Sentence examples for potential predation from inspiring English sources

The second layer responds when the image of a dark object moves across it; this response causes the scallop to shut its shell in defense against potential predation.

Our objective was to evaluate the potential predation risk faced by mule deer from pumas under different habitat characteristics in the open habitat of the Chihuahuan Desert.

These results elucidate the most likely behavioral strategies caribou use to select their winter habitat, the relative extent to which they perceive industry features as potential predation, and the differential energetic costs associated with each strategy.

However, given the species' high reproductive potential, predation does not appear to have a drastic effect on its populations.

In addition to species that settle to reefs, the surrounding waters are home to a diverse community of free-swimming organisms (many of them crustaceans) that do not dwell in reef habitats; rather, their chances of survival are likely to be greatly enhanced by avoiding such areas of high potential predation risk [10], [11].

While flight distance is a useful, intuitive metric reflecting potential predation pressure on a population, there are a number of ecological and social variables that can influence when animals decide to flee from a potential predation threat (e.g., proximity and availability of refuges, proximity and number of conspecifics; see [ 70]).

The use of open areas (i.e., less shrub coverage) in close proximity to mesic areas also could be an advantage to reduce predation whereby sage-grouse can visually detect potential predators (Webb et al. 2012).

Like classical predation, intraguild (IG) predators may gain energy by food intake, but unlike classical predation they also gain from eliminating a competitor and potential predator of themselves and/or their offspring.

Alkaloids in the skin glands of poison frogs serve as a chemical defense against predation, and they are therefore able to be active alongside potential predators during the day.

This study complements existing field surveys by assessing the potential for predation on invasive lionfish at Little Cayman Island, BWI with tethering experiments.

Binary logistic regression indicated that, across all habitats and the size range tested, the potential for predation increased slightly (1.02 ×) but significantly with 1 mm increases in total length.