Sentence examples for limit prey from inspiring English sources

There has been much debate in the ecological literature over whether predation does indeed limit prey populations [10].

Guerreiro et al. [ 86] have shown that argininosuccinate synthetase is activated by a BPP from Bothrops jararaca venom, indicating that nitric oxide formation represents yet another means by which BPPs promote hypotensive shock to limit prey flight [ 1].

Both serve to limit prey flight, in snake taxa which strike, release, and then track their prey (most viperids), or to overcome prey resistance, in snakes that seize and bulldog their prey (many elapids and all colubrids).

The author found that long-term effects of sex-selective predation depend on the interplay of predation bias and prey mating system, given the conclusion that 'predation on the "less limiting" prey sex can yield a stable predator-prey equilibrium, while predation on the other sex usually destabilizes the dynamics and promotes population collapses'.

Limited prey supply differed between the two predators because of species-specific prey demands (Walzer & Schausberger, 2011).

Limited prey supply differed between the two predator species because of differing prey needs (Walzer & Schausberger, 2011).

All of these gene products are hypotensive, at least in mammals, and cause prey to go into circulatory shock, limiting prey flight [ 14].

They also complement results of taxon specific reviews using worldwide data [13] [14], [22], which have found that predators do indeed limit their prey.

Interrogators acknowledge that they push psychological gamesmanship to the limits to prey on a prisoner's fears and desires, sexual stereotypes and cultural sensitivities.

Nest-box supplementation proved to be an effective tool for rollers' conservation in areas where natural nesting sites were limited, but prey resources were available.

The presence of predators, particularly large top predators (apex consumers), can strongly influence the abundance, distribution and range limits of prey species in terrestrial, fresh water and marine systems (Estes et al., 2011).