predation
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- noun
- /prɪˈdeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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depredación
- Time lags are a critical factor determining whether predation promotes prey stability or prey instability.
- predation risk
- predation mortality
- predation pressure
But with, with, with without an oxygenated planet, you couldn't really have predation.
- But with, with, with without an oxygenated planet, you couldn't really have predation.
- Somewhere right now, billions of animals are suffering in the wild from predation, from disease, from hunger, from fear.
- And when they mate with the male, it's a huge decision because it's very costly energetically and they also risk predation and all kinds of troubles.
- Essentially, it's the trade off between survival in the face of particularly predation risks.
- So I mean, if you simply blocked her from going out and scarfing up the little birds, that would be not good for her because she needs some kind of predation.
Examples
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Crowded laboratory studies tell us little about the predation risk effects in nature.
Academic text (1996) -
In addition, interactions of food-web components in freshwater systems, such as predation on bacterioplankton communities, are unparalleled.
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One way to escape predation, apart from growing bigger, is to become very small.
Academic text (1992) -
You need to go to an area where the chances of predation are the least.
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Somewhere right now, billions of animals are suffering in the wild from predation, from disease, from hunger, from fear.
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When the catch was not recovered promptly, we experienced problems of predation by birds, sharks, and sea lions.
Academic text (1990) -
Once the larvae reached a certain size, they became immune to predation by the tadpoles.
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Now small fish often swim in Shoals and if they are in a show there's a smaller risk of predation than if they're by themselves.
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Korpimaki and coworkers concluded that predation risk apparently reduced the reproductive investment of free-living bank vole females.
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In the wild, predation is essential for maintaining the balance of the ecosystem.
Synonyms
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1.0
Chasing and killing wild animals for food, fur, or sport
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The activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport
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Etymology
Predation comes from the Latin words praeda 'prey' or 'booty' and praedari 'to plunder'. Think of it as taking 'prey'—like a lion catching an antelope—so predation means the act of hunting and eating other animals.