State and federal agencies are working cooperatively with these private landowners to conserve existing Red-cockaded Woodpecker groups and their nesting and foraging habitats, and to restore native ecosystems Entity beneficial to the species across the Pineywoods landscape of east Texas. [ Endangered_and_Threatened_Animals_Texas 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Our native plants and animals Entity are valuable national assets. [ ESA_Just_the_Facts 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Following the threat categories recognized by IUCN (World Conservation Union),we grouped the threats to endangered species into six broad categories: habitat loss, introduced species, overexploitation, pollution, native species Entity interactions, and natural causes (table 2). [ Threats_Endangered_Species_Canada 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Also, exotic species often pose significant threats to native wildlife and plants Entity , including listed species. [ Endangered_and_Threatened_Animals_Texas 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Species or subspecies of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mollusks, and crustaceans Entity native to New Mexico Location may be listed as threatened or endangered under the Wildlife Conservation Act (WCA). [ Threatened_and_Endangered_Species_of_Mexico 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

This growth came at the expense of the Bay-Delta and other native ecosystems Entity , leading to the collapse of populations of smelt, salmon and other fish. [ Assault_on_Wildlife 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Native flora and fauna species Entity continue to decline in the megadiverse, wealthy, economically and politically stable nation of Australia despite current efforts in policy and management. [ Policy_Improvement 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Possibly half of all legume species can be regarded as crop wild relatives and, thus, should be considered as priorities for conservation in their native habitats Entity . [ Plants3IUCN 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

The USFWS added the primary habitat restriction because the agency’s position provided “that the relocation or transplantation of native listed species Entity outside their historic range will not be authorized as a conservation measure” in cases of (1) the threat of exotic species, (2) the ESA directive “to conserve species in native ecosystems”, (3) the risk of subjecting introduced populations to reduced survival chances, and (4) the contrary nature of “the spirit of Executive Order 11987, which prohibits the introduction of exotic, foreign species into the natural ecosystems of the United States” (49 FR 33890). [ Assisted_Colonization_ESA 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Building resistance typically takes the form of reducing threats from other sources (e.g., invasive species, anthropogenic land use) that affect existing ecological processes and increase stress to native organisms Entity . [ Integrating_CC 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

It is much more difficult to detect breaches of prohibitions on taking threatened species, for example, than controls over the clearance of native vegetation Entity . [ Trigger4Action 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

In our study, when a pathogen was not identified as being introduced, it Entity was assumed to be native and included as “species interactions.” [ Threats_Endangered_Species_Canada 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Man’s conversion of the native prairies and potholes Entity to pasture and crop production made much of the original habitat unsuitable for Whooping Cranes. [ Endangered_and_Threatened_Animals_Texas 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

The introduction of exotic grazers such as goats, pigs, rabbits, and sheep often leads to devastated native floras Entity . [ Endangered_Plants 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Threats: Loss of native dry canyon/hillside habitats, including loss of native food plants Entity from burning or excessive grazing, is the principal threat to the small New Mexico breeding population. [ Threatened_and_Endangered_Species_of_Mexico 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

The loss of trees with hollows through native forest Entity logging, changes in landscape context associated with plantation establishment and harvesting, and wildfire are prominent examples (Lindenmayer, 2009a,b). [ Case_VS_Complacency 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]

Today, most native freshwater mussel species Entity are considered to be endangered, threatened, or of special concern. [ Why_Save_Endangered_Species 0 MCLH 08/11/2024 ]