The phrase "prone to predation" is correct and usable in written English.
It typically means that something is susceptible to being attacked or killed by predators. For example, "The endangered species was particularly prone to predation, making conservation efforts that much more important."
Here, assessment of the levels of predation of the two forms, at seven sites along the transect, showed that the melanic form was less prone to predation in the industrial region and became progressively more heavily predated to the southwest as the habitat became more rural and less polluted (Bishop 1972).
The bulky nests of this species are concealed in shrubs, but often are prone to predation.
The Masafueran species requires undisturbed native fern forest, and its population, never large, appears to be declining, perhaps because when it nests on the ground it is prone to predation by invasive rats and cats.
The formation of smaller defensive structures makes Daphnia more prone to predation, as a reduction in body size, or even small structures such as neck spines, leads to a higher strike efficiency by the predator26.
Found at sites in central and southwestern Madagascar, Varecia insignis and V. jullyi were very similar to modern ruffed lemurs, but more robust and assumed to be more terrestrial, and thus more prone to predation by early human settlers.
Studies on Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) and Daphnia support the hypothesis that infected animals are more prone to succumb to predation (Hudson et al. 1992; Johnson et al. 2006).
Unregulated, untried, untested, badly understood and prone to the predations of the slick and fraudulent, the markets for new financial instruments bubble wonderfully and then crash horrifically.
Thus, as farmed salmon is more prone to risk, predation-mortality in the wild could select against the bold fast growing farmed individuals.
On the other hand, Great Egrets may not be as prone to CBP as an alternative reproductive strategy, given lower predation rates [ 33] and reduced commitment to parental care given the semi-altricial nature of their young.
He was prone to hallucinations.
