Sentence examples for face predation from inspiring English sources

As expected, among the many pressures that organisms face, predation has contributed to the evolution of sensory systems for detecting chemical cues found in natural systems.

All animals potentially face predation events.

However, they still face predation at the nest from many sources ranging from mammals to nest-robbing bees (Wille 1983; Suka and Inoue 1993; Roubik 2006).

A population in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range is facing predation by otters and increased competition from the frog Rana perezi.

We have presented empirical evidence that tadpoles of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, when facing predation by dragonfly larvae, experience a higher probability of mortality as they approach metamorphic climax.

Based on these considerations, we predicted that P. mexicana females should alter their mate choice behavior when facing predation risk by piscivorous cichlids; specifically, females should associate with small rather than large males when a piscine predator is around to minimize their own risk of being attacked.

That is, predators which face strong predation pressure and use "eyes" as a proxy for potential danger are expected to generalize among patterns that could be real eyes of a predator (cf. Janzen et al. 2010).

Furthermore, prey can face predators of the same locomotory type and body size as themselves, resulting in a uniform distribution of predation risk with no place for the prey to hide.

Microcebus spp. are subject to similar top‐down control and face intense predation pressure from several classes of predators, including raptors, snakes, and carnivores [ 53- 55].

Because they naturally don't face much predation, they have not evolved ways to successfully avoid humans or reproduce fast enough to make up for human-induced losses.

In the second exercise, students study the natural history of this interaction, examining how rotifers catch prey, and examining how both uni- and multicellular yeast fare in the face of predation.