Sentence examples for major prey from inspiring English sources

Harry Kibler fingered Graham as major prey in Kibler's "RINO hunt" (Republicans in Name Only).

Numerically and in terms of their frequency of occurrence, these major prey groups varied strongly between seasons.

We then used a zero-inflated regression model to analyze the relationship of leopards with major prey species and anthropogenic disturbances.

So Tracey Hollings, a wildlife biologist at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, set out to explore the devils' effects on one of their major prey species: the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

We then fitted an occupancy model that accounted for detectability and spatial autocorrelation to assess the relative influence of habitat, major prey, disturbance and management on tiger habitat use patterns.

However, despite the use of a maximum regional estimate of A. trutta abundance and the presence of at least two other ecologically similar predatory fish species with higher annual prey consumption rates in SE Australian coastal waters, A. trutta may remove only a small proportion (~ 15%) of the estimated spawning biomasses of its major prey species in this region annually.

Of the major ungulate prey species, sambar (Cervus unicolor) and wild pig (Sus scrofa) were the only large prey detected, while the Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) was the only small prey species detected.

Those same demographics account for a surge in power usage that has left the country chronically short of electricity and major cities prey to rolling blackouts.

Extant odontocetes use two major modes of prey capture: 1) raptorial feeding where prey are seized by the teeth, and 2) suction feeding where prey are sucked into the mouth and teeth play little to no role in prey acquisition [ 103, 104].

This is a major problem for prey animals that have to balance predation risk with the cost of antipredator action.

L. canadensis inhabiting the marine environments in Alaska has access to two major types of prey: intertidal-demersal organisms such as fishes (Cottidae, Hexagrammidae) and crustaceans, and seasonally available schooling pelagic fishes [ 51].