Sentence examples for were predated from inspiring English sources

Only four nests had not been predated during the experiment; 55 nests were predated by birds, 7 by mammals, and 23 by unidentified predators.

Light grey seeds, which were found to have a higher content of polyphenols, were predated more than black seeds when exposed on the same substrate.

Depredation was widespread, having affected 61.1% of households, but was less important than other forms of stock loss – monthly recall data revealed 1.2% of stock were predated, compared to 9.1% lost to disease and 2.8% to theft.

The Rangers were predated by the New York Americans, who started play in the Garden the previous season, lasting until the team folded after the 1941 1942 NHL season, a season it played in the Garden as the Brooklyn Americans.

It is unknown why the current date was not used, but numismatic historian R.W. Julian suggests the coins were predated to prevent coin collectors from becoming angered when they would be unable to obtain the newly dated coins, which were struck in very small numbers.

When nests were no longer active (nestlings were predated, fledged, or died), the nests were dissected to obtain fresh Philornis downsi larvae, which were placed in a centrifuge tube and stored at −80°C for future antigen extraction (see below).

The pest population dies at a rate ax and is predated by the predator population at a rate (pxy).

These mechanisms, if present, limit the inference that prey are effectively avoiding being predated by just avoiding predators.

Predator avoidance is also unlikely, given that blue sharks are apex predators and thus unlikely to be predated upon.

The only exception was one trail ant that was predated upon by a spider (none of the behaviorally manipulated ants we observed were predated upon).

These observations indicate that both species have been predated by the same phage and have survived that predation in these two different ways.