Sentence examples for key predator from inspiring English sources

In the study, he and his colleagues did a computer analysis of known cases of Lyme disease and population data for red foxes — a key predator of rodents — in four states with a high prevalence of the disease: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

In the sea ice, researchers discovered a new genus and species of hydroid that moves about 20 cm per hour [346], possibly a key predator because it devours tiny shrimplike crustaceans, and was named Sympagohydra tuuli after the discoverers' newborn daughter [347], [348].

Prey populations, on the other hand, might undergo ecological release if a key predator declines in abundance owing to climatic change.

Here we show that the key predator Anthocoris nemorum is differentially attracted to three Salix clones when these are damaged by the detrimental blue willow beetle (Phratora vulgatissima).

Zinc exposure impaired key predator avoidance and antipredator responses in damselfly larvae: the predator-induced reductions in walking and head orientations were much less pronounced in the presence of zinc, and zinc caused a reduction in escape swimming speed.

But great whites are key predators in the ocean ecosystem, hunting marine mammals like seals and sea lions.

For species protections, it would be wise to focus on keystone species such as oysters (water filterers), parrotfish (algae eaters on overgrown coral reefs), bees (pollinators) and wolves (key predators).

Determining the form of key predator-prey relationships is critical for understanding marine ecosystem dynamics.

"As key predators, their depletion also has risks for the health of entire ocean ecosystems".

The mostly direct flight muscle system of the Odonata e.g. [ 1- 4] facilitates impressive flight skills, enabling them to be the aerial key predators among the insects [ 5].

Spiny lobsters (Palinuridae Latreille, 1802) are one of the most commercially significant groups of decapod crustaceans and they are considered key predators in a variety of habitats [ 8- 10].