Sentence examples for high prey availability from inspiring English sources

We predicted that in absence of lynx, fox density should be positively associated with open land covers, as these could favour foxes due to high prey availability.

However, high prey availability in the environment (Simpson diversity index = 0.79 and Margalef richness index = 4.12) contributed to their coexistence by dampening the interspecific competition.

Foraging behaviour of lizards was tested in a factorial design (low vs. high prey availability) in degraded and non-degraded habitats.

Therefore, during periods of high prey availability, offspring growth and development in this species appears to be largely inflexible.

During the second season, supplementary feeding of chicks was used to manipulate offspring nutritional status in order to mimic conditions of high prey availability.

The location and timing of the high-use areas in the North Atlantic revealed by electronic tags coincides with favorable biophysical settings and the timing of high prey availability in each area of aggregation.

These feeding treatments mimicked conditions of 'medium-high' and 'high' prey availability respectively (see 'Supplementary feeding' below).

We propose that landscapes such as the Bhal with high wolf densities, high natural prey availability and consequently low human-wolf conflict levels should be prioritized as prime sites for wolf conservation efforts.

For example, capture gland density was found to be highest where prey availability was low, whereas digestive glands density showed direct correlation to prey availability.

A consistently high breeding success was registered during the study period (productivity=1.43, SD=0.11), which was probably the result of high adult survival, adequate prey availability and mild weather conditions.

Therefore, we assume that high quality habitat in terms of prey availability for one species is high quality habitat for the other.