This must be done, according to the article, because "a shortage of predators has resulted in a population explosion for elk and deer."

Since vessels were lost in the process, a shortage of materials resulted.

Furthermore, shortage of females resulted in many marrying outside their caste.

Such a shortage of skilled labor might conceivably result in higher cigar prices".

The shortages resulted in bread lines, a fact at first kept from Khrushchev.

Some traders and oil industry analysts have warned that shortages could result from a lack of refinery capacity.

Analysis of such data would help determine whether shortages result from truly heavy demand or inefficiencies in the distribution system.

More generally, regardless of their cause, shortages may result in:

The shortage resulted in adverse consequences for law enforcement agencies.

By 1979, a shortage of hardwood timber resulted in the saw mill being closed.