Sentence examples for mammalian predator from inspiring English sources

The island remains free from mice, rats and cats; the only mammalian predator present is the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra, which rarely predates on storm petrel nests.

Morphologically, in some respects it more closely resembles the bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs than any mammalian predator.

Mammalian predator foraging behavior is an important, but understudied determinant of avian nest success.

We illustrate our method with a conservation planning case study of a mammalian predator, American marten (Martes americana), and its two primary prey species, Red-backed vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) and Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).

Ms Croose said: "The pine marten is the first mammalian predator which almost became extinct in the 19th century to make a substantial recovery in Scotland.

The dingo is the only large terrestrial mammalian predator in Australia, the next largest being the invasive red fox.

For these large mammalian predators, an adequate understanding of predation requires knowing how kill rates vary throughout the year.

In this study we tested whether an endemic New Zealand songbird, the bellbird (Anthornis melanura), altered its parental behaviour and life history traits in ways that might adapt it to the novel predation risk from introduced mammalian predators.

We tested whether novel predation risk imposed by introduced mammalian predators has altered the parental behaviour of the endemic New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura).

Mammalian predators were responsible for the majority of nest predation.

We examined how an endemic island bird that evolved largely without terrestrial predators responds to the novel, and an unusually high, risk of predation due to the introduction of multiple, exotic, mammalian predators to New Zealand.