Group living confers aphids with many anti-predatory benefits [ 1, 29, 30].
In addition, nests (in birds) or burrows (in mammals) serve as micro-refuges from predators and therefore have anti-predatory benefits for the adult as well [ 24].
Our results imply that larger passerines may assess risk differently than smaller ones as large birds receive fewer anti-predatory benefits from the same amount of cover than smaller birds.
In animals living in groups, many anti-predatory behaviours benefit individuals other than the actor, but few have been shown to be purely altruistic.
Agricultural landscapes may be manipulated in ways that benefit predatory invertebrates by providing alternate food sources, overwintering sites, and refuge from farming activities.
My concerns regarding Wal-Mart's track record of predatory pricing, meager employee benefits and anti-unionism have not changed.
Opponents cite concerns such as traffic congestion, environmental problems, public safety, absentee landlordism, bad public relations, low wages and benefits, and predatory pricing.
In extreme cases, the energetic costs of IGP may even exceed the benefits obtained (predatory mites: Lawson-Balagbo et al. 2008).
In addition, there are nasal mites of dogs and birds, lung mites of monkeys, and predatory mites, which are sometimes of benefit in controlling plant-feeding mites.
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, insists that the recovery is built on insecure work, predatory business practices and rampant inequality; benefiting the country's Jon Moultons but not its Mick Wards.
Under Dodd-Frank, if a borrower sues a firm for predatory lending, the lender gets the benefit of the doubt in court -- so long as the loan meets specific consumer protection standards.
