Sentence examples for feral environments from inspiring English sources

But, Bergner writes, other studies undermine this completely, showing that in feral environments where male monkeys randomly kill babies in the group, a female monkey who has sex with as many males as possible obscures paternity of her child and stands a better chance of every male in the group protecting it.

Reuter et al. [ 47] challenged the theory that dwarfed volunteers or transgenic escapees would be less competitive in feral environments.

Little is known about habitat selection by free-ranging feral horses in Montane environments, including how horse use may vary seasonally throughout the year.

They have spent the last three decades trying to return the 97-square-mile island to its native environment, removing feral pigs and sheep, and returning bald eagles and island foxes.

The book presented the thesis, in the words of the historian David Levering Lewis, that "black people, suddenly admitted to citizenship in an environment of feral hostility, displayed admirable volition and intelligence as well as the indolence and ignorance inherent in three centuries of bondage".

Understanding and quantifying the impacts of feral horses on their environment will help wildlife managers to maintain the biotic integrity of habitat used by feral horses, as required by the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971.

One of the more difficult aspects of researching feral horse impacts on arid environments is finding a study site that was not previously grazed by cattle.

Another potentially important effect of feral horses in an arid environment is their role, via feces, in redistributing seeds, nutrients, and moisture, as well as increasing soil pH [ 16].

Skinny and weak-chinned, he at first seems as characterless as his surroundings, the half-feral product of an environment that simultaneously cossets and neglects its young.

Our results suggest that feral horse trampling in an arid environment contributes to both soil compaction and erosion.

A live score by the harpist Zeena Parkins and a set of entangling ropes by Emmett Ramstad create an environment where bodily tics turn feral and odd social interactions revert to the predator-prey dynamic.