidence that coping style interacts with the ability of procedural information to enhance self-efficacy and under circumstances of high threat, such as during SARS-type epidemics where mortality is high, procedural information might be counter productive for some segments of the community who use an information avoidance ("blunting") coping style [50].

This study aimed to examine the interruptive effect of pain on higher-order attentional tasks under conditions of low and high threat.