Full Sentence Compression Example

This is an example of a full compression of one document.

Sentence 1

• Conservationists are concerned about the decline in the Scottish population of capercaillie , a bird of the old pine woods and the largest member of the grouse family .
• Conservationists are worried by the falling numbers of Scottish capercaillie , a wood-land bird which is the largest type of grouse .

Sentence 2

• The capercaillie , one of Britain 's most spectacular game birds , is prized by European trophy hunters .
• The capercaillie, a spectacular game bird, is prized by hunters .

Sentence 3

• But as it has retreated towards its heartland in the Tay , Dee and Spey valleys , most sporting estates have imposed a voluntary moratorium on shooting .
• Most sporting estates have chosen not to hunt the bird as it has retreated into the Tay , Dee and Spey valleys .

Sentence 4

• Roy Dennis , North of Scotland officer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , said there could be as few as 2,000 left in the highlands , an 80 per cent decline in the past 15 years .
• Roy Dennis of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said there might be only 2,000 left in the highlands , an 80 per cent lower than 15 years ago .

Sentence 5

• `` I would n't say it was the last ditch for the capercaillie , but it is concerning . ''
• `` The problem is not yet critical , but it is concerning . ''

Sentence 6

• Poor breeding in wet , cold springs ; clear-felling of Scots pine forests ; the proliferation of dense sitka spruce plantations ; and over-shooting have all been suggested as contributing to the capercaillie 's retreat .
• The capercaillie 's retreat has been caused by poor breeding , forest clearing , increases in spruce plantations and hunting .

Sentence 7

• Robert Moss , the leading British expert on capercaillie , believes that habitat destruction and modern forestry practices played an important role .
• Robert Moss , a leading British expert , believes that this was caused by habitat destruction and forestry practices .

Sentence 8

• `` The future of the capercaillie will depend on how good a habitat we provide for them in our new forests , '' he said .
• `` The future of the capercaillie depends on the habitat we provide for them in our new forests , '' he said .

Sentence 9

• The bird 's retreat has led the Forestry Commission to modify three of its forests to make them more welcoming to capercaillie .
• The Forestry Commission has modified three of its forests to make them more suitable for capercaillie .

Sentence 10

• This has involved thinning trees , opening up glades around mature Scots pines and planting juniper and blackberries .
• They have thinned out the trees , opened up glades and planted juniper and blackberries .

Sentence 11

• The experiment was prompted by a survey of the commission 's forests in northern Scotland .
• The experiment was undertaken after a survey of forests in northern Scotland .

Sentence 12

• Assisted by the Rspb , the commission circulated questionnaires among its rangers in Highland and Grampian regions .
• The commission gave out questionnaires to its rangers in the Highland and Grampian regions .

Sentence 13

• The results showed that capercaillie had vanished from 12 of the 56 forests which had held them for 20 years , and numbers had declined in nearly all the other forests .
• The results showed that the capercaillie numbers had fallen in nearly all the forests and they had vanished completely from 12 of the forests .

Sentence 14

• The commission has sponsored the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology ( Ite ) at Banchory , near Aberdeen , to examine how modern forests can be made capercaillie-friendly .
• The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology is now examining how modern forests can be made capercaillie-friendly .

Sentence 15

• Capercaillie in Scotland have already come back from near extinction once .
• Capercaillie in Scotland have returned from near extinction once .

Sentence 16

• They died out in the eighteenth century as a result of deforestation and hunting .
• In the eighteenth century due to deforestation and hunting .

Sentence 17

• The species was successfully re-established in Perthshire with birds from Sweden in the 1830s .
• The species was re-established in Perthshire with Swedish birds in the 1830s .

Sentence 18

• By the turn of this century they were plentiful in Scotland , eventually becoming so numerous that commercial foresters regarded them as vermin because of their liking for pine buds and needles ( a trait which , according to gourmets , makes them taste strongly of turpentine ) .
• By 1900 they were plentiful in Scotland , becoming so common that foresters regarded them as vermin .

Sentence 19

• Their last population peak was 1974 .
• Their last population peak was 1974 .

Sentence 20

• Since then there has been a long decline .
• There has been a long decline since .

Back to the Instructions