predation in English
an effective defense against predation
the old story of male predation and female vulnerability
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1. Predation One of the major causes of mortality in small mammals is predation.
2. Anglerfish are named for their characteristic method of predation.
3. Some trait must provide them with immunity from predation.
4. Zooplankton include cod eggs and larvae; the intensified predation works against cod recovery. The decrease in zooplankton eased predation on algal phytoplankton, which increased.
5. Was it not a countenance made for predation?
6. The effects of this predation could be devastating.
7. Their colour pattern will then protect them from predation.
8. But it does endure its share of predation by man.
9. Predator control of Coyotes because of wildlife predation is …
10. Keywords: Anemochory, Anemophily, protogyny, seed predation and seedling ecology, Shorea tumbuggaia
11. Cowbird parasitism and nest predation in fragmented grasslands of southwestern Manitoba.
12. The step from predation to this symbiosis is a short one.
13. Young boa Constrictors face predation by birds, mammals and other reptiles
14. Predation concentrated on individual whelks feeding on the open rock surface.
15. In relatively benign environments, predation is the dominant biological interaction that structures communities.
16. From predation, tissue loss, and adipocere, I'd say between three months and two years.
17. It was probably driven to extinction by hunting, animal predation, and loss of habitat.
18. Hamilton gave some entertaining examples of animals attempting to escape predation by clumping.
19. Under natural conditions some bands die out due to severe drought, disease, or increased predation.
20. At this stage immediately after metamorphosis, they are vulnerable to another unexpected source of predation.
21. The abandonment of trees makes the species, especially the young, prone to ground predation.
22. All these spikes evolved originally as a way of preventing predation by larger fish.
23. Predation: Ground beetles (carabids) eat common Chickweed seed that is lying on the soil surface.
24. Cubs also die from starvation and abandonment, and predation by leopards, hyenas and wild dogs.
25. To better understand the extent of predation on Cetaceans, it is essential to understand how a Cetacean …
26. This was treated in general terms in Chapter 1 and with specific regard to predation in Chapter
27. Furthermore, the importance of predation can be seen as yet another element in the disturbance picture.
28. Predation: For obvious reasons, Bluegill eggs, larvae and young-of-the-year (less than 1 year
29. In addition, Errington's hypothesis of differential susceptibility of certain classes of animals to predation was examined.
30. Predation by introduced species and anthropogenic climate change now are two major threats to Avifaunae worldwide
31. The ecologists even logged moonlight intensity as this has an effect on predation levels and the rodent's activity.
32. To capitalize on this effective predation of boll weevils by ants, unnecessary applications of insecticides should be eliminated.
33. Some of these isolated populations are subject to predation, others to starvation, flooding, severe winters or summer drought.
34. 12 Perhaps this synchronous transformation is the means by which the toads limit predation by their own kind.
35. Increasing intraspecific predation first reduces the amplitudes of predator-prey oscillations; a further increase then causes damping.
36. In addition the ease of capture of different insect types affects their rate of predation by swallows.
37. The top-down hypothesis will require additional data on predation rates before it can be scientifically assessed.
38. Perhaps this synchronous transformation is the means by which the toads limit predation by their own kind.
39. Even without ageing, organisms are at risk of death and impaired fertility from disease, predation and accidents.
40. To effectively avoid predation, is it more advantageous to invest in increased Conspicuousness or greater noxiousness, or to …
41. In these species mating occurs in early spring and rapid breeding may be an adaptation to avoid predation.
42. For example, the increased predation in a habitat caused by an immigrant predator would be described as Allogenic
43. The most notable feature of Billfishes is their spear-like snout or bill, which is a powerful weapon in predation
44. A lizard dropping its tail to escape predation is an iconic example, however, Autotomy occurs in a diversity of other organisms
45. Within one generation, the predation rate drops to the level found in areas where the animals have long co-existed.
46. The most notable feature of Billfishes is their spear-like snout or bill, which is a powerful weapon in predation
47. Many believe that the predation and competition by seals are responsible for the absence of recovery in many groundfish stocks.
48. It is a reflex born of predation by voracious crabs that nip at the tender tubeworm plumes with their claws.
49. It would therefore appear that the ensuring of successful pollination must override the importance of losses due to seed predation.
50. Boa constrictor Boa Constrictors are nonvenomous snakes found in Central and South America. They are named after their mode of predation: constriction.