Because the remit of the Convention covers millions of species of plants and animals, and tens of thousands of these taxa are potentially of economic value, in practice this negative list approach effectively forces CITES signatories to expend limited resources on just a select few, leaving many species to be traded with neither constraint nor review.

Because no species other than Homo sapiens has survived from the human line of that branching, both chimpanzee species are the closest living relatives of humans.

Because of the protections provided the species on this atoll, and the isolation of the east rim of the atoll, the species is recorded in greater densities there than anywhere else in its range ( 339 crabs / ha ).

In 1551 the Council of Trent definitively declared: " Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread 6: 51, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood.

Because the newborn fish are large compared to the fry of oviparous fish, they are easier to feed than the fry of egg-laying species such as characins and cichlids.

Because of the variable chemistry, there are over 80 species of amphibole, although variations, as in the pyroxenes, most commonly involve mixtures of Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup >, Fe < sup > 2 +</ sup > and Mg < sup > 2 +</ sup >.

Because a large portion of the active species is lost to recombination, process times may take longer.

Because well-preserved Pteranodon skull fossils are extremely rare, researchers use stratigraphy ( i. e. which rock layer of the geologic formation a fossil is found in ) to determine species identity in most cases.

Because the specimen was millions of years younger than any known Geosternbergia, he assigned it to the new species Geosternbergia maysei.

Because of the great variation in coat patterns ( no two zebras are alike ), taxonomists were left with a great number of described " species ", and no easy way to tell which of these were true species, which were subspecies, and which were simply natural variants.

Because of the confusion between different zebra species, particularly among the general public, the quagga had become extinct before it was realized that it may have been a separate species.

Because of its mild maritime climate and a variety of soils, Saaremaa has a rich flora, illustrated by the fact that 80 % of the plant species found in Estonia are represented here.

Because spliceosomal introns are not conserved in all species, there is debate concerning when spliceosomal splicing evolved.

Because of this likeness, statistical methods can be used to account for the macroscopic properties of the thermodynamic system in terms of the properties of the microscopic species.

Because tools are used extensively by both humans and wild chimpanzees, it is widely assumed that the first routine use of tools took place prior to the divergence between the two species.

Because of the population's small size, environmental hazards, such as drought, are capable of affecting the entire species.

Because the chemical composition of garnet varies, the atomic bonds in some species are stronger than in others.

Because he was dealing with confusing leaf forms, the Q. prinus and Q. rubra specimens actually included mixed foliage of more than one species.

Because of its declining range and population, it is listed as a " Near Threatened " species on the IUCN Red List.

Because of their sometimes showy flowers of white, pink, scarlet or yellow color and often attractively marked leaves, many species and innumerable hybrids and cultivars are cultivated.

Because the majority of diversity and biomass on Earth is microbial, and thus difficult to measure, recorded extinction events affect the easily observed, biologically complex component of the biosphere rather than the total diversity and abundance of life.

Because of its abundance, granite was commonly used to build foundations for homes in New England.

Because technetium is radioactive, with half life much less than the age of the star, its abundance must reflect its recent creation within that star.

Because of the abundance of powerful streams, many of the major westward rivers off the Cascades have been dammed to provide hydroelectric power.

Because Harran had an abundance of goods that passed through its region, it became a target for raids.

Because of the abundance of trees, the city grew quickly and was incorporated in 1889.

Because of their abundance, seamounts are one of the most common oceanic ecosystems in the world.

Because of their feeding habits, cruising desire, collective behavior and fragility they survive in very few aquaria worldwide despite their abundance in the ocean.

" Because Union Township was familiarly known as West Chester, plus the abundance of other townships in Ohio called Union, the name was changed to West Chester Township effective June 28, 2000, after being ratified by the township's voters at the March 9 primary election.

Because of their strong affinity for oxygen, most lithophile elements are enriched in the Earth's crust relative to their abundance in the solar system.

Because of a lack of stone and an abundance of clay, Babylonian constructions were of baked brick, using lime or pitch for mortar.

Because 60 is the sum of its unitary divisors ( excluding itself ), it is a unitary perfect number, and it is also an excessive number with an abundance of 48.

Because of their abundance, they form a major component of commercial and artisanal shark fisheries in many countries.

Because of this conversion to ilmenite, armalcolite has a relatively low abundance and is associated with ilmenite and rutile.

Because the berries are found in abundance there and look a lot like raspberries, one of the islands in the Kodiak archipelago is named Raspberry Island ( Alaska ).

Because of the abundance of oysters filtering the waters of the Chesapeake, the water was much clearer than it is now.

Because of the abundance of food in the region, most settlements were permanent.

Because of its oceanic climate, tropical and sub-tropical fruits are in abundance.

Because transformation usually produces a mixture of relatively few transformed cells and an abundance of non-transformed cells, a method is necessary to select for the cells that have acquired the plasmid.

Because of the abundance of the sought strings, single-string searching algorithms are impractical.

Because of the rugged landscape, many characteristics of primeval forest have been preserved, such as an abundance of dead trees.

Because of their abundance, whitetail naiads are in turn an important food source for various fish, frogs, and birds, and also for other aquatic insects.

Because of the abundance of exposed coalified logs and upright trunks, early explorers and paleobotanists referred to the Derevyannye Hills as either the " Wood Mountains ", " Wood Hills ", or " Tree Mountain ".

Because the word Al-Kawthar comes from the word Kathrah ( abundance ) and it ( Al-Kawthar ) linguistically means an abundance of goodness.