Sentences with phrase «competition for food sources»

This is explained by the fact that under the pressure of competition for food sources, closely related species diversify what they feed on, which has the effect of reducing competition.

Not exact matches

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A lucrative source of income for Coles and Woolworths could come under threat from a proposed grocery code of conduct and the competition watchdog's crackdown on profit gouging in the $ 111 billion food and grocery trade.

They were also in competition with large mammals for food sources.

'» For Joe Morton, general manager of Pets on Broadway in Portland, Ore., a single - store retailer, online outlets clearly represent the biggest source of competition, especially if potential customers are focusing on price as the sole factor in where they choose to buy their pet's food.

This may be because there was so little competition for their main food source, or the exact opposite!

Also too often, industry is turning to parts of plants that we use for food to create new sources of energy - putting food in direct competition with energy even as human populations reach levels at which that poses ethical conflicts.

In a paper in the RSC journal Sustainable Energy & Fuels, the team suggests that this biosynthetic approach may allow for the generation of these fuels on industrially relevant scales while eliminating competition with food sources and promoting responsible use of land resources.

Non-food based ethanol sources offer huge potential for reducing U.S. oil use, as they reduce or eliminate competition with food crops, and could be widely available.